Submitted by: Kelly

Present: Kelly, Daniel, Kara, Eliza
Absent: Jeanette, Sherezada, Michael

After some introductions, we read the attached two page article by Rochelle Gutiérrez introducing an equity framework that we think will be useful as we think about our class and try to map our curriculum and classroom practices to the dimensions of equity that they are addressing. 

Equity Framework Article

After reading the article, the four of us used these questions as a guide to discuss the article, how it could be useful in our work as a department this year, and some of the tensions that arise when thinking about addressing both the dominant and critical axes presented in the framework.

In the course of our conversation, we also had an interesting discussion about the LREI Diversity Statement, what the difference is between a “diversity statement” and an “equity statement”, and ways we could imagine it being updated.