Staff Member George Attends Racial Equity Institute

Tondelaya George, senior coordinator, Career Services & Student Life, recently attended the Racial Equity Institute Program in Chapel Hill.

The Racial Equity Institute is designed to help leaders and organizations who want to proactively understand and address racism, both in their organization and in the community where the organization is working.

The Racial Equity Institute experience is that the goals of understanding and addressing racism can rarely be achieved in a three-hour or one-day workshop. Racism is a fierce, ever-present, challenging force, one which has structured the thinking, behavior, and actions of individuals and institutions since the beginning of U.S. history. To understand racism and effectively begin dismantling it requires an equally fierce, consistent, and committed effort.