Working to Combat Systemic Racism at SJSU
The heartbreak, outrage and protests following the killing of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020 served as a tipping point for our campus community. These horrific incidents, as well as other recent attacks against Black/African American individuals as well as the rise in anti-Asian violence in our nation, are a call to action for San José State University, and we have vowed to develop actionable plans and commit to eliminate systemic racism on our campus in both the short-term and long-term. Learn here about SJSU’s immediate steps—as well as intermediate and long-term plans—to create permanent organizational change with regard to systemic racism on our campus.
SJSU’s Actions on Systemic Racism
SJSU aspires to be a fully-inclusive, anti-racist, multi-cultural organization. To that end, we are taking immediate steps toward tangible change while, at the same time, implementing longer-term strategies to change those policies and practices that currently form the foundation for institutional and systemic racism.
Many resources are available on racism, including external resources as well as campus resources. We can glean incredible understanding through the testimonials, novels, short stories, and even poems from a variety of modern and classical writers.
SJSU’s commitment to addressing institutional and systemic racism is daunting and necessary. Creating permanent organizational change with short term actions, as well as intermediate and long-term needs investment from leadership, but also from the entire SJSU community. Should you have questions, comments, concerns, or need to connect with individuals and organizations planning and implementing these actions, do contact us.