Legacy

EQUITY & INCLUSION LEGACY

Equity & Inclusion was built upon a foundation that many UW Tacoma faculty and staff before us had helped to lay. We proudly acknowledge that the good work highlighted in this report is rooted in the legacy of generations of colleagues whose courage, conviction, and deep unwavering commitment to equity and social justice has paved the way for E&I to engage in this work today. We would like to specifically recognize the former Assistant Chancellors for Equity & Inclusion (ACEI), Dr. Deirdre Raynor and Dr. Sharon Parker, who helped build the architecture that undergirds Equity & Inclusion's work at UW Tacoma. Dr. Raynor’s advocacy work was instrumental in establishing UW Tacoma’s first Diversity Resource Center and the ACEI position. Dr. Parker, who served as the first ACEI, oversaw the expansion of the Diversity Resource Center and helped to evolve the unit into the Center for Equity & Inclusion (CEI) which serves our campus community to this very day.