Macalester College occupies land in Mni Sota Makoce located less than five miles away from Bdote\u2014the sacred creation site of the Dakota people. Despite the persistent and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and forcible exile, this very land we are on is cultivated, cared for, and honored since time immemorial by the Dakota, Anishinaabe, and Ho-Chunk peoples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Macalester engages in ongoing work toward repair and partnership with Dakota people, land, and water, as well as to support Native and Indigenous members of our campus community. We participate in these ongoing efforts by uplifting the work and care of our campus and community members, including the Macalester Native and Indigenous Initiative, and by thinking critically about how we take responsibility for and educate about the land we are on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We must examine our relationship to the land to understand that recognition of Native and Indigenous land, water, and peoples is not just an acknowledgement of the past. You can take action by visiting Macalester\u2019s Institutional Equity<\/a> website as well as the virtual Bdote Memory Map<\/a> to guide us in learning about next steps in this work. These actions are necessary for our current and future legacies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Institutional Equity leads Macalester\u2019s ongoing commitment to equity and social justice through collective action, shared visioning, and community connection. We act with obligation to generations past, present, and future\u2014to infuse equity and justice principles throughout the college, and to develop skills and knowledge to shape what is yet to be. We embrace the processes of learning and unlearning, cherish opportunities for knowing and not knowing, and revel in the beauty and challenge of many voices. We collaborate with campus and community partners toward enduring institutional transformation. We hold ourselves accountable to learn, listen, and own our mistakes. We honor the theoretical frameworks that guide us while we tend to practical realities, and we seek sustainable, generative pathways as we map this work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Vice President for Institutional Equity is responsible for developing the overarching vision, strategic direction, and implementation of the college’s diversity, equity, anti-racism, and inclusion initiatives that contribute towards a vibrant campus culture. The Vice President works collaboratively across campus to devise, articulate, and promote goals for a campus climate that is inclusive, affirming, and supportive, and supports the advancement of equity and inclusion in academic programs, student services, recruitment and retention efforts, professional development of staff, and overall institutional effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Land Statement Macalester College occupies land in Mni Sota Makoce located less than five miles away from Bdote\u2014the sacred creation site of the Dakota people. Despite the persistent and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and forcible exile, this very land we are on is cultivated, cared for, and honored since time immemorial by the Dakota, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5367,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/5367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/equity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Mission and Framing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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