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Statement of Commitment
The College of Journalism and Mass Communications, founded on the principles of the First Amendment, stands in solidarity with our Black students, staff, faculty, alums, friends and family during this turning point in the struggle for racial equality.
We honor the importance of our citizens exercising their rights of free speech and peaceful assembly to protest the murders of George Floyd, James Scurlock, Breonna Taylor and countless others over generations of oppression.
We salute the brave journalists who have risked injury and arrest to cover the events in our nation and keep us informed. They are instrumental to a vibrant free press that is critical to our democracy.
We recognize and accept that the responsibility of the work to overcome racism is within our power. We must each begin by looking inward and taking personal responsibility to advance change.
And then, we pledge to come together as a community to take real and meaningful action, using our power, resources and voice to support and advance all of our CoJMC family members of color.
Statments from the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism
Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit
The Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit is intended to assist the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) students, staff and faculty interested in forming an environment that is welcoming and inclusive for all. We will honors people's differences as we advocate for the well-being of our communities. This toolkit is part of an ongoing effort to recognize and address our campuses and organizations' diversity to make sure that all feel welcome and valued.
This toolkit includes guides on campus databases, helpful resources, local dining options and more. It is meant to energie outreach efforts to engage all UNL community members effectively.
The CoJMC D&I toolkit is a living document. It was developed through a partnership between the UNL Public Relations Student Society of America Chapter and Jacht Ad Agency.
Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit
Campus Connections
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
We are the flagship and land-grant university for Nebraska, and diversity and inclusion are central to our mission and pursuit of excellence. Each person has something to gain from and offer to our community of learning, discovery and outreach. All are welcome here.
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion provides vision, leadership, and advocacy in fostering an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming campus central to the land-grant mission of UNL; leads and facilitates the development of institutional policies, protocols, and practices intended to create a more equitable, and inclusive campus culture; and utilizes an inclusive excellence framework to foster an engaged, creative, and innovative learning environment for all.
Visit the OfficeEducational Resources
Books
- “Living Into God's Dream: Dismantling Racism in America” By Catherine Meeks (personal stories, reflections)
- “America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America” By Jim Wallis (faith-based methods towards ending racism)
- “Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South (Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century)” By Catherine Fosl
- “How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America” By Karen Brodkin (historical accounts)
- “Racism Without Racists” By Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (challenging color-blind thinking)
- “What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy” By Robin Diangelo (white identity from an anti-racist framework)
- “Promise And A Way Of Life: White Antiracist Activism” By Becky Thompson (an overlay of personal stories and historic accounts)
- “Benign Bigotry: The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice” By Kristin J. Anderson (examination of cultural myths)
- “Towards Collective Liberation: Anti-Racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis, and Movement Building Strategy” By Chris Crass, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (essays)
- “Acting White?: Rethinking Race in Post-Racial America” by Devon W. Carbado, Mitu Gulati (argument, societal norms)
- “Killing rage: Ending Racism” by Bell Hooks (essays)
- “We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America” by Elizabeth Betita Martínez,, Matt Meyer, Mandy Carter (articles from various scholars/activists)
- “Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence” by Chad Williams, Kidada Williams, Keisha N. Blain (essays, columns)
- “Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism, and History” by Vron Ware (study of how white woman have shaped the history of racism)
- “Understanding and Dismantling Racism: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to White America” by Joseph Barndt (historic accounts, research, opinion)
- “Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice: 15 Stories” by Eddie Moore, Marguerite W. Penick-Parks, Ali Michael (personal stories)
- “Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race” by Debby Irving (exercises addressing racialized ideas)
- “The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity, Politics, Revised and Expanded” by George Lipsitz (whiteness in respect to Natives, Latinos, and Asian Americans)
- “Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race (Teaching/Learning Social Justice)” by Frances Kendall (research, experiences, relationship development)
Documentaries
- I Am Not Your Negro
- Time: The Kalief Browder Story
- Crime+Punishment
- The Black Power Mixtape
- Teach Us All
- Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
- Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap
- Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland
- The Interrupters, 2011
- LA 92, 2017
- The Loving Story
- A Time for Burning
- Human Zoos: America’s Forgotten History of Scientific Racism
- Jim Crow of the North
- Dawn of Day: Stories from the Underground Railroad
- Four Little Girls
- Slavery and the Making of America
- Slavery by Another Name
- Mississippi's War: Slavery and Secession
Videos
Ted Talks
- The Urgency of Intersectionality, Kimberle Crenshaw
- What Prosecutors and Incarcerated People Can Learn from Each Other, Jarrell Daniels
- A Black Man Goes Undercover in the Alt-Right, Theo E.J. Wilson
- An Interview with the Founders of Black Lives Matter, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi
- The Danger of a Single Story, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- We Need To Talk About an Injustice, Bryan Stevenson
- Racism Has a Cost for Everyone, Heather C. McGhee
- A Prosecutor’s Vision for a Better Justice System, Adam Foss
- Unlock the Intelligence, Passion, Greatness of Girls, Leymah Gbowee
- The Path to Ending Systemic Racism in the US, Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero
- A Tale of Two Americans. And the Mini-Mart Where They Collided, Anand Girdharadas
- How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time, Baratunde Thurston
- How to Raise a Black Son in America, Clint Smith
- What It Takes to Be Racially Literate, Priya Vulchi and Winana Guo (youth)
- Color Blind of Color Brave, Mellody Hobson
- Courage is Contagious, Damon Davis
- The Symbols of Systemic Racism - and How to Take Away Their Power, Paul Rucker
- “You Have The Rite” Marc Bamuthi Joseph
- Does Racism Affect How You Vote, Nate Silver
- My Road Trip Through the Whitest Towns in America, Rich Benjamin
- The Real Story of Rosa Parks - and Why We Need to Confront Myths About Black History, David Ikard
- How Racism Makes Us Sick, David R. Williams
- How We Can Make Racism a Solvable Problem - and Improve Policing, Dr. Philip Atiba Goff
- How racial bias works - and how to disrupt it, Jennifer L. Eberhardt
Podcasts
- Code Switch
- Identity Politics
- How To Talk To Your Parents About Racism : Life Kit
- Still Processing
- Scene On Radio - “Seeing White”
- The Nod
- Yo, Is This Racist?
- Pod Save The People
- The Stoop
- 1619 by The New York Times
- Intersectionality Matters
- Mixed Company
- 74 Seconds
- The Daily
- Unlocking Us: Brene with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist
Movies
- Just Mercy
- The Hate U Give
- When They See Us
- Mississippi Burning
- Ghosts of Mississippi
- A Time to Kill
- Rosewood
- Harriet
- Hidden Figures
- 12 Years A Slave
- Malcolm X
- Selma
- Sorry to Bother You
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
- Do the Right Thing
- 42
- The Birth of a Nation
- Fruitvale Station
- Get on the Bus
- Higher Learning
- The Hurricane
- Marshall
- A Soldier’s Story
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- The Great Debaters
- Mudbound
- A Ballerina’s Tale
- Race
- The Autobiography of Miss. Jane Pittman
- The Tuskegee Airmen
- The Butler
- Remember the Titans
- Rize
- Moonlight
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Tools for difficult conversations
Incorporating diversity in the classroom
- Teaching Tolerance
- Reality Pedagogy
- We got it from here. Thank you 4 your service
- Inclusive Excellence in Online Teaching
- What Anti-racist Teachers Do Differently
- Strategies for Curriculum and Community Engagement
- Request a Guest Speaker from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- I'm a Former Black Reporter Who Left Journalism. Here's Why., Nafari Vanski
- Teach MLK in Conection With the Attack on the U.S. Capitol
Diversity and Inclusion News
Jacht hosts alumna Mekita Rivas for First-Gen Celebration Week Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 3:30pm
In partnership with University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s First Generation Nebraska, CoJMC hosted alumna Mekita Rivas (‘12) for First Gen Celebration Week. Rivas spoke to UNL students at the Agency for “A Conversation with Mekita Rivas” on Nov. 10 and at the City Union on Nov. 11 for the First Gen Speaker Series.
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Kevin Abourezk chosen as 2021 Multicultural Homecoming Distinguished Alumni Monday, September 27, 2021 - 8:15am
The College of Journalism and Mass Communication welcomed Kevin Abourezk, a 2012 graduate of the professional journalism master of arts program, as one of UNL’s Distinguished Alumni at the Multicultural Homecoming event.
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Nebraska’s Being Black in Lincoln journalism project featured in Lincoln Journal Star newspaper series Sunday, June 27, 2021 - 5:30pm
For the third week in a row, journalism students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are being recognized on the front pages of Sunday's Lincoln Journal Star newspaper.
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UNL junior champions campus inclusion and diversity Monday, April 26, 2021 - 2:15pm
BL congratulates UNL Ad/PR student Carina Collins, the first winner of the Bailey Lauerman Fund for Student Opportunity $5,000 scholarship which recognizes commitment to her craft and her efforts to cultivate a rich UNL campus environment by helping special needs students.
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Creighton grows as diversity and inclusion leader Friday, March 12, 2021 - 3:00pm
Associate Professor Trina Creighton has always been passionate about diversity and inclusion. But in the past few years, she has emerged as a leader on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus and in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, pushing diversity and inclusion efforts forward and ensuring that everyone has a voice.
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