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Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative at CWRU

The Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative (UDC) is an umbrella organization aimed to support organizations which advocate for diversity and inclusion.

We are an advocating body for the advancement of diversity and inclusion at CWRU, as well as an umbrella organization for student groups based on our eight pillars: Ability, Age, Ethnicity, Gender, Religion, Race, Sexual Orientation, Socioeconomic Status. We encourage and facilitate dialogue on social justice issues, develop member organizations for maximum impact, manage finances for our groups and for he umbrella itself, and plan and market events to the greater campus community.

04/26/2022

Our last event of the year! There will free food, UDC merch, boba tea, goodie bags, and much more!!! Make sure to register and hope to see you there!!

01/20/2022

The Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative just recently added two new executive positions to our board: Treasurer and Vice President of External Affairs. As our organization grows, we feel it is necessary to expand our board to fulfill our organization’s needs. We also have a vacancy with the Vice President of Campus Initiatives position. We are currently accepting applications for these three positions. More details on each position's role can be found in a link in our bio! If you are interested in being our Treasurer, Vice President of External Affairs, or Vice President of Campus Initiatives please email your letter of intent to [email protected]. Letters of Intent are due on Friday, January 28th at 5PM.

If you have any questions, please email Wintana Eyob at [email protected].

11/14/2021

Let’s talk about it: sexual assault prevention and allyship will be taking place this Saturday from 12-2PM. Please join us for this important discussion.
Food and drinks will be provided.

04/25/2021

In early 2020, the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black Americans because of police brutality compelled the entire country to confront institutional racism and how it has continually failed its citizens of color. The CWRU Spirit Wall, which now asserts our shared commitment that Black Lives Matter, was painted with this motto in June of 2020.

Today, we remember all of the student activism that we have seen at CWRU in the last year from student participation in Black Lives Matter protests in Cleveland and beyond, to the creation of Instagram pages like .at.cwru, , and more that were created to call attention to the mistreatment of minoritized groups at CWRU, to the establishment of the For A Better CWRU Taskforce in the Fall of 2020.

For more information and to keep up with this week’s posts, visit the LinkTree in our bio to find links to our sources.

04/23/2021

In 1974, William Shockley, a former Stanford University professor, and Roy Innis, the national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, were scheduled to debate on the CWRU campus. Shockley was arguing that African Americans were a “genetically inferior” race, but he received so much rightfully deserved backlash from the student population, led by the African American Society, that the debate was called off.

For more information and to keep up with this week’s posts, visit the LinkTree in our bio to find links to our sources.

04/22/2021

Also in 1970, the CWRU community protested against the Vietnam War. The antiwar sentiment combined with the shootings at Kent State welled into large protests across campus. Students shut down Euclid Avenue in protest.

For more information and to keep up with this week’s posts, visit the LinkTree in our bio to find links to our sources.

04/21/2021

In May of 1970, the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four unarmed students at Kent State University. In response, CWRU students protested in front of Severance Hall, blocking traffic on Euclid Ave. Students called for the movement of the ROTC program off campus, which was later granted. The students then held a candlelight vigil consisting of about 2,500 candle-carrying mourners marching behind four empty caskets. The protest environment was charged even further by the coinciding protests against the Vietnam War.

For more information and to keep up with this week’s Legacy Week posts, visit the LinkTree in our bio to find links to our sources.

04/19/2021

To celebrate Legacy Week, we will be highlighting instances of student activism in the past few decades of CWRU’s history. In 1969, over 200 students gathered to protest the sentencing of Ahmed Evans, an African American man who was harassed and cased by police until he and a few others were engaged in a shootout that claimed seven lives. Evans was found guilty of seven counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to death by an all-white jury. The student protesters presented a list of demands to then university president Robert Morse. Among their demands was the call for the university to support the release of Ahmed Evans. In addition, they asked that the university adopt a policy prohibiting the use of research to oppose social movements. What followed was a series of protests and pushes to educate students on the case and the University’s complicity.

For more information and to keep up with this week’s posts, visit the LinkTree in our bio to find links to our sources.

04/08/2021

Join UDC for the Diversity Leadership Accelerator April 17/18! We will kick of the weekend with a keynote by social justice educator Joey Oteng, followed by several sessions focused on the multicultural leadership experience. Sign up via CampusGroups or the linktree in our bio! This is open to all undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni!!

03/10/2021

DEADLINE EXTENSION! It’s not too late to apply! The deadline has been extended to Friday, March 12 at 11:59 pm EST!

02/24/2021

Have you ever used the Lending Library and are in need of a computer? Apply to the UDC Lending Library Award to receive a laptop similar to the ones provided! Applications are open now and close Wednesday March 10th at 11:59 pm EST. Find the link in our bio!

11/03/2020

Join UDC this Saturday from 6-7 pm EST to watch Disney shorts and learn how to draw mandalas as part of mental health weekend!

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Cleveland, OH
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Website

http://udc.case.edu/

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