Institutional Renaming
Indigenous History & UMN
- Over 150 years ago, tribal land revived the University. Now, American Indian leaders, students and faculty want this history addressed - MN Daily. July 2020
- MN Indian Affairs Council released resolutions for UMN to address historical injustices - Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. July 2020
UMN History Exhibits
- A Campus Divided - online exhibit. Progressives, Anticommunists, Racism, and Antisemitism at the University of Minnesota 1930-1942.
- Morrill Hall Takeover
- Exhibit: TAKEOVER: MORRILL HALL, 1969
- Remembering the Morrill Hall Takeover
Student & Faculty Experiences
- Wonderful/Wretched Memories of Racial Dynamics in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. While not exclusively UMN, this essay series was started by Walt Jacobs, former faculty in African American & African Studies, and features memories by many former students and faculty of their time at UMN.
- BIPOC at Minnesota A space for BlPOC (Black, Indigenous, POC) students, alumni, and staff from UMN to anonymously share their experiences. Run by Black alumni.
- BIPOC at Minneapolis College Amplifying Black, Indigenous, & POC voices of current & former Minneapolis College students. Run by a team of QTBIPOC.
- Black students’ narratives of diversity and inclusion initiatives and the campus racial climate: An interest-convergence analysis.
Hiring Practices
- 16 Actions for Shifting Culture to Support Black Employees
- Nudging Toward Diversity: Applying Behavioral Design to Faculty Hiring
- How I Built a Diverse Leadership Team at a Predominantly White College
- Strategies to improve equity in faculty hiring
- An evidence-based selection process for equitable hiring in West Michigan
Other Resources
- Addressing Racism: Black History at the University and Beyond. Compiled by the UMN Alumni Association.
- Land-grab universities: Expropriated Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system.
- How universities benefit from stolen Native land w/ Tristan Ahtone & Bobby Lee - The Red Nation Podcast
- Land-Grab Universities. How the United States funded land-grant universities with expropriated Indigenous land.
- BIPOC at Minnesota A space for BlPOC (Black, Indigenous, POC) students, alumni, and staff from UMN to anonymously share their experiences. Run by Black alumni.
- BIPOC at Minneapolis College Amplifying Black, Indigenous, & POC voices of current & former Minneapolis College students. Run by a team of QTBIPOC.
- Not So Ivory Tower We exist to support, empower, + connect women and non-binary folks of color in academia.
- Change the Museum Pressuring US museums to move beyond lip service proclamations by amplifying tales of unchecked racism.
- Diversity in Academia A platform dedicated to inspire, support, & promote diversity in higher education.
- Black in the Ivory Tower Amplifying the voices of “Blackademics” to speak truth about racism in academia.
- Untangling the Knot Racial experiences of students.
- BLACKandSTEM Community of #BLACKandSTEM students, professionals, and advocates.
- ARL Network Serving the needs of minorities interested in and currently working in academic faculty or Ph.D.-level research careers.
- _fortheculture2020 A coalition of current/former Black & Brown employees & allies united together to call out systemic racism in Museums & other cultural institutions.