Salisbury University

The School of Social Work's 2020-2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Action Plan states the following: "Recruit, Retain, and Advance a Diverse School of Social Work Community of Faculty, Staff, and Students."

The School of Social Work's 2020-2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Action Plan states that search committee training would "include unconscious bias by Spring 2023." The school would also offer "professional development opportunities to students at least once per semester..." through workshops on "social justice, microaggressions, and other civic reflection topics."

The Career Services Department at Salisbury "[increases] the Cultural Competence of full-time and student staff through professional development and training."

The School of Social Work's 2020-2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Action Plan states that it would "[i]nclude one stand-alone privilege and oppression course in all social work program options..." and "[i]ncrease the inclusion of diverse 'authors' in required course readings by Fall 2022."

As of Fall 2024, Salisbury students must complete at least three credits in diversity and inclusion as part of the university's General Education Requirements.

The School of Social Work's 2020-2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Action Plan states that it would "require all SW [Social Work] faculty to participate in a face-to-face (virtual when SU operates remotely) search committee training to include unconscious bias by Spring 2023."

In 2021, the university held its inaugural anti-racism summit to "help confront racial biases and provide the campus community with the tools needed to talk about prejudice and combat discrimination."

The School of Social Work’s "Position Statement on Diversity" reads in part as follows: "We are focused on anti-racist and anti-oppressive teaching, service, and scholarship that challenge oppressive and unjust forces.  We are committed to community engagement projects that push against systematic oppression in all its forms.  We are dedicated to confronting those who would deny anyone access to social, economic, and political resources."

School of Social Work will be hosting a virtual “Global Social Welfare Summit” focusing on anti-racism, advocacy, and voting.

The Office of Diversity & Inclusion has a "Center for Equity, Justice and Inclusion."

The Office of Diversity & Inclusion offers Anti-Racism resources such as the 1619 podcast, "White Accountability Groups," and the NYTimes article "White Americans Say They Are Waking Up to Racism. What Will It Add Up To?"

The university offers an "Inclusive and Affirming Language Guide" that includes a section titled "Writing About Race and Ethnicity."

The Office of Diversity & Inclusion has a Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Consortium Committee, designed to "assist campus leadership in weaving the diversity strategy throughout the University through providing advice, monitoring the campus climate as it relates to diversity, inclusion and equity, advocating for diversity and inclusion throughout the institution, advising on the recruitment and retention of a diverse faculty, staff and student body, developing programs and initiatives to promote the University’s diversity goals and support community members, building networks to support the diversity mission, monitoring implementation of diversity goals of the Strategic Plan, and assessing progress and setting goals for improvement."

The Office of Diversity & Inclusion curated "Teaching and Learning Resources" on topics such as "Creating Inclusive Classrooms" and "Microaffirmations in Classroom."

The university announced, "As a follow-up to the SU Inaugural Anti-Racism Summit, the President’s 21-Day Anti-Racism Challenge is designed to assist SU in continuing the commitment to exploring anti-racism as a means to help one another identify and confront the structural and institutional behavioral norms that perpetuate systemic racial inequality." To complete the challenge, participants must "Review all materials from beginning to end" and "Journal thoughts and observations; notice learning edges and points of discomfort; think about what the content is bringing up for you, your background, and your understanding," among other tasks. The challenge includes an Aspen Institute interview with Ibram X. Kendi.

The university has a number of initiatives, such as the formation of an "Inclusive Excellence Strategic Plan" (plan development is still in-progress), a Racial Equity Workgroup, CDO Inclusion Advisory Group, Diversity & Inclusion Alumni Advisory Group, and a Diversity Council.

The university library offers "Diversity and Inclusion Resources for Curricula," which includes work by Robin DiAngelo.

Salisbury Library provides a list of antiracist books which includes "How to Be an Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi" and "Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?" by Mumia Abu-Jamal.

The School of Social Work offers several diversity, inclusion and social justice courses which include "Privilege and Oppression" and "Dismantling White Supremacy in Social Work."

The Social Justice, Equity, and Teaching Transformation Faculty Learning Community at Salisbury University "collaboratively seek[s] out and share[s] the tools, materials, and texts we can use to become better educators and to integrate into our curricula knowledge and ideas that reflect diverse perspectives."