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Climate Support

NYU Silver is committed to building a community where every person is valued, welcomed and supported by campus-wide collaborative efforts that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.

In the event students do experience harm as a result of identity-based bias, discrimination, harrassment, and/or retaliation, our Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, in collaboration with Silver students, faculty, staff, alumni; our Social Justice Praxis Committee; and NYU’s Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) and Office of Global Inclusion (OGI), has developed a Silver Climate Support Protocol for Students. It is designed to empower the person who has been targeted by facilitating community care and restorative resolution, providing support in reporting to NYU’s Bias Response Line as well as offering peer assistance in navigating both the University- and School-level processes. 

While we are continuing to develop and seek resources to support similar School-level protocols for Silver faculty and staff, we have detailed the university- and school-level reporting procedures for Silver faculty and staff who believe that they have been subjected to identity-based bias, discrimination, harrassment, and/or retaliation should follow.

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Social Justice Praxis Committee

The Social Justice Praxis Committee, composed of Silver faculty, students, and staff, serves as a catalyst for development, implementation, and assessment of a comprehensive strategy and tactics of action to address social justice, equity, and inclusion at the School. The Committee works to uphold the social justice mission of the School and the profession, recognizing that all need to share in the responsibility and accountability for creating an inclusive and equitable community.

Read the Committee's March 1, 2021 Statement and Call to Action Against Anti-Asian Violence.

Read MLK Day 2021 Reflections from the Committee's Co-chairs.

Read the Committee's May 31, 2020 Statement and Call to Action Against Anti-Black Violence and Oppression.

Richeleen Dashield, Co-chair, Staff
Susan Gerbino, Co-chair, Faculty
Carolyn Breakstone, BS Student
Hosanah Bryan, Staff
Doris Chang, Faculty
Sabrina Cluesman, PhD Student
Tatyahna Costello, MSW Student
Grace DeFino, Staff
Breanna Drew, Staff
Jasmine Drew, Alumni
Chris Ferrara, Staff
Krystal Folk, DSW Student
Elizabeth Galimore, Staff
Ronnie Greenberg, Adjunct Faculty
Neil Gutterman, Dean (Ex-Officio)
Ernest Gonzales, Faculty
Josephine Gonzalez, Staff
Marya Gwadz, Faculty
Travis Harrington, MSW Student
Robert Hawkins, Faculty
Aminda Heckman, Faculty
Mandy Lam, MSW Student
Abigail Levites, DSW Student
William Li, Staff
Tiffany Llewellyn, Staff
Nonny Mahachi, MSW Student
Jennifer Manuel, Faculty
Darcey Merritt, Faculty
Kiara Moore, Faculty
Laura Morrison, Staff
Hayley Needle, MSW Student
Courtney O'Mealley, Staff
Krushika Patankar, PhD Student
Alison Rose, Staff
Cherrie Pamela Rose, Staff
Katherine Sullivan, Faculty
Lilia Vidal, MSW Student/DEI Intern
Jayson Vivas, MSW Student
Yeqing Yuan, PhD Student

Social Justice and Diversity Grants for Students

The School sponsors an annual Social Justice and Diversity Grant program that inspires students to design and implement programs that address issues related to social justice, diversity, and social work.

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