Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Committee Mission Statement:
The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee will implement ACCIS’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by providing educational opportunities for the membership and supporting underrepresented members.
The ACCIS Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee (DEI) works to provide programming to support counselors with the tools they need to work with diverse populations, as well as taking shared responsibility to understand how to have complex conversations and effectively negotiate issues that impact diverse populations.
The DEI Committee also selects the annual recipients of the ACCIS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards.
Subcommittees:
- Affinity Elists (Counselors of Color, LGBTQ+)
- Affinity Groups: Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage; Black Heritage; Latinx Heritage; WAALS: White Antiracist and Accountability and Learning Space
- Communications - Social Media/Newsletter (Member login required)
- DE&I Counselor Resources (Member login required)
- Programming
- Virtual Book Club (Member login required)
- Forums
Chairs:
Michele Davis, The Walker School (GA) Warren Quirett, Episcopal High School (VA)
Committee members: Frank Cabrera, Brooklyn Friends School Sharonda Dailey, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School Rhody Davis, Viewpoint School Allyson Diljohn, Berkeley Preparatory School Freddi Dupré, Loomis Chaffee School John Hawkins, Hawken School Jazmin John, Friends School of Baltimore Joe Latimer, Northfield Mount Hermon Maya Lupa, Trinity Preparatory School Brittney McCabe, Palmer Trinity School Radha Mishra, The Hun School of Princeton Annalise Miyashiro, Sage Hill School Eddie Montenegro, Nightingale-Bamford School Farah Parker, The Hun School of Princeton Sanil Patel, Hopkins School Andrea Pien, Friends' Central School Megan Schneider, Shorecrest Preparatory School Jami Silver, Kingswood Oxford School Ebony Sistrunk, Whitfield School Brian K. Smith, Marlborough School Ashley Terry, The Bay School of San Francisco
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