Internal Category

Diversity Awareness Committee

Mission Statement

The mission of the Diversity Awareness Committee is to foster awareness and appreciation of diversity among HCC faculty, staff, and students.

Appreciating Diversity

Appreciating diversity means acknowledging that people think, act, interact, and learn differently; respecting differences; and valuing the impact that differences have on our community. These differences stem from factors such as socio-economic status, language, personal beliefs, political views, age, race, color, religious creed, physical and mental abilities, sexual orientation, ancestry, marital status, gender identity, etc.

Goal 1

Foster diversity awareness and appreciation among faculty, staff, and students.

Objectives

Develop standards by which to measure diversity appreciation and awareness.

Conduct benchmark survey to record current levels of awareness.

Conduct annual surveys to record increase and decrease of such levels.

Sponsor diversity workshops.

Goal 2

The Diversity Awareness Committee will serve as a catalyst that, through the sponsorship/co-sponsorship of class, club, and program events and activities, promotes diversity awareness and appreciation in the entire college community.

Objectives

Identify prospective events

For committee-sponsored events, develop and implement special event plans.

For other events, confer with event sponsors about opening them up to the entire community. Offer co-sponsorship and support in developing and implementing special event plan as appropriate.

Arrange appropriate internal and external publicity