Back to Where It Began
This week I headed back to where it all began: the Archives.
Trying to finish my annotated bibliography, I needed sources on diversity and inclusion at Santa Clara University from the 1980s and 1990s. I picked up from where I left off in Week 3, stepping into Chicano Studies and the Student Involvement Center. In the Chicano Studies box, I found sources written by the lovely Inez Gomez as well as student organizations like M.E.Ch.A-El Frente. In the box for Student Involvement, I discovered more information on the Multicultural Center and the aftermath of the 1985 UNITY movement.
Documents and Differences
Unlike my last trip to the archives, I searched in different areas of studies with the help of Sheila Conway (check her out!), the head of the SCU Archives. She pulled information from the Vice Provost of Student Life and Student Resource Center that had some new information on diversity and inclusion on campus in the 80s and 90s. For example, I examined a documented called “A Weekend on the EDGE” with EDGE standing for “Empowerment, Diversity, Growth, Excellence”. This was a program weekend institute for diversity awareness training and leadership development specifically made for faculty. In the packet included the itinerary and activities meant to educate the SCU staff on what diversity meant and how to go about it. Finding sources like this made me, once again, excited and invigorated about my research, knowing that useful and interesting information found its way to me.
Sum It Up!
I know this blog post is quite short, but that’s because I’m saving all the juicy goodness for the main course: my final research paper. Consisting of 7-8 pages of fun-packed information, I promise it’ll be worth reading because you’ll not only learn more about SCU but about diversity and maybe even yourself.
Thanks for reading!