DEI Presentations and Recordings Gallery


2022 Video Gallery

Women’s History Month Diversity Dialogue: DEI-Informed Measures to Address Gender-based Violence


Why measures against sexual violence in academia need to become DEI-informed,” a conversation with guests Drs. Gabriela Torres and Nelia Viveiros, at noon on Wednesday, March 23, 2022.

2021 Video Gallery

Diversity Dialogue - More than Words: Beyond Land Acknowledgements

DEI hosted a webinar as part of American Indian Heritage Month Diversity Dialogue with American Indian university leaders, Drs. Tiffany Lee. Leola Paquin and Lani Tsinnajinnie discussing land acknowledgements, how UNM’s was developed, and why they should be honored. Moderated by Pam Agoyo.

Diversity Dialogues: Resiliency through Culture Webinar

DEI and its partners for the Hispanic Heritage Month hosted the webinar: Diversity Dialogues: Resiliency through Culture on October 12, 2021 featuring Hispanic/Latinx university leaders discussing their paths through academia and how they have leveraged their culture to survive and thrive.

Joy Harjo, Tenth Annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest

Tenth Annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest featuring U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, hosted by the UNM's English Department and in partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center. October 5 @ 7pm in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre.

Truth Commission Discussion Source

The Black Faculty Truth Commission Working Group and UNM Division for Equity and Inclusion are hosting “Truth Telling: Justice and the Problem of Small Numbers”. The UNM Division for Equity and Inclusion (DEI) recognizes the University of New Mexico is a leader among universities confronting past legacies of harm in the United States.

Institutional Ethnography Workshop

Institutional Ethnography Workshop: Creating a Genealogy of Latinx and BiPoc Faculty and Race, Gender and Social Justice Curriculum Across Departments and Programs at UNM on.Presented by Dr. Assata Zerai, VP for DEI,and Professor of Sociology and Angeles Castorena, Institute for the Study of "Race" and Social Justice Undergraduate Intern

Gender Justice and Healing in the Pandemic

“Gender Justice and Healing in the Pandemic: Addressing Violence, Health, and Work Disparities for Women”. Among the many ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened and exposed the structural inequalities in our society, it has also impacted women with disproportionate force.Moderated by: Elizabeth Hutchison.

COVID19 20 Queering COVID Overcoming Shame and Addressing LGBTQIA Needs and Issues in a Pandemic


The LGBTQIA community faces a different set of issues regarding COVID-19. LGBTQIA folx struggle with intimacy and touch outside of a pandemic, and even more so during. Additionally, Trans and Queer folx are needing to go back into the closet or de-transition due to safety concerns. 

2020 Video Gallery

WEBINAR: Protecting the Pack from Trolling

The UNM Compliance Office, IT and the Division on Equity and Inclusion sponsored a panel discussion addressing "Trolling, Doxing, and Zoom Bombing" for the National Compliance Week speaker series. The discussion premieres November 2 at noon.

WEBINAR: What does it mean to be an HSI?

The University of New Mexico's continuing Hispanic Heritage Program featured the Webinar, What does it mean to be a Hispanic-Serving Institution? and was held on October 15, 2020. Panelists discussed how UNM has benefited from the designation and the capacity built as a result.

Promising Practices in UNM Campus Public Safety

The UNM Division for Equity and Inclusion hosted a virtual town hall on Thursday, Sept. 24 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The town hall, titled Promising Practices in UNM Campus Safety, was held to hear concerns from the campus community about public safety and policing on campus. Q&A Document Link

Let's Do Lunch with VP for Equity and Inclusion Assata Zerai

Let's Do Lunch with VP for Equity and Inclusion Assata Zerai, part of the UNM Staff Council Brown Bag Series.
Resource
Presentation Slide Deck.

Soft & Strong: Centering Black Womxn, Queer & Youth Communities

The Division for Equity and Inclusion, in partnership with the City of Albuquerque Office of Equity and Engagement and Office of Civil Rights presented Soft & Strong: Centering Black Womxn, Queer & Youth Communities/Making space for silenced voices in the Black lives matter movement on June 25, 2020.

WEBINAR: Climate in COVID-19: Parenting in a Pandemic

The UNM Division for Equity and Inclusion held a webinar, Climate in COVID-19: Parenting in a Pandemic on Thursday, May 14, 2020.
Panelists: Campus Constituents.
Moderated by Lorena Blanco-Silva

Town Hall Addressing anti-Blackness at UNM

The Division for Equity and Inclusion (DEI), the Black Faculty Alliance (BFA), the University Libraries, and our collaborators and accomplices (i.e. those working directly with us to effect institutional change), hosted a virtual Town Hall on Addressing Anti-Blackness at UNM on Tuesday, May 12 from 4:30pm-6pm on Zoom featuring faculty and staff, to discuss the challenges many are facing due to incidents of racial discrimination and "criminal acts of domestic anti-Black terrorism”. QandA Document

WEBINAR: Climate in COVID-19: API Student Challenges

The UNM Division for Equity and Inclusion held a webinar, Climate in COVID-19: API Student Challenges on Friday, May 1, 2020. Moderated by Chris Hoang, UNM Student
Panelists: Representatives from various Asian & Pacific Islander Student Groups
Co-Sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity, Dean of Students, LOBO Respect Advocacy Center, and the Global Education Office.

WEBINAR: COVID-19 and Climate: Impact on Faculty and Staff

The UNM Division for Equity and Inclusion held a webinar, Climate in COVID-19: Impact on Faculty and Staff on Friday
Moderated by VP for Equity and Inclusion Dr. Assata Zerai
Panelists: Representatives from Student Faculty Facilitation Network, Faculty Senate Francie, OEO, Staff Council, Student Faculty Facilitation Network, Global Education Office
Co-Sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity, Dean of Students, LOBO Respect Advocacy Center, and the Global Education Office.

WEBINAR: Climate in COVID-19: Impact on Students

The Division for Equity and Inclusion held a webinar, Climate in COVID-19: Impact on Students on Thursday, April 9, 2020.
Moderated by Frankie Flores, UNM LGBTQ Resource Center
Panelists:Student,Dean of Students,Graduate Student,Lobo Respect Advocacy Center, Office of Equal Opportunity
Co-Sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity, Dean of Students, LOBO Respect Advocacy Center, and the Global Education Office.

COVID19 2 0 Queering COVID Overcoming Shame and Addressing LGBTQIA Needs and Issues in a Pandemic

The LGBTQIA community faces a different set of issues regarding COVID-19. LGBTQIA folx struggle with intimacy and touch outside of a pandemic, and even more so during. Additionally, Trans and Queer folx are needing to go back into the closet or de-transition due to safety concerns. 
Moderator: Frankie Flores of the UNM LGBTQ Resource Center 
Sponsored by the UNM Division of Equity and Inclusion