The UCSF Graduate Dean’s Office received two petitions from UCSF graduate students. The first was posted on social media in mid-June 2020. The second, written by [BE-STEM](https://ucsf.campusgroups.com/bestem/home/) leadership, represented a re-centering of Black learner experiences and Black learner voices. This second petition was sent to Graduate Dean Elizabeth Watkins on Oct. 20, 2020. The events marked on this timeline link each of the points in each petition to outcomes and initiatives. Further responses and milestones will be added over time as events and plans come to fruition. The latest updates were made in September 2022.
UCSF graduate students first posted the petition as a Google doc bearing this date. The petition was not formally presented to the Graduate Division, but was circulated on social media.
GRAD 202 and GRAD 219 courses proposed in mid-June.
This resource list will be regularly updated.
Addressed demands 1-3 in petition: 1) to issue a statement in support of students’ right to protest, 2) to condemn the use of tear gas, rubber bullets, and other violent measures against protestors, and 3) to issue a statement in support of the current movement to defund the UCSF Police Department and other UC campus PDs.
To achieve a community defined by UCSF's Principles of Community and PRIDE Values, the UCSF Anti-Racism Initiative is launched, partnering with leaders across campus and UCSF Health. UCSF's anti-racism efforts are focused on seven major areas of work, which comprise the seven pillars of the initiative.
The GD will continue to build on this page.
Group meets monthly to advance DEI efforts in the Graduate Division, particularly those that promote DEI-aware mentoring and training.
Discussion led by D'Anne Duncan, assistant dean for diversity and learner success, and Elizabeth Watkins, dean of the Graduate Division and vice chancellor of Student Acadmic Affairs.
This guide was created specifically to help faculty to talk about race and inequities in science with their research teams.
This guide was created to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars talk to their PIs about race and inequities in science and within their lab or research team.
