Arizona State University

According to the State Press, "ASU [is] committed to implementing a 'To Be Welcoming' training for faculty, staff and students," though the training contents are not yet known.

The university released a video titled "Racial Bias and Antiracism Dialogue, Part 1: To Be Welcoming," which is described as "a starting point for learning about race and cultural bias that gives [one] the tools for thinking critically about race and anti-racism in the United States."

School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies introduced the $2000 “Race Relations Scholar Award.”

According to the State Press, "In the original 25 commitments, ASU committed to continuing to support the already existing Center for the Study of Race and Democracy." Additionally, the Press reports, "The University also committed to continual institutional support of the A. Wade Smith Memorial Lecture on Race Relations, an annual event that has been running since 1995, through increased sponsorships and funding."

An ASU communications course asks students to practice anti-racist behaviors.

The university's second annual "RaceB4Race" symposium focused on education as a "key to achieving systemic change" as well as "premodern critical race theory".

The ASU library created a Black Lives Matter guide, which features an interview with the group's founders.

ASU Library has created an Anti-Bias and Anti-Racism guide, which includes a section on "Identifying Our Biases."

The School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies created an Anti-Racism committee.

A class titled “From Racism to Justice: Reshaping the Humanities in the 21st Century” was created in association with the "Anti-Racism Committee." The class teaches students "to dismantle racist epistemology" and provides "a basic understanding of the way race, racism, and white supremacy function across our disciplines" and aims to "reshape the humanities to center justice, equity, and reparations.”  

Project Humanities hosted a webinar called “Dispelling the Myths: Critical Race Theory in K–12 Classrooms" where one panelist said, "That’s what came to be known as anti-racism work. And folks started saying things like 'systemic racism' and 'privilege' and 'bias.' And that’s how these things got conflated. That wasn’t critical race theory."

"From November 2020 to April 2021, the ACAAA and vice provost hosted eight town halls with faculty, students, staff, tenured faculty, non-tenured faculty, Ph.D. candidates and alumni" to discuss "the LIFT Initiative’s progress with the chairpeople of the ACAAA and the vice provost for inclusion and community engagement," according to The State Press.

ASU has a Recruitment Certification training for hiring leads. According to The State Press, "The training... underwent revisions about recruiting more diverse applicants and removing bias." According to the report, "about 600-800 hiring leads complete the training each year."

According to The State Press, "The 20th point in the original 25 commitments aimed to establish a new degree program for a bachelor of arts in Race, Culture and Democracy. So far, the University has obtained approval from the Arizona Board of Regents to offer the degree."