Office of Institutional Diversity

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Under the auspices of the President, the Office for Institutional Diversity (OID) provides institutional leadership in enhancing respectful, diverse and inclusive work and learning environments at The College of New Jersey Community. OID serves as a partner with all campus offices as each area makes its unique contribution to the overall inclusivity of the campus community.

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Critical Conversations

A student focused forum that takes place weekly designed to provide students with a brave space to engage in unfiltered dialogue about topics which emerge in contemporary society.

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An Afro-Latina's View into Multiracials and Discrimination

Tanya Katerí Hernández, is the Archibald R. Murray Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, where she teaches Anti-Discrimination Law, Comparative Employment Discrimination, Critical Race Theory, The Science of Implicit Bias and the Law: New Pathways to Social Justice, and Trusts & Wills.

Bonnie St. John was named “one of the five most inspiring women in America” by NBC Nightly News. She's a three-time Paralympic medalist and the author of several books including Micro-Resilience: Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Focus, Drive, and Energy; How Great Women Lead; and Live Your Joy.

This town hall was led by guests Samira Rice and Gwen Carr, mothers who lost their children — Tamir Rice and Eric Gardner, respectively — to police violence. The pair joins the fight for justice and police accountability.

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Faculty and staff gathered to celebrate Black History Month with a community luncheon and an afternoon screening of the 2017 film Marshall on Feb. 14.

In commemoration of MLK Day, the campus community gathered on January 15 for breakfast and welcomed Benjamin Jealous, civil and human rights leader and former president and CEO of the NAACP.