Diversity on Campus

The Challenge

We challenge you to foster a community that embraces diversity, inclusion and equity here at Sinclair and to:

Attend one or several Diversity and Inclusion podcasts, TED Talks, and webinars offered remotely
Zoom meet with someone of a different background
Acknowledge someone that you see in a zoom meeting
Attend a Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) listening session or other CTL diversity events
Participate in the YWCA 21 Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge

Contact Info:

Michael E. Carter, Chief Diversity Officer
michael.carter@sinclair.edu | Building 12, Room 220 | 937-512-3883

Michele E. Marcum, Executive Administrative Assistant
michele.marcum@sinclair.edu | Building 12, Room 201 | 937-512-2164

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What is Diversity?

Diversity refers to the individual and group social differences that exist among people. The concept of diversity at Sinclair Community College encompasses the acceptance, inclusiveness, engagement, and mutual respect among students, faculty, staff, administrators, and members of the broader community.

Diversity means understanding that each individual is unique and by recognizing these individual differences and similarities, we add to the richness and texture of the educational experience.

Differences and similarities can be along various human dimensions, including but not limited to: race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation/gender identity/expression, socio-economic status, age, disabilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, cultural perspectives, other ideologies, veteran status, and country of origin.

Honoring diversity requires a system that represents, supports, and respects these dimensions. This system constructs policies, practices, and structures to prepare students to be successful within the college, local, regional, and global communities.

Read Sinclair's Diversity Mission, Vision and Values.

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A VIRTUAL TOUR OF SINCLAIR'S DIVERSITY OFFICE WEBPAGE

August 27, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m.

Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here

Community members - Register here

A Virtual Tour of Sinclair's Diversity Office Webpage: Do you wish to know more about the issues surrounding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, but you don't know where to start? Join Jared Cutler on this virtual tour for an opportunity to explore resources and to develop a better understanding of the exceptional opportunities for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion education that the Diversity Office provides on their webpage.

Upcoming Diversity Events

In person diversity events have been canceled due to COVID-19. Available are remote diversity events. Or attend a podcast, TED Talks, or webinar!

All events are located on Sinclair's Dayton Campus and are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. View here for driving directions to Sinclair's Dayton Campus and for parking information.

