September Meeting Minutes

PCDEI Full Council
September 28, 2020, 1:30-2:20 p.m., Zoom Call
PCDEI-com@gustavus.edu

Present: President Bergman, Siri Erickson, Tom Flunker, Kathi Tunheim, Mara Klein, Ron White, Amy Mukamuri, Carlos Mejia Suarez, Anthony Bettendorf, Angela Erickson, Corrie Odland, Kari Eckheart, Monica Mikhaeil, Meegan Ruble, Pamela Pearson, Vidya Sivan, Valerie Banschbach, Samantha Raghu, Marie Walker, Maheema Bokhoree, Shannon Halen
Unable to Attend: Charlotte Lim, Margaret Bloch Qazi

Agenda:
1. Our Work this Year – The Big Picture
3-year focus on racial justice and inclusion.
2. Centralization
The goal is to better coordinate and centralize DEI work.
3. Perspective from Pres. Bergman
The Board of trustees continues to have conversations about racial justice and inclusion.
4. Questions
Questions about goals were posed by PCDEI members.
5. The Racial Justice and Inclusion Plan (RJIP)
The plan helps provide a structure for high-level goals across campus.
6. Advancing the Education Goal
Currently sketching out a direction for this goal.

Next meeting: October 27, 2020 at 1:00-2:00 pm
Prior PCDEI Minutes – all have been archived