Goals

• Establish an ASI core value in support of ASI’s commitment to inclusive excellence.
• Create Inclusive Excellence curriculum for ASI full-time staff, student staff, and Student Government members that provides both in-person and virtual training opportunities.
• Incorporate diversity and inclusiveness into new programs, initiatives and in the development and revision of policies and procedures.
• Identify and implement strategies to improve workplace climate.
• Create an infrastructure for communicating ASI values, goals, and progress toward inclusive excellence to ASI staff and the Cal Poly community.

Advancements

• Goal 1: The DEI Working Group reviewed ASI’s core values and the values statements of many other universities. The working group developed a value statement for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and made updates to past values to reflect ASI’s commitment to inclusive excellence.
  • The updated ASI values were reviewed by both the ASI Diversity and Inclusion committee, ASI Student Managers and ASI full-time staff.
  • The ASI Board of Directors showed their support for the Update to the ASI Core Values by unanimously endorsing it at the January 12, 2022, ASI Board of Directors meeting.
• Goal 2: Professional Staff: Monthly Content
  • Foundational Training Program for New Staff
    • Less content, more opportunity for reflection/dialogue
    • Monthly Topic Examples:
      • Age Diversity, Aging, and Agism
      • Native and Indigenous peoples
      • DACAmented, undocumented, and mixed status families
  • 2nd Year DEI Training Program
    • Intergroup and one-on-one dialogue sessions
    • Monthly Topic Examples:
      • Skills for Inclusive Conversations
      • Dealing with micro-aggression as an employee
      • Race, Racism, and Intersectionality: Black and African American focus
  • Student Employee Learning Outcomes
    • Diversity, Inclusion, and Humanitarianism
      • As a result of their employment with ASI, students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of cultural and human differences and recognize their role in contributing to positive social change.
• Goal 3: Identifying documents that can be updated to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations prior to approval.
  • i.e., ASI professional staff proposal template, Student Government Project Approval form, budget narratives.
  • Summer 2022:
    • Provide training for full-time staff on changes to ASI Proposal Template that reflect addition of diversity, equity and inclusion considerations.
    • Identify how to infuse DEI information into the Student Government Project Approval form.
• Goal 4: Identify and implement strategies to improve the workplace climate
  • DEI working group meets bi-weekly and serves as a forum for discussing current workplace climate and any concerns for staff working conditions.
  • During the month of December, the Interim Executive Director facilitated guided reflection sessions with all professional staff areas to gain a deeper understanding of their successes, areas of improvement, and overall support needs.
  • Executive Director provides monthly written communication with fulltime staff regarding departmental updates, COVID-19 pandemic health and safety impacts, and hosts a monthly coffee talk with staff to discuss organizational priorities and field questions from staff.
  • Summer 2022:
    • Develop effective ways to build community in a heavily virtual environment.
    • Identify appropriate strategies to assess and improve workplace climate.
• Goal 5: Create an infrastructure for communicating ASI values, goals, and progress toward inclusive excellence to ASI staff and the Cal Poly community.
  • ASI Staff DEI SharePoint site: Complete
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training program information
    • Inclusive Excellence Action Plan
    • DEI Working Group contact information, priorities, and project updates
    • Bias and harassment reporting procedures
    • Campus support resources for students and staff
  • Cal Poly Community (Landing page on ASI Website)