What Is DICE (Diversity, Inclusion, Community Engagement and Equity) At Yale?
March 22, 2023ID9713
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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.