Further Information

Rhodes Perry Workshops

Rhodes Perry offered several workshops throughout the spring 2021 semester. Mr. Perry describes the initial session as, “Racism is pervasive in the United States. It is deeply woven into the fabric of every institution and system, including higher education. It also exists on an interpersonal level, challenging the relationships we cultivate with our peers and colleagues. During this introductory workshop, we will examine how racism arises in our daily exchanges and practice ways we can safely disrupt it using the skills and resources we will gain. Our goal will focus on the ways we can begin undoing the learned and everyday behaviors that reinforce racism. Together we will move towards building a healthier campus culture that centers those on campus least likely to feel safe.” 

Further information on these sessions, including recordings of his presentations is available. 

LITS DEI Engagement Forum

LITS offers a series of videos and discussion boards, through Blackboard, designed to allow opportunity to ask questions or share experiences and explore issues of diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging. We want you to feel safe and secure in sharing, to engage in dialogue through open discussions, and take this opportunity to stretch yourself, question assumptions, and perhaps step outside your comfort zone.

Universal Design Resources

Universal Design (UD) is a strategy for making products, environments, operational systems and services welcoming and usable to the most diverse range of people possible. The Seven Principles of Universal Design, originally developed with architecture and product design in mind, are: equitable use, flexibility in use, simple and intuitive use, perceptible information, tolerance for error, low physical effort, and size and space for approach and use. 

For more information on Universal Design, please consult the following resources:

Burgstahler, Sheryl. Universal Design in Higher Education: Promising Practices  Seattle: DO-IT, University of Washington, 2013.

• The most current version is freely available on the DO-IT website. It is presented as a series of accessible PDF files to make it easy for users to print or download various sections for courses, presentations, and training. 

The Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT)

• Funded by the US Department of Labor, PEAT’s mission is to “foster collaborations in the technology space that build inclusive workplaces for people with disabilities. Our vision is a future where new and emerging technologies are accessible to the workforce by design.”

Sitemanager 4 Manual - PDF Accessibility Checklist

• Details how to design web pages and online forms at Hamilton College for people with a range of sight disabilities.