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Committee for the Promotion of Diversity & Inclusion: Overview

Welcome!

The Committee for the Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion's (CPDI) mission is to develop and coordinate programming and resources that facilitate an inclusive and equitable environment that encourages and empowers MIT Libraries staff to actively pursue a racial and social justice agenda within the Libraries and the communities we serve.

CPDI collaborates with departments and committees throughout the Libraries to identify and prioritize relevant activities that advance the Libraries' EDISJ goals.

See current CPDI membership (page restricted to MIT Libraries staff).

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MIT Libraries mission and values statements:

  • The MIT Libraries aspires to advance knowledge by providing a trusted foundation for the generation, dissemination, use, creative engagement with, and preservation of information, in support of the MIT mission and so that it can be brought to bear on the world’s great challenges and in the cause of social justice.

By pursuing Social Justice and an Ethic of Care

  • We foster deep respect and understanding for human beings inside and outside our organization and the communities in which they live; we approach our work and one another from an ethic of care.
  • We aim to provide equitable service to all people, regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, or national or ethnic origin.
  • We place special emphasis on services that are welcoming and inclusive of members of groups who are currently and/or have historically been marginalized or denied full participation in society.
  • We strive to promote many voices, and to reflect diversity of both knowledge itself and ways of knowing in our collections, and in our approach to information management and organization.
  • We aspire to leverage the work, values, and resources of libraries and archives as forces for social justice in our communities.

Managing for Learning and Inclusion

Committees & Groups

Reports & Book Chapters

 

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