Seattle University

The Office of Multicultural Affairs “supports critical learning on diversity and inclusion” by providing numerous workshops and trainings on topics including “Understanding Structural Inequalities and Oppression, Deconstructing Systems of Privilege,” as well as Social Justice Advocacy.

As part of the Reigniting Our Strategic Directions Plan 2022-2027, Seattle University will reimagine and revise their curriculum to embed “racial injustice and widening economic inequity.” The university will “provide our schools, colleges, and departments the opportunity and resources to develop a revised curriculum, including the undergraduate Core Curriculum.”

The University President, along with each Cabinet member and Dean signed a pledge of "Commitment to Live and Lead for Racial Equity and Antiracism."

LIFT SU "takes strategic action to address systemic racism." It prioritizes "affirmation of and allyship with our Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) community at Seattle University."

As a part of the Reimagining and Revising Our Curriculum plan, the 2021 Pilot Initiative on Anti-Racist Education: Curriculum Development Cohort “provides financial support for faculty to pursue projects which focus on integrating anti-racism into curricula.”

"LIFT SU" was founded as an "action plan for racial equity and antiracism." It "offers a beginning response further evolving our university commitment to inclusive academic excellence."

Seattle University’s Lemieux Library provides a number of resources on systemic racism, social justice and equity, microaggressions, and racial justice reads from authors including Ibram X. Kendi and Robin Diangelo among many others.

Seattle University compiled a list of resources including books faculty wrote on inclusive excellence.

A course, PUBA-3200 Diversity & Soc Just in Wrkplc, is offered at the school, centering on “embodied diversity and social justice leadership praxis.”

The course, CMME-3201 Reporting for Social Change, focuses on “inclusive and empathetic narratives about marginalized or underrepresented subjects.”

SOCL-3320 Race and Ethnicity is a course offered at the school. This course focuses on “the social construction of race and ethnicity” and “the economic and social-psychological dimensions of racism and domination.”

THRS-2204 Gender, Race and Eco-Theology includes a discussion of “environmental racism and climate injustice.”

The class, THRS-2202 Social Justce & Christn Ethics, discusses “resistance to systemic racism/white supremacy as a specific social justice concern.”

From January through March of 2022, the university hosted a month of meditations on racial justice in a reading and reflection group on The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice with Ignatius of Loyola.

On May 13, 2022, the university hosted a lunch and conversation on the Ignatian Work of Racial Justice where “faculty and staff reflect on how the Jesuit Catholic mission informs their anti-racist efforts and on their experiences at Seattle University working toward racial justice.” The event is “meant to inspire collaboration and deeper integration of the Jesuit Catholic mission and the work of racial justice.”

The Lemieux Library at Seattle University will focus on the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Plan to present “goals aimed at advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism at the Lemieux Library.”

Seattle University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs hosted a Faculty and Staff of Color Retreat in March of 2022 as a “dedicated space to focus on connection and healing as acts of liberation.”

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) hosts a monthly OMA Speaks Community Dialogue in an effort to “create opportunities for students, staff, and faculty to engage in meaningful dialogue about current topics related to identity, diversity, and inclusion.”

On May 4, 2023, the Leadership Committee on Intersectionality and Justice at the College of Arts and Sciences hosted the "’Inclusive Conversation Series." in order to “build our learning community upon the principles of anti-racism, anti-oppression and intersectionality.”

On April 19, 2023, Seattle University held the second Racial Equity Summit which “drew nearly a thousand people to deepen their understanding and build collaborative capacity to pursue antiracist education.”

On February 2, 2023, the school held an event on “The Social Determinants of Race-based Trauma and Collective Healing” as part of the Red Talks series going on throughout 2022-2023.

On October 15, 2022, the school announced the creation of programs such as the “Educating for Justice and Professional Development” and the “Constructive Dialogue Series.”

On January 25, 2023, Seattle University hosted the “Advancing Racial Equity Series” within the Office of Diversity & Inclusion.