This is a FREE, 3-day conference hosted by Peralta Community College District's Online Equity Initiative. This online conference focuses on equity. From their website: "Our goals are 1) to increase the visibility of all efforts to increase learning equity in higher education and 2) to bring together institutions that want to share and adopt equitable practices for all online students globally." Conference sessions are live and some are also recorded.

The Peralta Online Equity Rubric is a way to review your course or course content for equity, such as representation of identities, access to technology, human bias, and more! The rubric items are designed to be used in conjunction with, and not separate from, the California Virtual Campus- Online Education Initiative (CVC-OEI) Course Design Rubric.

When applying to an academic job, you may be asked to submit a written statement about your commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Sometimes this statement is called a Diversity Statement or a DEI Statement. This statement tends to be a 1-2 page document that describes your experience in, commitment to, and vision for diversity, equity, and inclusion in a university or college setting. We describe DEI statements, their purpose, and why your DEI efforts matter.

Understanding that structural problems have created many of the systems which facilitate inequities in our communities is an important acknowledgement. However, many of us feel stuck and unable to change the policies and procedures which are part of our daily lives. It is worth pointing out that there is no silver bullet, and the work to be done is ongoing and takes all of us. If we are each able to make small changes, the work can come together to make big impacts. To this end, we’ve created a resource document with ideas on how you can work within your own community to push back on the status quo and to create an inclusive and equitable space for those around you.

this is not only interesting historically, but is also a wonderful early example of a woman's innovative use of statistics and graphics that had huge historical impact (most students know Florence Nightingale only as the founder of modern nursing and are unaware of her distinguished contributions to statistics as well) ; additional connections at: https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AMSTAT/985e96d2-45e9-4950-…

From their website, "The Violence Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan research center dedicated to public criminology and data-driven violence prevention."

Resources for statistics educators include...
--graphs of data (https://www.theviolenceproject.org/key-findings/),
--a data base (https://www.theviolenceproject.org/mass-shooter-database/),
--a Methodology page (https://www.theviolenceproject.org/methodology/)