List of "Upcoming Diversity Events" date, time, events with respective locations
Event Date	Time	Event	Location
July 30	11:00 a.m.	Anti-Racism: You are Needed, and You Can Make a Difference! - Discussion facilitated by Jared Cutler Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
July 31	10:00 a.m.	Village of Elks Advocacy Workshop: Advocating for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in our Schools! Click here for more information and to Register for this free event	Centerville Library 111 Spring Valley Road, Centerville OH
August 21 & August 22	12:00 p.m.	13th Annual Dayton African American Cultural Festival 2021 - A two-day, city-wide family event to bring the richness of the African American experience in the Dayton and surrounding communities Click here for details	Island Metro Park 101 E. Helena Street Dayton OH
August 25	10:00 a.m.	Our New Postracial Myth - Article discussion facilitated by Michael Carter Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
August 26	2:00 p.m.	A Matter of Respect: Preferred Pronouns And Why They Matter - Discussion facilitated by Larry Lindstrom and Nadine Cichy Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
August 27	10:00 a.m.	A Tour of Sinclair's Diversity Office Webpage - Take a virtual tour of the website facilitated by Jared Cutler Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members: Register here	Zoom Room
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Hinduism: A Tour of Story and Space - Discussion facilitated by Amanda Hayden, M.A., RYT Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
September 8	3:00 p.m.	A Tour of Sinclair's Diversity Office Webpage - Take a virtual tour of the website facilitated by Jared Cutler Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members: Register here	Zoom Room
September 9	3:30 p.m.	Anti-Racism: You are Needed, and You Can Make a Difference! - Discussion facilitated by Jared Cutler Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
September 10	11:00 a.m.	Hinduism: A Tour of Story and Space - Discussion facilitated by Amanda Hayden, M.A., RYT Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
September 13	10:00 a.m.	Understanding the Beauty and Importance of Diverse Stories - discussion facilitated by Michael Carter Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
September 14 thru November 2	5:00 p.m.	Race & History: 1619 and Beyond - A free virtual 8-week educational series sponsored by the History & Black Studies Departments at Sinclair College Open to the Public Registration - Sign-in here Flyer - Check it out	Zoom Room
September 17	11:00 a.m.	A Matter of Respect: Preferred Pronouns And Why They Matter - Discussion facilitated by Larry Lindstrom and Nadine Cichy Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
September 21	3:00 p.m.	Understanding the Beauty and Importance of Diverse Stories - discussion facilitated by Michael Carter Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
September 23	3:00 p.m.	Diversity Film Series: The Great American Lie - View the film in-person followed with a discussion facilitated by Michael Carter and Amaha Sellassie. Free and opened to the public Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Sinclair Dayton Campus Building 12 - Room 12-116 Map to Location
September 24	12:00 p.m.	You Call It Professionalism, I Call It Oppression In A Three Piece Suit - Discussion facilitated by Kathleen Gish and Lajmar Anderson on the article from everyday feminism by Carmen Rios Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
September 27 thru October 1	10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Mon-Fri)	Our American Journey - On-site exhibition examining and exploring the African American journey with a variety of artifacts as a means of capturing and understanding the determination, courage, and resilience of Blacks in America	Sinclair Community College Conference Center Building 12, Room 131 444 W. Third Street, Dayton OH
October 8	12:00 p.m.	History vs. Christopher Columbus - Discussion on the TED-Ed by Alex Gendler and facilitated by Derek Petrey Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
October 11	12:00 p.m.	History vs. Christopher Columbus - Discussion on the TED-Ed by Alex Gendler and facilitated by Derek Petrey Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
November 7 thru November 30	10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Mon-Fri) Weekends by Appt	Atlas of Dayton: A City in Progress - On-site exhibition combining graphics design and data to visualize Dayton's inequities created by Misty Thomas-Trout, graphics designer and Professor at U.D.	Sinclair Community College John E. Moore Building 20 220 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd, Dayton OH
November 7 thru November 30	10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Mon-Fri) Weekends by Appt	Redlining Exhibit - On-site interactive exhibition exploring ways in which discriminatory practices have been manifested through the actions of corporate entities refusing or limiting loans that have impacted specific geographic areas and urban core neighborhoods	Sinclair Community College John E. Moore Building 20 220 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd, Dayton OH
November 17	1:00 p.m.	Blue Lives Matter: Identity and the Internet - facilitated by Jennifer Stevens, Ph.D. Sinclair faculty/staff/students - Register here Community members - Register here	Zoom Room
February 4 thru February 6		SAVE THE DATE! - 2022 Black Unity Conference - Featuring guest speaker, Heather McGhee, author of the NYT bestselling book The Sum of Us	Sinclair Community College

