• An evening with ALOK

    Monday, March 25, 2024, 7:00 PM
  • How to Report a Bias/Climate Incident

    Learn about the various ways you can report bias and mistreatment and find the support you need.
  • The Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom

    Presented by UMass Community, Democracy, and Dialogue. Please join this discussion, Q&A, and lunch April 16 at 11:00 am. Online option available.
  • Building Inclusive Classrooms

    We work to enhance students’ learning experiences and academic success across cultural, social, linguistic, and learning differences, with particular attention to the inclusion of historically underrepresented groups.
  • Campus Climate Survey Report

    Our reports and supplementary materials are available from the fall 2022 campus climate survey.
  • Women's History Month

    Learn more about the remarkable journeys, perseverance, and achievements of UMass women all month long.
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    UMass ADVANCE

    Through the power of collaboration UMass ADVANCE transforms the campus by cultivating faculty equity, inclusion and success.
  • Building a Community of Dignity and Respect

    We reaffirm UMass Amherst’s commitment to ensuring a safe and welcoming living-learning-working environment for every member of our community.

Campus Climate Improvement Grants Open Now

The Office of Equity and Inclusion is seeking applications for Campus Climate Improvement Grants to support projects that foster connection, build community, and help to create a more inclusive campus. Current UMass undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty—as individuals or in teams—are encouraged to submit your creative proposals. Pictured: video still from CCIG funded project "Making Art Yours".

Ferreira, Dawson Head Receive Chancellor’s Awards at Racial Healing Brunch

Sidonio (Sid) Ferreira, special assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs and campus life, received the Transformational Leadership Award, while Erika Dawson Head, executive director of diversity and inclusive community development for the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, was given the Emerging Leadership Award.

Where to turn: how to find help at UMass Amherst

As valued members of the UMass community, we stand together in fostering an environment of support and empowerment. Your voice matters in preventing and addressing mistreatment, bias, or discrimination. Explore the resources available to you to report incidents and find support, and trust that we're here to assist you every step of the way.

Upcoming Events

March
27

ADVANCE Annual Distinguished Lecture and Reception with Danielle R. Holley

Amherst Room, 10th Floor Campus Center
4:00pm to 6:00pm
April
11

Intersectional Approaches to Disrupting Ableism

Amherst Room, 10th Floor Campus Center
11:30am to 2:00pm
April
16

Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom

Student Union Ballroom
11:00am to 12:30pm
Pam Dutta and Richard Chu at a sign-up table talking to a man

Employee Resource Groups

Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s) provide staff and faculty with resources for professional development, networking, membership, and building community. ERGs also demonstrate our commitment to supporting our Employees in the recruiting process, and they currently serve our disability and illness community, international staff and faculty, LGBTQIA+ community, and our veterans on campus.

The UMass Land Acknowledgement

In a year-long consultative and deeply collaborative process with respected advisors from local Tribal Nations, the UMass Native Advisory Council co-developed this campus Land Acknowledgement.

This Acknowledgement affirms our campus connection and relationship to the land the campus is built upon and our continued connection to the Nations who were the original inhabitants and caretakers of this land. 

The Land Acknowledgement also affirms our connection and responsibility to the 82 Native nations west of the Mississippi whose homelands were sold through the Morrill Act of 1862.

Disability Justice Education Toolkit: Cultural Awareness

The Disability Justice Education Toolkit series was developed by the Office of Equity & Inclusion in collaboration with campus partners to provide the UMass Amherst community with foundational knowledge and language regarding disability as a social identity. It is intended to provide access points for learning, reflection, and engagement for ALL community members, including people with disabilities, and those who seek to be in active allyship.

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