CFPA Accessibility Diversity Equity Inclusion (ADEI) Committee
This standing (permanent) committee is comprised of representative staff, and students and faculty from each department of the college. We are here for you - our community. We are charged with advising, promoting, and mentoring the efforts of the college to advance the accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion of its practices, pedagogies, policies, and procedures. Our mission is growing and changing as we continue to learn and implement processes throughout the college in order to create and support a culture of greater inclusion.
Please let us know if you have any thoughts or concerns about ADEI in the college. We’re here for you!
What we do
- Discuss known or potential concerns, successes and insights gained which affect our college community.
- Identify those issues that are best addressed at the College level for further review.
- Assess current ADEI efforts and programs underway within the College.
- Consider best practices from other successful organizations and universities.
- Encourage robust and frank conversations within and throughout the CFPA community.
- Assist the Dean in planning and implementing ADEI initiatives and policy improvements.
- Submit a draft ADEI plan to the Dean with short and long-term goals and aspirations by the end of the Spring Quarter.
- The draft ADEI plan will be reviewed by the CFPA Faculty Governance Council at the beginning of Fall Quarter.
- Maintain this webpage and a shared digital space that documents the Committee’s work.
We acknowledge that the work we do is on the unceded and traditional territories of The Coast Salish Peoples, and many other First Nations. This acknowledgment does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities, but serves as a first step in honoring the land we occupy. Please continue to learn more about the true stewarts of the area Western Washington University is facilitated from.
ADEI Resources at Western
At the top of all of Western's web pages is a link to report incidents of bias. This is provides Western with valuable feedback.
Creating and sharing accessible digital content
- Creating accessible documents
- Accessible social media
- Standard digital accessibility training for web content, documents, video and multimedia
Accessibility in Pedagogy
- Accessibility Trainings - Western's Teaching and Learning Co-op
- DEI in the Classroom - Western's Teaching and Learning Co-op
- Accessibility Learning Podcast
- Disability in the Arts - article, ART MAGAZINE
- Open Circle Theatre
Further learning about Native American heritage
- Watch: Land Acknowledgement - Short Version - a collaboration by the Children of the Setting Sun Productions and Ferndale Public School District on what the Land Acknowledgement is about
- Read: Thanksgiving is a Day of Mourning for Many Indigenous Communities
- Read: Indigenous Children's Survivance in Public Schools
- Watch: Daughter of a Lost Bird
- Listen: Meet Raven Chacon, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music
- View: Raven Chacon's portfolio
- View: Works by Blake Angeconeb
- View: Works by Savannah LeCornu
- Watch, read and listen: Catalyst Dance
Learn about Latine/Hispanic heritage
- WWU Latine Heritage Month (Sept 15 - Oct 15)
- WWU LatinX Student Union
- Learn about Mexican folklórico dance
- Interview with Augusto Boal (Theatre of the Oppressed)
- Seattle Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture, celebrating the rich history of Chicano/as and Latino/as in Washington state.
- Feature on local, internationally renowned artist Alfredo Arreguín
- Learning recommendations from the Bellingham Public Library
ADEI Committee
Paula Airth
Associate Professor
AA 264
AA 264
Kamarie Chapman, MFA
Senior Instructor
Angela Kasper, PhD
Director of Choral Activities
Monique Kerman, PhD
Professor
FI 115
FI 115
Justene Merriman
Multimedia Designer
Lucas G Senger, MBA
Senior Instructor