President Lynn Perry Wooten reaffirms Simmons University’s guiding principles of welcoming and empowering all forms of diversity. Read the full letter to learn more about resources available to community members during this time.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• From the President

Dr. Aaron Rosenthal and graduate student, Taylor Eubanks, discuss Rosenthal's book-length project "The State You See: How Government Visibility Creates Political Distrust and Racial Inequality," as well as his forthcoming article “Black Lives Matter: Disrupting the Duality.”

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Research

Kendi’s bestselling book, "How to Be an Antiracist," was selected as the Spring 2021 Community Read and the event’s central topic. President Wooten and Kendi discussed several themes from his book, including defining racism, intersectionality, and identity.

• Community Read
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

The 2021 Spring Community Read, "How to Be an AntiRacist," explores the concept of antiracism and how we might build an antiracist society. Check out President Wooten's favorite quotes and takeaways from Kendi’s powerful book.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• From the President

For President Wooten, Black History Month has always been about learning and discovery. This year, she's encouraging the Simmons community to join her by engaging in the Multicultural Center's programming and carrying these lessons into the future.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• From the President

#DocsOnCall intern, Selma Chamime ’23, tells us about working with the initiative and the massive impact it has made on combatting pandemic-related misinformation.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Research
• Social Justice & Advocacy

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Assistant Dean Gary Bailey reflects on the first days of 2021 as the US continues to struggle with intersecting pandemics of COVID-19 and racial inequity.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

President Wooten writes about her takeaways from the second annual Ifill Forum, and how she hopes to foster racial and social equity here at Simmons.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• From the President
• Gwen Ifill

Support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation enables Simmons to boost efforts to provide accessible and accurate information about COVID-19 to vulnerable communities.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Social Justice & Advocacy

Michele Norris moderated a conversation with Ava DuVernay, filmmaker and founder of ARRAY, and Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Gwen Ifill
• Ifill Forum