Truth-telling, Trust, Transformation
Fall 2021
At UC Berkeley, the pursuit and elevation of truth has always been at the heart of our work.
In the fall of 2021, during her inaugural semester on the UC Berkeley campus, Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion Dania Matos invited students, staff, and faculty to participate in a series of “listening sessions” focused on three themes: truth-telling, trust, and transformation. The goals were to provide a welcoming space in which to have candid conversations about the participants’ experiences on campus, to learn what matters most to them, and to create a shared DEIBJ vision.
Ultimately, we hope to build an iterative process that recognizes the lived experiences and changing needs of Berkeley’s students, staff, and faculty. In this way, DEIBJ becomes about much more than just the incremental improvement of pre-existing foundations. It represents a dynamic, proactive commitment to identifying where structural inequities exist and taking action to transform the systems and frameworks that caused them.
Methodology
- 39 sessions held virtually and in person
- 3 online surveys
- 503 surveys completed
Questions asked
- What do truth-telling, trust, and transformation at UCB mean to you?
- Where are these factors in place or missing?
- What are your own connections to DEIBJ work?