American Holocaust - by David E. Stannard
Columbus and the conquest of the New World
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An Indigenous People's History of the U.S.. - by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
The first history of the U.S.. told from the perspective of indigenous peoples
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And Yet They Persisted - by Johanna Neuman
How American women won the right to vote
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At The Hands Of Persons Unknown - by Philip Dray
The lynching of Black America
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Beautiful Boy - by David Sheff
A father's journey through his son's addiction
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Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own - by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race.
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Beneath A Ruthless Sun - by Gilbert King
A true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found
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Boy Erased - by Garrard Conley
A Memoir of identify, faith, and family
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent - by Isabel Wilkerson
Examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America
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Catch A Star: Shining through Adversity to become a Champion - by Tamika Catchings
All she wanted was to fit in, Tamika never imagined one day she'd stand out
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City of Thorns - by Ben Rawlence
A vivid portrait of the forgotten refugees in Dadaab, the worlds largest refugee camp
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Closet Haikus - by R.R. Noall
The first ever collaborative coming out poetry collection
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Crazy Rich Asians - by Kevin Kwan
A novel introducing a contemporary Asia to a North American audience
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Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain
by Zaretta Hammond
Promoting authentic engagement and rigor among culturally and linguistically diverse students
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David Walker's Appeal - by David Walker
The most radical piece of writing by an African American in the nineteenth century
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Differently Abled: Taking A Stand, Making a Difference - by Graeme Axford
Tells the real life story living with invisible disabilities
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Dog Whistle Politics - by Ian Haney Lopez
How coded racial appeals have reinvented racism and wrecked the middle class
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Dying of Whiteness - by Jonathan M. Metzl
How politics of racial resentment is killing America's Heartland
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EL Norte - by Carrie Gibson
The epic and forgotten story of Hispanic North America
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Full Dissidence: Notes From an Uneven Playing Field - by Howard Bryant
A meditation on injustice in our country
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Generation Z LEADS - by Corey Seemiller, Meghan Grace
A guide for developing the leadership capacity of Generation Z students
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Ghost Of The Innocent Man - by Benjamin Rachlin
A true story of trial and redemption
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Giovanni's Room - by James Baldwin
In the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality
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Hidden Figures - by Margot Lee Shetterly
Three brilliant African-American women at NASA serve as the brains behind the launch of astronaut John Glen
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Historic Black Settlements of Ohio - by David Myers and Elise Meyers Walker
Short history of black settlements in Ohio
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How To Be An Antiracist - by Ibram X. Kendi
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I Too Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100
by Wil Haygood
Celebrates the visual art and material culture of the Harlem Renaissance
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If Beale Street Could Talk - by James Baldwin
A love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s
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In The Company Of Women - by Grace Bonney
Inspiration and advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs
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Inclusive Conversations - by Mary-Frances Winters
Specific, tactical, and compassionate approaches for dialoguing across difference
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Insane - by Alisa Roth
America's criminal treatment of mental illness
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Is Everyone Really Equal? - by Ozlem Sensory & Robin DiAngelo
Award-winning guide to key concepts in Social Justice Education
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Islam - by John Kaltner
What non-Muslims should know
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Lies My Teacher Told Me - by James W. Loewen
Everything your American History textbook got wrong
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Lola's House: Filipino Women Living With War - by M. Evelina Galang
The stories of sixteen surviving Filipino "comfort women"
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Lost Dayton
Explores Dayton's retail, industrial, entertainment, and residential sites and how they have changed over time
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Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race - by Laura E. Gomez
The story of the original Mexican Americans
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Mexicans in the Making of America - by Neil Foley
A sweeping view of the evolution of Mexican America
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Miracle People - by Sue Snyder
An inspiring anthology of differently-abled beings
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Mudbound - by Hillary Jordan
A novel about the Jim Crow south immediately following World War II
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Overground Railroad ;- by Candacy Taylor
The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book
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Reading with Patrick - by Michelle Kuo
A teacher, a student, and a life-changing friendship
