[Uosenate] UO Senate Meeting, Wed. June 10th 3-5 pm -- announcement

Mon Jun 8 16:05:37 PDT 2020

Thanks for the update, Elizabeth. The article/quote you included is quite on point. As I emailed you last week to add my name as a co-sponsor to the proposed resolution, and then today, contemplating skipping the meeting in solidarity with #shutdownacademia, your email helped me see the true reason of what our collective mission is. I will most definitely be attending Wednesday's senate meeting.
Thank you,

Jay Butler
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From: uosenate-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu <uosenate-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu> On Behalf Of Elizabeth Skowron
Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 3:46 PM
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Subject: [Uosenate] UO Senate Meeting, Wed. June 10th 3-5 pm -- announcement

Dear Colleagues in the University Senate,

Please find a copy of the June 10th Senate Meeting below.  I want to share that I'd given some thought to cancelling the meeting in light of the requests circulating to #shutdownacademia on Wed for the day, https://www.shutdownstem.com/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.shutdownstem.com/__;!!C5qS4YX3!Vla1JQotz5fhMG-FtvSi3LCksJitRVqp3oZaRBRtNCbR9JNS2yztYRzI2Erq88dN$>.  We have heard from a few senators who have emailed to share that they may not attend the senate meeting in support of this call. These are important collective actions and each needs to do what they believe are the best actions for themselves.

I have decided as senate president to proceed with a modified senate meeting on Wed.  I believe that each of the items retained on the agenda are-more or less so-in keeping with efforts to take action against racism and systemic oppression.

*         we will be considering and voting on the attached resolution, which we have prepared at the behest of a student advocacy group, and in consulting with many individuals on campus

*         we will be honoring several colleagues who have been nominated and selected for awards for excellence in shared governance and other leadership and service contributions to the UO, including several colleagues of color

*         we will voting on a new senate VP, and be accepting a number of courses and program mods necessary for such mods and courses to be offered in the coming fall term, including new courses on UO Difference, Race, and Inequality and

o   Approval of an undergraduate minor in Black Studies. Effective Fall 2020

o   Changing the name of the Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnic Studies and a Master of Arts in Ethnic Studies to a Doctor of Philosophy in Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies and a Master of Arts in Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies (effective Fall 2021)

Last week I seriously contemplated whether or not to proceed with the senate meeting.  I came across this article in the NYT which I found helpful:  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/opinion/whites-anti-blackness-protests.html<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/opinion/whites-anti-blackness-protests.html__;!!C5qS4YX3!X_5uigh8C44wDQNWT5LbT9IeQwapKZViYAU0dQTh-UYJHyiWixD2PQ00R6d0PWAbdHs$>.

My book is coming out in a few months, and I don't know if I'm going to be alive to see it, because I'm a black man.

On Monday evening my agent, a liberal white woman in her 30s, sent an email informing me that she was postponing our important meeting with my editor the next day. The agency representing my book was observing a Blackout Day "to honor George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and the countless other black men and women who have been unjustifiably brutalized and killed."

The company planned to "take this time to reflect and think about long-term actions we can take both as individuals and as an organization to address the systemic racism that persists in our business and communities," she added.

To paraphrase, my agent was pushing back a meeting necessary for the completion and timely release of my book - which is about how black people can apply the lessons we derive from traumatic experiences to our careers - so that white people could reflect on how to help black people. I countered, insisting that our meeting take place as scheduled because black people's lives are in danger, and I shouldn't have to sacrifice momentum on a book written for black people because white people are performing empathy.

This helped me personally to make the decision to hold this week's meeting.  I hope that many of you are able to join as well. I'm available to talk further if you wish...feel free to reach out via email or phone.

Thank you,

Elizabeth

Senate Meeting Agenda - June 10, 2020
Location: Zoom (Please find link below the agenda)
3:00 - 5:00 P.M.
3:00 P.M.  Call to Order

  *   Introductory Remarks; Senate President Elizabeth Skowron
  *   Remarks; Senate Vice President & President-Elect Elliot Berkman
3:10 P.M. Approval of the Minutes
May 13, 2020
3:15 P.M. State of the University

  *   President Michael Schill
3:30 P.M. New Business

  *   US19/20-18: Resolution Against Racism and Systemic Oppression
  *   Election: Senate VP & President-Elect for 2020-2021
  *   Spring 2020 Curriculum Report; Frances White, Chair of UOCC
  *   US19/20-16: Resolution to Adopt an Open Access Scholarship Policy<https://senate.uoregon.edu/2020/05/13/us19-20-16-resolution-to-adopt-an-open-access-scholarship-policy/>; David Condon (Psychology), Margaret Sereno (Psychology) (deferred to Fall, 2020)
4:10 P.M. Awards

  *   Shared Governance Award: Sierra Dawson, Jennifer Espinola, Chris Esparza; Intro by Elizabeth Skowron & Jessica Cronce
  *   Classified Staff Award: Cimmeron Gillespie, Intro by Steve Mital and Robyn Hathcock; and Char Fentress, Intro by Allie Heaman
  *   Wayne Westling Award: Kassia Dellabough, College of Design; Intro by Kristin Grieger
  *   OA Award: Herlinda (Linda) Leon; Intro by Amalia Gladhart
4:58 P.M. Open Discussion
4:59 P.M. Other Business
5:00 P.M. Adjourn
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Time: Jun 10, 2020 03:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Elizabeth A. Skowron, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology
Center for Translational Neuroscience
UO Senate President
University of Oregon
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