Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism: Best Practices to Support Dreamers

As part of the Broadening Understanding, Intercultural Leadership, and Development (B.U.I.L.D.) program, Deena Godwin, Yusufu Kamara, and Marilyn Hale moved forward an initiative to create a DREAMers decal to communicate support for members of our community who are undocumented. This artwork was designed by students and consulted and collaborated with DREAMer students—thanks to Professor Kristl Plinz and the fall 2020 DMA 102 class for leading this effort! 

• Help students verify their enrollment by writing letters in Clark letterhead.
• Use Clark letterhead and provide letters of recommendations for students.
• Offer and provide advocacy.
• Develop plan for students going through the deportation process.
• Acknowledge and address trauma.
• Serve all students.
• Listen to the students that come to you.
• DACA students can be hired for institutional hires and state work-study positions.
• Learn about the federal policies that affect DACA.
• Learn about state polities that affect DREAMers.

Most of the collaborators responsible for adapting this guide are white women who benefit from white supremacist systems, and there are limits and hidden biases at work that stem from our privileges and perspectives. We have attempted to bring together quality, relevant resources on diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism for the Clark community, and we welcome feedback and suggestions for the guide, particularly from the perspectives and experiences of Black, Indigenous, and non-Black People of Color (BIPOC) members of the Clark community.

Adapted from DU Libraries

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