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Red Summer - by Cameron McWhirter
A narrative history of America's deadliest episode of race riots and lynchings
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Rising Out of Hatred - by Eli Saslow
The awakening of a former white nationalist
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Separate: - by Steve Luxenberg
The story of Plessy v Ferguson and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation
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Shook One - by Charlamagne Tha God
A blueprint for breaking free from your fears and anxiety
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Stamped From The Beginning - by Ibram X. Kendi
The definitive history of racist ideas in America
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Still I Rise - by Marlene Wagman-Geller
the persistence of phenomenal women
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Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity - by Winona Guo & Priya Vulchi
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The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre - by Karlos Hill
Photos and oral testimonies which shine a new spotlight on the race massacre from the vantage point of its victims and survivors.
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The ABC's of LGBT+ - by Ashley Mardell
A detailed look at all things LGBT+
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The Battle for Brandon - by Chad Bonham
How a coach fought to bring his son home
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The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World - by Mason Funk
True story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present
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The Color of Water - by James McBride
A black man's tribute to his white mother
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The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America - by Eric Cervini
The secret history of the fight for gay rights that began a generation before Stonewall
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The Factory - by Christopher Lordan, Robert Dellelo
A journey through the prison industrial complex
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The Girl Who Thought in Pictures - by Julia Finley Mosca
The story of Dr. Temple Grandin
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The Hidden Wound - by Wendell Berry
Explores the hidden wound of racism and its damaging effect on American whites
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The Hundred Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey - by Dawn MacKeen
An tale of one man's courage in the face of genocide and his granddaughter's quest to tell his story
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The Myth of Equality - by Ken Wytsma
Uncovering the roots of injustice and privilege
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The Negro Travelers' Green Book - by Victor H. Green
The guide to travel and vacations
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The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in America - by Helen Thorpe
Follows the lives of 22 immigrant teenagers throughout the course of the 2015-2016 school year
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The Other Slavery - by Andres Resendez
The uncovered story of Indian enslavement in America
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The Song Poet: A Memoir of my Father - Kao Kalia Yang
A Hmong song poet who sacrificed his gift for his children's future in America
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow - by C. Vann Woodward, William S. McFeely
A clear and illuminating analysis of the history of Jim Crow Laws
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The Sum of Us - by Heather McGhee
What racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together
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The Woman's Hour - by Elaine Weiss
The great fight to win the vote
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Tigerland - by Wil Haygood
1968-1969: A city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing
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Trans*: A Quick & Quirky Account of Gender Variability - by Jack Halberstam
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Underground America - by Peter Orner, Annie Holmes, Tom Andes
Narratives of undocumented lives
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We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation - by Matthew Riemer
Essential and empowering intro to the history of the fight for queer liberation
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We Were Eight Years in Power - by Ta-Nehisi Coates
A collection of essays written by the author during Obama's presidency
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What Have We Done? - by David Wood
A battlefield view of moral injury, the signature wound of America's 21st century wars
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While The City Slept - by Eli Sanders
A love lost to violence and a wake-up call for mental health care in America
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White Fragility - by Robin Diangelo
Why it's so hard for white people to talk about Racism
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Why? - by Peter Hayes
Explaining the Holocaust
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Zookeepers Wife - by Diane Ackerman
1939 Poland. A true story of a family who rescued hundreds of Jews from the Germans by hiding them in their Warsaw zoo during World War II
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13TH
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality
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A Hidden Life
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
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A Star is Born
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral
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A Thousand Cuts
Press Freedom in the Philippines under the Duterte Regime
NOTE: The Univ of Michigan's Center for Southeast Asian Studies is sponsoring a free virtual viewing until October 16, 2020
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Amazing Grace
Documentary presenting Aretha Franklin performing gospel songs at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in 1972
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American Skin
A Marine veteran seeks justice when police kill his unarmed son during a routine traffic stop
