DEI Committee and Charge
Our DEI committee is committed to answering the following questions to improve DEI at Cornell AgriTech:
- What is the current climate of belonging and the state of knowledge of DEI at AgriTech?
- How can the AgriTech community enhance our competency in recognizing the importance of Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion principles and practices? Are current mechanisms for implementing DEI practices readily accessible and understood?
- How can we most effectively increase the diversity of our students, employees and stakeholders through recruitment and retention? Are there things we can do that are particularly suited to our community and its juxtaposition to the communities around us?
- How can we broaden our communication and outreach to reach clientele who are unfamiliar with our programs and impact? How can we make new clientele feel comfortable when they do interact with us?
- Do we enable diverse individuals in our community bring their authentic selves to work? Are the mechanisms for reporting bias widely known and adequate, particularly at Cornell AgriTech?
- How can we work within the broader Geneva and Finger Lakes community to address systemic bias and racism?