U of M Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources
Gopher Equity Project
The Gopher Equity Project is truly a campus-wide collaboration. In 2019, the Multicultural Student Success Committee recommended that the Twin Cities campus implement a diversity, equity and inclusion online educational module for new students as they begin their UMN career. The idea of a campus-wide training was seen as a positive introduction to the campus community and initial effort to improve campus climate for all students.
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UMN Racial Justice Resources
"While many organizations have created resource lists on anti-racism, these frequently are aimed at predominantly white audiences who are assumed to have never engaged with the concept. We see a need instead for racial justice resources for students, staff, faculty, and community partners who are activists and are looking for support for their work, models from similar organizing efforts, and potential collaborators and coalition partners."
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Where It Starts
Lives and identities are shaped by decades and centuries. They can be forever altered in minutes or seconds. For the individuals and communities who continue to make Black history at the University of Minnesota and beyond, change starts wherever the powers of creativity, vision, and joy meet.
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A Campus Divided
“A Campus Divided: Progressives, Anticommunists, Racism and Antisemitism at the University of Minnesota 1930-1942” began as a project initiated by Professor Riv-Ellen Prell, an anthropologist. She became interested in the history of the University of Minnesota in the 1930s when she learned about political surveillance on the campus initiated by the Dean of Student Affairs, Edward Nicholson, in an article by Hyman Berman about the 1938 Gubernatorial election in Minnesota. Nicholson collaborated with Ray P. Chase, a Minnesota Republican operative who was committed to defeating progressives in the state.
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Report of the Task Force on Building Names and Institutional History
President Eric Kaler and Executive Vice President and Provost Karen Hanson charged Task Force members on October 4, 2018, calling on the Task Force to “recommend actions regarding the specific buildings mentioned in ‘A Campus Divided’ (Coffman Memorial Union, Coffey Hall, Middlebrook Hall, and Nicholson Hall) and the Minnesota Student Association proposal to rename Coffman Memorial Union” and to utilize tools to gather community feedback on the buildings in question.
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Office of the President: DEI Initiatives
We have leaned into that expectation through our new systemwide strategic plan, MPact 2025, and its commitment to advancing a community and culture where a sense of belonging is strong, accessibility is valued, and equity and diversity are promoted. Much of this work centers around representation, climate, and partnership.
The University is advancing our commitment to this important work and, as an institution, across all campuses, colleges, and centers, we are embracing the challenge of our generation and creating impact.
Undergraduate Diversity, Community, & Belonging
We hear from students that it can be challenging to find services and support just for them. This website is a collection of resources found across the Twin Cities campus that primarily serve specific student identities and promote community, inclusion, and student success.
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Accessible U
The University of Minnesota's Accessible U is a a support resource to help the University community cultivate more inclusive—digitally accessible—experiences on course sites, websites, Zoom meetings, documents, presentations, applications, etc.
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Mapping Prejudice
Mapping Prejudice is composed of a team of historians, geographers, librarians, digital humanists and community activists seeking to expose structural racism.
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SPAR Animated Video Series
In the School of Public Health's animated video series launched fall 2022, they explore different topics related to antiracism, justice, and equity. These videos support the ongoing implementation of our Strategic Plan for Antiracism.
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Commemorating Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a celebration of abolition, Black freedom, Black joy, Black history, and Black futures. Each year, the University of Minnesota hosts a Juneteenth Celebration block party and commemorative march in North Minneapolis.
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Law and the Struggle for Racial Justice
“Law and the Struggle for Racial Justice” highlights material in the Riesenfeld Center’s collections related to the Black American struggle for equal rights, as seen in historical cases, legislation, and the evolving aims and achievements of civil rights movements. The exhibit calls attention to historical exclusion, to moments of progress, and to ongoing obstacles faced by communities of color as they have sought racial justice.
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Campus Climate
The University of Minnesota supports a welcoming campus climate in which all persons are treated with respect. Toward that end, the University facilitates, sustains, and advances a culture that supports equity, inclusion, and community by fostering dialogue, respect, and personal growth. The goal of these purposeful activities is to provide an environment that allows everyone the opportunity to succeed.
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First Gen Proud
The First-Gen Institute focuses on researching, developing, and disseminating evidence-based practices and building communities of praxis that relate to the experience of first-generation students, employees, and faculty across the country.
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Creating Inclusive Learning Environments
These multimedia teaching guides provide research-based and practical instructional support for developing accessible and inclusive courses and class sessions in face-to-face, online, and blended modalities
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Faculty and staff affinity groups
Everyone has a role to play in improving campus climate at the U. This page lists many opportunities.
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Additional Campus Workshops, Training, and Development
Diversity Data Deep Dive
The Diversity Data Deep Dive (DDDD) conferences were developed in order to utilize qualitative and quantitative data to advance institutional equity and diversity goals.
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ISSS: Intercultural Workshop Series
International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) offers a variety of training options to help UMN colleges, departments, and staff work effectively with international students, scholars, and colleagues.
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MCSE: Power & Privilege Series
Power and Privilege are the keys at the intersection of identities and institutions. This series aims to provoke thought, cultivate questions and enable conversation about any number of issues from racism to homophobia to gender identity to sexism.
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The Women's Center Workshops
The Women’s Center offers trainings and workshops on gender and media, gender equity and feminism 101, and other topics as requested.
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Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life Training
Request a tailor-made training from Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life.
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Disability Resource Center Education and Training
The Disability Resource Center offers a variety of resources including: Education/training, consultation, technical assistance, and career information.
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Online Module: The Confidence Gap
This module from The Women's Center is designed to help you understand the history, components and consequences of the "confidence gap," — an idea that attempts to explain why there are significantly fewer women than men in workforce leadership positions — and also provide some ideas about how to gain skills to advance gender equity and dismantle systems that fuel that "the confidence gap."
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First Generation Institute
The University of Minnesota Twin Cities is home to a significant first-generation student community, with 26.3% of undergraduates reporting that neither parent received a 4-year college degree.
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Racial Justice Training Program
The Racial Justice Training Program (RJTP) is a cohort-based, semester-long racial and social justice education program geared towards academic advisors.