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Babel
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families
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Becoming Bulletproof
Featuring actors, with and without disabilities, who meet every year at Zeno Mountain Farm to write, produce, and star in original short films
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Between The World And Me
Based on the nonfiction book written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, as a letter to her teenage son about the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being Black in the U.S.
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Black Boys
This film illuminates the spectrum of black male humanity in America. an intimate, inter-generational exploration, striving for insight to black identity and opportunity at the nexus of sports, education and criminal justice
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BlacKkKlansman
True story of an African American police officer who successfully infiltrates the local KKK
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Black Panther
A groundbreaking celebration of black culture
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Blindspotting
While on probation, a man begins to re-evaluate his relationship with his volatile best friend
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Boy Erased
The son of a small-town Baptist pastor must overcome the fallout after being outed as gay to his parents
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Building A Movement
During the 2018 midterms, women of color run for political office in record numbers. Candidates and organizers mobilize to expand the electorate, inspire voters to turn out and make history in the process
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Certain Women
Three strong willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the plains of the American Northwest
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Claiming Power
As a movement of candidates and organizers inspire voters to turn out for the 2018 midterm elections, voter suppression in Georgia casts a shadow on Stacey Abrams’ history-making run for governor
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Coded Bias
An exploration of the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery of racial bias in facial recognition algorithms
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Constructing the Terrorist Threat
A leading scholar on Islamophobia looks at how Muslims have become the predominant face of terror in the U.S.
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Coco
Inspired by the Mexican holiday "Day of the Dead"
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Crash
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption
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Crazy Rich Asians
Based on a global bestseller, follows a native New Yorker to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family
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Critical Thinking
True story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship
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Debt of Honor: Disable Veterans in American History
An unflinching look at the reality of warfare, disability, and the physical and psychological toll of violent conflict
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Defiant Lives
The rise and triumph of the Disability Rights Movement in the U.S., Britain, and Australia
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Denial
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel
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Equal Means Equal
A filmmaker spearheads a national media campaign to raise awareness for the need for women's equality under federal law
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Fences
A working class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life
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Fruitvale Station
Based on a true story of one of the most heart-wrenching instances of police brutality in American history
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Get Out
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point
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Green Book
A working-class Italian-American becomes the driver for an African American classical pianist
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Happy
Filmmaker Roko Belic takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy
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Harriet
The story of heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman
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Hidden Figures
Three brilliant African-American women at NASA serve as the brains behind the launch of astronaut John Glen
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I Am Not Your Negro
A journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter
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Indian Horse
A Canadian First Nations boy survives in a residential school in the 1970s
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Iron Jawed Angels
Defiant young activists take the women’s suffrage movement by storm putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
Explores Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) fight for social activism and legislative on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform and immigration
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Just Mercy
World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner
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Life of Pi
A young Indian man and a Bengal tiger survive a disaster at sea and form an unexpected connection while cast away at sea
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Lion
A 5 year old Indian boy gets lost thousands of miles from home and 25 years later sets out to find his lost family
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Marshall
The true story behind Thurgood Marshall
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McFarland USA
A man moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach and at his new school he turns seven disappointing students into one of the best cross-country teams in the region
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Midnight Traveler
When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili's head, he is forced to flee the country with his wife and two daughters
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Miss Evers Boys
The true story of the U.S. Government’s 1932 Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed
