St. John’s University

The School of Education will, "Develop and implement a plan to consistently examine admission policies to ensure the process is fair and equitable to ensure historically marginalized groups have access and opportunity."

The university libraries "will provide three inclusion and anti-racism workshops for library employees during 2021-22 academic year."

St. John's Athletics' Council on Community, Culture and Social Justice (CCCSJ) will implement a, "Year-long educational programming for student-athletes, coaches, administrators and staff."

The Collins College of Professional Studies will, "Promote an antiracism agenda through education and awareness training and action at the individual, Division, and College levels."

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force will, "Examine curricula, including course content, syllabi, and resources, and implement a plan to educate students on issues of social justice and implications within their respective fields of study."

The School of Education will, "Identify resources and develop protocols to support faculty to ensure syllabi, assessments, and other materials are antiracist" and "Examine curriculum (e.g., course content, syllabi, and resources) and implement a plan to educate students on issues of social justice and implications within their respective fields of study."

The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences' Committee on Equity and Inclusion will, "collaborate with the College’s Curriculum, Co-curricular, and Inter-professional Committees and departmental GERC committees to develop pertinent programming regarding antiracism, equity, inclusion and belonging."

University opened an investigation of a professor at the request of student activist demands. Professor asked class to weigh the pros and cons of slavery.

The Tobin College of Business Equity and Inclusion Task force announced, "All Departments have been asked to identify a designated DEI Advocate on each of their P&B committees/search committees to complete DEI training."

The university called on "the leadership of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and Faculty Association (FA) to represent their faculty in affirming their commitment to creating an antiracist community and commit to partnering with us in implementing needed changes, including those that will allow for more historically underrepresented faculty to be involved in faculty hiring and promotion processes, requiring faculty professional development focused on anti-oppressive pedagogies and practices, and assistance in holding accountable faculty members who engage in acts of bias."

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force will be, "Incorporating antiracism professional development in the RED evaluation process for all staff and administrators in St. John’s College."

The School of Education will, "Develop and implement a plan to educate faculty and staff on race, power, and privilege." The school also announced, "Short workshops held during Faculty Council meetings to help us better understand racist and antiracist policies, practices, and ideologies, including how to discuss openly and privately about the 'ideal student.'"

The university has an "Institute for Critical Race and Ethnic Studies," which is "research institute whose principal method of operation is the innovative interweaving of theory and action for thedevelopment and engagement of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to addressing the problems caused by systemic racism and the intersecting forms of oppression that accompany it locally, regionally, nationally, and globally." The goal of the institute's "fellowship and internship program is the participation of SJU’s CRES Institute in the development of scholarship and community work in the area of Critical Race & Ethnic Studies at a national and international level." The institute also has a "Visiting Scholars Program & Speaker Series." The institute also offers "regular annual forums that welcome people from internal and external communities. Participation in a full set of forums together with completion of some CRES courses will allow participants to earn a certificate."

University hosted a "Racial Justice Series" to "normalize conversations about racial equity; to encourage people to explore concepts and issues of racial justice more deeply within their own lives; and to equip people with resources and tools to help them become better informed about racism and antiracism."

St. John's University unveiled its "Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES)" minor in its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. "The minor aims to explore how social justice issues are shaped by race, ethnicity, class, dis/ability, gender, sexuality and other contemporary and historical forms of group-differentiation, according to the program description."

The University Libraries created an Anti-Racism Task Force

The university libraries conducted an, "Inclusive Practices Scan. The University Libraries will assess inclusive practices at St. John’s University as they relate to Collections, Inclusive Culture, Instruction, Online Access, Services."

The university libraries will, "Develop a Collection Development Philosophy, which will inform the creation of a Collection Management Policy with an emphasis on inclusion. As a follow-up to the eBook collection assessment project conducted during the 2020-21 academic year."

The Tobin College of Business has an Equity and Inclusion Task Force.

St. John's Athletics' Council on Community, Culture and Social Justice (CCCSJ) hosted Solidarity Week where "St. John's student-athletes, coaches, administrators and members of the University community will help officially activate the Accept No Hate movement through social media campaigns, virtual activities and by hosting an Athletics Town Hall for discussion on a variety of related topics."

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force will, "Participate in activities, including trainings, workshops, and communities of practice, to understand implicit bias, microaggression, race, power, and privilege that will help advance racial equity."

The School of Education will, "Implement an antiracist standing committee with a diverse group of students, faculty, and staff who will review and evaluate school-wide plans."

The Hon. Edward D. Re Faculty Workshop Series in the School of Law featured "scholarship related to race, racism, and anti-racism across a host of domains. The presenters will focus on racial justice and racial empowerment issues." The Fall 2020 issue of the St. John's Law magazine presented "The Anti-Racism Essay Project."

The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences' Committee on Equity and Inclusion will "recommend and develop non-academic programs for CPHS faculty, staff and administrators, regarding antiracism and other issues of equity, inclusion and belonging."

The Collins College of Professional Studies will, "Encourage faculty, administrator, staff, and student leader participation in antiracism and social justice themed workshops, trainings, restorative dialogues, and symposia" and "Encourage faculty to integrate racial and social justice concepts into their courses through utilization of lectures, class discussions, guest speakers, and assignments that support a culture of antiracism."

The Office of Human Resources has an Antiracism Committee, with subcommittees in Education and Development, Policy and Procedure, and HR Climate.

CRES 1000: Introduction to Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

CRES 2000: Methodologies in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

CRES 4995: Capstone Seminar in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies