River Valley Community College is committed to supporting equity and inclusion for all members of the academic community. We seek to promote human rights and to ensure that the institution supports diverse populations of students, employees, and affiliates. We recognize individual and group differences as including, but not limited to, the following dimensions: race; ethnicity; national origin or ancestry; citizenship; immigration status; sex; gender; sexual orientation; physical or mental disability; medical condition; genetic information; marital status; registered domestic partner status; age; political beliefs, religion, or creed; military, veteran or law enforcement status; socioeconomic status; and any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.
Women's History Month
“Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion”
March 3rd – First major march on Washington by suffragists
March 8th – International Women’s Day
March 11th – Ramadan Begins
March 22nd – The Equal Rights Amendment was passed
Voices of DEI
Resources
- Gender: Your Guide: A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture – Lee Airton PhD
- Precious Cargo: My Year of Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077 – Craig Davidson
- On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life – Sara Ahmed
- The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies – New Edition – Scott Page
- Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships across Differences – Tiffany Jana
- Unpacking Trauma-Informed Teaching – Jennifer Gonzalez
- TedxNappa Valley: Civility – Shelby Scarborough
- This is Equity – California Teachers Association
- A Theory of Justice – John Rawls