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Miss Juneteenth
A former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant
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Moonlight
A look at three defining chapters in the life of a young black man growing up in Miami
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Mudbound
Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war
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North Dixie Drive
A portrait of businesses and people residing in the Northridge section of Dayton, Ohio
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Operation Finale
A team of agents set out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust
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Paris is Burning
A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality
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Pele: Birth of a Legend
Pele utilizes his street soccer skills to lead Brazil to the World Cup in 1958
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Queen of Katwe
A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess
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Race
Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world state of the 1936 Olympics where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy
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RBG
Documentary focusing on the career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Resilience
A documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress
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Roman J. Israel, Esq.
An African-American lawyer with Asperger's Syndrome
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Rosie
A mother trying to protect her family after their landlord sells their rented home and they become homeless
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Spare Parts
Based on a true story of four Hispanic students who form a robotics club
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Stockton On My Mind
Michael Tubbs works tirelessly to effect change after he becomes the first African American mayor of Stockton, California
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Strong Island
The forces of family, grief and racial injustice converge in this documentary exploring the murder of filmmaker Yance Ford's brother
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
A drama symbolizing the terror and brutality that defined the Holocaust
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The Day I Became a Woman
This film links together stories about three women struggling for identity in Iran
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The Dissident
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears in Istanbul, his dissidents around the world piece together the clues to a murder and expose a global cover up
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The Farewell
A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has a short while left to live and decides to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies
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The Great American Lie
Filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom examines the growing problem of social and economic inequality in America
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The Hate You Give
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s
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The Lavender Scare
The first documentary film to tell the story of the U.S. government's decades-long effort to identify and fire gay and lesbian employees
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The Meeting
American Playhouse TV adaptation of the 1987 play by Jeff Stetson about an imaginary meeting between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X in 1965 in Harlem during the height of the Civil Rights Movement
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The Mountain Minor
Appalachian music plays a crucial role in unifying a family across generations
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The Peanut Butter Falcon
A man who has Down syndrome befriends an outlaw who becomes his coach and ally
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The Rape of Recy Taylor
Documentary on the assault of Recy Taylor, a 24 year old African American sharecropper, who was abducted and raped by six white men when walking home from church in Abbeville Alabama on the night of September 3, 1944
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The Soul Of America
Follows Jon Meacham, writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer as he offers his insights into the country’s current political and historical moment by examining its past
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This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Chronicles the life of a champion diver transitioning from male to female
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Inspired by a 27 year old murder case in Texas that remains unsolved
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Two Blue Lines
Shot over a period of 25 years, this documentary examines the human and political situation of the Palestinian people from the years prior to the creation of Israeli to the present day
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Up Heartbreak Hill
Chronicles the lives of three high school seniors living on the Navajo Nation and struggling to shape their identities as both Native American and modern American
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Us
A family's serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them
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Waiting for Anya
A boy and a reclusive widow work together to smuggle Jewish children into Spain during World War II
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Waves
The emotional journey of a suburban African American family as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the wake of a tragic loss
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Wonder
Tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time
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Zion
Short documentary. Born without legs and stuck in foster care for years, teen Zion Clark finds his calling when he pursues competitive wrestling
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Zookeepers Wife
1939 Poland. A true story of a family who rescued hundreds of Jews from the Germans by hiding them in their Warsaw zoo during World War II
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Podcasts:

