Creating connections, building community

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Rock your DU merch and show your pride on Thursdays, and you could win a gift card if our staffers see you wearing it!

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The Community + Values Graduate Fellows for the Office of the Provost will serve as the project management support for the initiative as a whole. The Community + Values initiative is an initiative to build community and a sense of belonging and to explore what values we hold. We carry out this work through different events, programs, initiatives, and communications.

Visit the link below to learn more about this fellowship opportunity. The priority deadline for first applicant reviews is August 6, 2021. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email Chase McNamee, Sr. Project Manager at chase.mcnamee@du.edu.

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Greetings from the C+V Team! As the summer progresses, we hope that each of you are finding time for recharge as we move towards another academic year. As we prepare for this fall, our C+V team wants to ensure that our events and initiatives stay relevant to the present needs of the community. We never want to lose sight of our mission of increasing sense of belonging, inclusivity, and shared values on campus.

These consistently changing times bring new circumstances, and we want to expand our understanding of what community members are interested in exploring together. Please complete the linked survey to share your voice!

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Curious about how to better serve LGBTQ+ students at DU? Student, staff and faculty have great power in shaping the experience for LGBTQ+ folks on college campuses. Hear from current and former students about their personal journey and how we all can make a positive impact for this student community at this C+V Community Talk. 

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In the Jewish tradition, storytelling and oral history are central to sustaining the memory and culture of Jewish people. The late Rabbi Lord Johnathan Sacks said that, “Stories hold the group together horizontally across space and vertically across time, giving people a shared identity handed on across the generations.” In this panel, we ask our panelists to share their own stories and reflections of being Jewish in the United States. Topics such as community, resilience, and tradition will guide this event celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month. Join us to hear the stories of DU Jewish American faculty and alumni.

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How does one combine some of the largest populations in the world into a collective and celebrate their individual histories and traditions in a single month? That is the challenge of AAPIDA Heritage month, that celebrates, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Desi American Heritage together. While some of these populations are immigrants who moved to America and brought their identity and culture with them, others are indigenous to lands that were colonized by westward expansion into the Pacific. Join us to hear the stories of struggle and success; invisibility and hyper-awareness; operating in the margins and belonging.

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Being on the Autism spectrum has meant different things for those who live and thrive with this identity. The language and world views surrounding those who are Neurodiverse has evolved from one of marginalization, to tolerance, to acceptance. But can we take the next vital steps to move from acceptance to celebration? In this conversation we begin with understanding and move to our personal and institutional responsibility toward creating inclusive living and learning environment at the University of Denver and beyond.

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As we enter spring, C+V and Provost Mary Clark invite you to join us in a process of renewal and reflection. Together, we can attempt to answer the following questions: who are we as a community and what are our shared values? These questions are fundamental to affirming our sense of self and they shape the future direction of our university. 

The Community + Values Initiative has been focused on finding those threads which make DU a special place. We have been hard at work identifying themes from years’ worth of data, but we want your help in creating a larger picture of understanding. Join us for a conversation about the identity and role of the university, its traditions, and the values you consider most relevant and important. 

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Arab Americans represent a rich cultural tapestry consisting of 22 countries and several ethnicities- each one with its own lingo, rituals, cuisine, music and traditions. In the United States this community thrives despite harmful portrayals in the media and hurtful interpersonal and systemic violence. Conversations about Arab American belonging in the United States begins by humanizing a people too often caricaturized. In the stories of their community; their struggles and the successes; their hopes and their aspirations we find the people who are our friends, peers, colleagues, and neighbors.

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We know that this year and the physical distancing measures have presented new challenges for all of us. It's more important now than ever before that we feel supported and in community in our daily lives. In that spirit, C+V and the Office of the Provost would like to invite you join us for some free healthy snacks and coffee and some human connection while practicing physical distancing protocols!

Snack Hours:
When: Every Tuesday, 1pm - 3pm between April 6th and June 1st
Where: First floor atrium of the new Community Commons, by the central desk

Coffee Hours:
When: Every Thursday, 9 am - 11 am between April 1st and June 3rd
Where: Beans To-Go Window located on the east side of the hospitality school facing Anderson Academic Commons

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Our hearts are heavy. We mourn for those whose lives were taken in the tragic murders in Boulder and Atlanta. We are thinking of and sending strength to their family and friends. But what more can we do in the face of hate directed at the communities we are a part of? What happens when our response to violence is more hate or anger toward a community of people? While violence is never justified, we can and should have nuanced conversations about why and how hate is translated into violence. It is in these conversations that we start to formulate how we as individuals and as a community begin a healing response to hate. Through this conversation, we wish to create a space for our community to process, talk, and heal together.

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We know at DU that we like to bring our whole selves to the community, and it’s hard to find time to slow down during these chaotic times and connect with people in the DU community. So in our second C+V Community Leadership Conversation, we want to make space for two amazing people, DU VC for MarComms Renea Morris and DU SVC for Advancement Val Otten. We want to learn more about “what makes them, them!”