What Is DICE (Diversity, Inclusion, Community Engagement and Equity) At Yale?

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• 00:04I've been quite impressed
• 00:05with the diversity on campus.
• 00:07I have a sense that people that are
• 00:10sitting around the table with me are
• 00:12very much included with the leadership
• 00:15at the Yale School of Medicine.
• 00:17You see people that look like you.
• 00:20You realize this is a very diverse place.
• 00:23You feel like you belong the office of DICE,
• 00:26which stands for diversity,
• 00:27inclusion, and community engagement,
• 00:29it's really an office that.
• 00:31Aims to support students, whether they
• 00:34were dealing with actual recruitment,
• 00:35retention, with helping students to thrive
• 00:38in medical school, and with support.
• 00:40And they oversee our actual affinity groups,
• 00:43whether we're dealing with women
• 00:45in medicine or groups like
• 00:47the outpatients who are LGBTQ,
• 00:49I plus or like Dino Medical
• 00:51Students Association students who
• 00:53are Native American first Gen.
• 00:54students are low income.
• 00:56We have a large amount of groups that
• 00:59support individuals regardless of their.
• 01:01Backgrounds.
• 01:04Dice office is there to help the
• 01:07affinity groups create the programming
• 01:08and initiatives that they want to do.
• 01:11Each affinity group has members
• 01:13on the DICE Office Council,
• 01:15which they come together monthly
• 01:17to make sure there's a nice
• 01:19office is aware of any issues
• 01:21or concerns. Further diversification
• 01:23is that is an important part,
• 01:25but really to do that,
• 01:27to say that we as a medical
• 01:29school and as an educational body
• 01:32want to further diversify, it's.
• 01:34Very important that the first step is
• 01:36to really support existing diversity,
• 01:38and that is really at the
• 01:39forefront of the DICE office. Dice
• 01:41was a safe place on campus where
• 01:43you could go and talk about
• 01:45anything that was on your mind,
• 01:47whether it was your own
• 01:49experiences as student at YSM.
• 01:50But also if you had interesting ideas
• 01:52that you wanted to implement on campus.
• 01:55You knew that at DICE there was
• 01:57someone that was always there
• 01:58listening to you with open ears,
• 02:00who would not only give you
• 02:02helpful feedback and advice, but
• 02:03also be willing to advocate. Or your ideas?
• 02:08To me it feels like a family that I have
• 02:11on campus, not just through
• 02:13the events that they host,
• 02:14but also through just one-on-one
• 02:15interactions of of support and and
• 02:17and partnership that really make
• 02:18you feel like you're welcome here,
• 02:20that you belong here.