TED Talks:

3 Ways to be a Better Ally in the Workplace - Melinda Epler
10 Ways to Promote Anti-Racism in the Workplace - Forbes
Color Blind or Color Brave? - Mellody Hobson
I'm Not Your Inspiration, Thank You Very Much - Stella Young
History vs. Christopher Columbus - Alex Gendler
How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time - Baratunde Thurston
How to Get Serious about Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace - Janet Stovall
How to Overcome our Biases? Walk Boldly Towards Them - Verna Myers
How to Talk and Listen to Transgender People - Jackson Bird
Immigrant Voices Make Democracy Stronger - Sayu Bhojwani
Let's End Ageism - Ashton Applewhite
Take the "Other" to Lunch - Elizabeth Lesser
The Truth About the Confederacy in the United States - Jeffery Robinson
We the People - The 3 Most Misunderstood Words in U.S. History - Mark Charles
What It's Like To Be Muslim In America - Dalia Mogahed
What the Gay Rights Movement Learned from the Civil Rights Movement - Yoruba Richen
Why I Work to Remove Barriers for Students with Disabilities - Haben Girma
Why Diversity Matters - Katherine Phillips

Videos:

25 Amazing Scientific Reasons Behind Indian Traditions & Culture - Hinduism Facts - YouTube
Black History Trivia - Michael Carter
College Behind Bars, Part 1: Nobody Ever Taught Me Any Of That - PBS
College Behind Bars, Part 2: I'm Trying To Get Home To My Family, Too - PBS
College Behind Bars, Part 3: Every Single Word Matters - PBS
College Behind Bars, Part 4: Home Is A Work In Progress - PBS
Conversation between Wil Haygood and Michael Carter
DEI Leadership Reflection with Michael Carter
Diversity video with Dawayne Kirkman
Food for Spiritual Thought - Videos from Sinclair's Campus Ministry
Gang Leader to Graduate – A Conscious Discipline Transformation
Growing up Poor in America - Frontline Production
Humanize Diversity and Inclusion - YouTube
Hungry to Learn: Soledad O'Brien Examines the Untold Student Hunger Crisis (exclusive) - Yahoo! Life
Illuminated: Ancestors, Love, Kinship - Sinclair Theatre Department
Lost Dayton - Andrew Walsh
Michael Carter and Keith Lander discussing Critical Race Theory - YouTube
Our Oregon District - Sinclair Theatre Department
Roots of Racism - Part I: How Historic Policies affect Dayton today
Roots of Racism - Part II: Key Historical Moments of early 20th Century
Roots of Racism - Part III: Disinvestment, Deindustrialization, and Desegregation
Segregated By Design
Simple Things Count - Seven ways to be more inclusive of people with disabilities - Microsoft News
The Rage and Love of James Baldwin - Video interview with Professor Eddie Glaude, Jr. on Morning Joe
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Ep.1) - "Uncomfortable Conversation" with White America - Emmanuel Acho
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Ep.2) - "White Allergies?" with Matthew McConaughey - Emmanuel Acho
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Ep.3) - "Seeing Color" with Chip & Joanna Gaines + Kids - Emmanuel Acho
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Ep.6) - "White Parents Raising Black Children" with Aaron & Jamie Ivey + Kids - Emmanuel Acho
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Ep.7) - "Race vs. Religion" with Carl Lentz, Hillsong Church - Emmanuel Acho
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Ep.8 - Pt.1) - "National Anthem Protests" with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell - Emmanuel Acho
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Ep.8 - Pt.2) - "National Anthem Protests" with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell - Emmanuel Acho
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Ep.9) - "Conversation with the Police" with the Petaluma Police Department in Petaluma, CA - Emmanuel Acho
What You Need To Know About Women's Suffrage - NowThis

Webinars:

Diversity T-Shirts

If you do not have a diversity t-shirt, please contact Michele Marcum at michele.marcum@ sinclair.edu.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop Series

Sinclair College strives to see and acknowledge each student, faculty, and staff member as an important contributor to our belief in equity for all. Training and development are important to our core mission and with that in mind, Sinclair's Workforce Development and Diversity Office CONGRATULATE the following individuals for completing the Cultivating Diversity professional development workshop:

2.5 Hours

Jessica Bloomingdale
David Bodary
Jennifer Davis
Meredith Hook
Tina Hummons
Dana Ingham
Chuck Jones
Tennille Love
Brenda McKinley
Dodie Munn
Rana Peake
Vandana Rola

5.0 Hours

Arian Adducchio
Chad Bridgman
Mary Rospert
Kanesha Scott
Chris Welch

7.5 Hours

Patti Enck
Adam Haroff
Michelle Littlejohn
Krissy Mayes
Jane McEwen
Clay Pittman
Jasmine Roberts

10.0 Hours

Marc DeWitt
Chris Hubbard
Jennifer Maynard
Debra Oswald
Dawna Remencus
Penny Stewart
Ronald Ulrich

What Matters Most
Our Goals, Values and Beliefs

BECAUSE WE DO NOT WALK IN THE SAME SHOES... WE HAVE DIVERSE NEEDS

Mission:

Sinclair College strives to see and acknowledge each student, faculty and staff member as an important contributor to our belief in equity for all.

Vision:

Sinclair will be viewed as an institution that is welcoming to all, as evidenced by a climate of acceptance and inclusiveness among faculty, staff and students. Everyone will understand the importance of cultural competency and embrace their role as global citizens.

Values:

Differences celebrated and essential to our success
Respect for every individual
Excellence in all that we do
Accountability for our roles, responsibilities and actions
Environment of support and inclusiveness

We Will:

Work to cultivate and maintain a diverse, inclusive and equitable campus climate for everyone who chooses Sinclair as a destination to study, work or meet.
Strive to attract, retain and graduate a diverse student body, representative of the communities we serve.
Strive to attract and retain a diverse and culturally competent staff and faculty that is representative of the communities we serve.
Set the standard, provide the support and drive individual accountability to everyone within Sinclair for respecting and contributing to an environment that is diverse, inclusive and equitable in its treatment of all people.