Committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA+)

The Division of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the City College Center for Worker Education (CCNY CWE) works in conjunction with the President’s Council on Inclusive Excellence to incorporate “the full diversity of backgrounds, traditions, and experience of faculty staff, and students in realizing the goal of an inclusive community that values excellence in scholarship, creative arts, teaching and learning and student development.” These aims are given special attention due to CWE’s historic mission of establishing relationships with labor unions, community-based organizations, city agencies, and employers in both the non-profit and private sectors who share this educational mission. CWE’s Committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) also seeks to implement the President’s mission to “encourage inclusiveness in hiring: fairness in faculty retention, tenure, and promotion; and provision of equal opportunity for all faculty and staff to use, on their merits, to leadership positions.”

Women's History Month 2024

Thursday, March 14 | 6-7:30pm (In-Person and Online) | Free and open to the public
HerVerse: Celebrating Women's Voice
Read a poem or song lyrics by a woman—one of your own, one you love, or one you just learned about.

Black History Month 2022 (FLYER)

Thursday. , February 17 | 6-7:30pm (Zoom) | Free and open to the public event
Cyrus McQueen, Tweeting Truth to Power
We kicked off our Black History Month celebration with Cyrus McQueen, comedian, cultural critic, and author of Tweeting Truth to Power: Chronicling Our Caustic Politics, Crazed Times, and the Great Black and White Divide
cyrusmcqueen.com

Monday, February 28 | 6-7:30pm (Zoom) | Free and open to the public event
Eve L. Ewing, Interview and Discussion
We continued our Black History Month celebration with an interview and discussion with poet and sociologist Eve L. Ewing. Ewing's research is focused on racism, social inequality, and urban policy, and the impact of these forces on American public schools and the lives of young people. She is a prolific writer across multiple genres and will join us to discuss Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism & School Closings on Chicago's South Side; her poetry collection, 1919; her children’s book, Maya and the Robot; and her work for Marvel Comics.
eveewing.com

Be Your Best Self

Our “Be Your Best Self” campaign places a public spotlight on students and alumni from diverse backgrounds who are achieving great things, improving their lives and contributing to their communities. Every year, we unveil a new crop of posters at the new student orientation to show our students the promise and possibility involved with embarking on their journey here at CCNY. The “Be Your Best Self” campaign simply highlights some of these outstanding stories from the Center for Worker Education.