Race

Amazon Black Employee Network Invited Guest Speaker

Invited Speaker for the Black Employee Network at Amazon. Provided an international live streaming presentation to employees entitled, Ring the Alarm: Prioritizing and Assessing your Mental Health. The learning objectives were to (1) To understand the difference...

Diverse Student Experiences Project

In partnership with ICARE and the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services, the Diverse Student Experiences Project is led by Dr. Sonyia Richardson, Professor Roger Suclupe and Leigh Norwood. The purpose of this project is (1) to intentionally build...

Implementing Comprehensive Accessible Resources Equitably (ICARE)

In partnership with the Mental Health Research and Practice Lab and ARCHES, ICARE is an equity implementation science initiative focused on providing case management services on campus and in the community. ICARE will be student-run and operated and will allow...

Mental Health Research and Practice Lab

The Mental Health Research and Practice Lab is directed by Dr. Sonyia Richardson. The lab focuses on clinical behavioral research to develop and test the effectiveness of novel interventions aimed at reducing suicide among Black youth. This includes identifying and...

Minority Behavioral Healthcare Business Owner Capacity Building

In partnership with Aspire Community Capital (https://aspirecommunitycapital.org/), the RASE (Race and Social Equity Academy) in the School of Social Work is focused on developing an ecosystem to promote racial and social parity with minority-operated nonprofit and...

RASE Fall Forum

Theme: Houseless Close to Home: Stories from Our Own Backyard The UNC Charlotte School of Social Work Race and Social Equity (RASE) Academy Fall Forum is hosted in collaboration with the Atkins Library. The purpose of this forum is to address racial and social...

RASE Spring Forum

Theme: Strategies for Holistic Healing: Mental Health and Diverse Communities during COVID-19 The UNC Charlotte School of Social Work Race and Social Equity Academy (RASE) Spring Forum is hosted in collaboration with the J. Murrey Atkins Library. The forum will...

Executive Director

Monthly affinity group lunches for students from underrepresented groups; A dedicated orientation for graduate students of color; a GRAD course, Topics in Diversity, offered each spring through the CGLL; GRAD course, Navigating Graduate School as a First Generation...

Inter-rater reliability certification process with bias indicators

I am completing this form for the center I direct, the Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation. We created an inter-rater reliability certification process for all of our field staff. We have 40 employees in our center and most of them work in the field...

Program Goals

We have a program goals for the LDT M.Ed. and Graduate certificates to include at least one objective and assessment include DEI making students accountable for DEI in their instructional products