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The UMass history department affirms the UMass diversity mission statement:

The University of Massachusetts Amherst, as a public land-grant institution, has a responsibility to provide access and opportunities for all people, while demonstrating our commitment to inclusion of historically underrepresented groups. We believe that a culturally diverse campus is integral to academic excellence and that our students, faculty, and staff should reflect the diverse world in which we live.

The university recognizes and values the wide range of voices and perspectives in all spheres of the academic enterprise. The University of Massachusetts Amherst is committed to policies that promote inclusiveness, social justice, and respect for all, regardless of race, color, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, political belief or affiliation, marital status, veteran status, immigration status, gender identity and expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic or status protected by state or federal laws.

The UMass history department endorses and affirms the UMass Land Acknowledgement Statement 

This statement acknowledges that the university was founded and built on the unceded homelands of the Pocumtuc Nation on the land of the Norrwutuck community.

The department is currently working on a statement that more specifically relates to our department's commitments and strategies, but wants to present these affirmations here in the meantime.

For suggestions, ideas, concerns, complaints or simply conversations related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, please reach out to Garrett Washington:

Garrett Washington, 
History Department Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Director 
@email

Resources

In the context of a quickly shifting policy landscape, the History Department affirms that all of our students, faculty, and staff belong here. In order to share available information and guidance more widely, the DEI Committee highlights the following resources that it hopes will respond to some of the many questions and concerns that they have received from students in recent weeks. Please consult these materials and be in touch if you have any questions.

UMass Guide on Federal Actions 

 

RESOURCES ON TRAVEL AND IMMIGRATION

UMass FAQs regarding Visits from Law Enforcement

American Council on Education Brief on Immigration-Related Campus Concerns

Student Legal Services 

UMass Latest Travel Information for Visa Holders

 

RESOURCES FOR TARGETED GROUPS

UMass Stonewall Center for LGBTQIA+

 

RESOURCES ON HISTORY EDUCATION 

AHA-OAH Statement on Executive Order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling”