Caucus Groups

APINCORE (Asian Pacific Islander caucus of the NCORE conference) provides opportunities to build community among Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) identified participants at NCORE while also discussing issues concerning the AAPI populations at educational institutions. This caucus aims to address barriers to community cohesion within the AAPI community.

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This is the official African American/Black Caucus session for ALL African American/Black NCORE attendees to provide an opportunity for African American/Black attendees to meet, greet, and exchange information and strategies.  The caucus meeting is facilitated by The John D. O’Bryant National Think Tank (JDOTT). This session will include small group discussions and focusing on the following two questions:

1. "How is your campus handling the attacks on DE&I?
2. "How has your campus responded to the Supreme Court ruling around admissions affirmative action?"

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The Latinx Caucus at NCORE is designed to provide a space for Latinx students, faculty, and staff to build community, network with each other, and experience the conference together. The Caucus meets regularly throughout the conference for business and social activities. Visit our NCORE Latinx Caucus Facebook page or join our GroupMe (utd.link/ncorelatinx). We use these communication channels to stay in contact during and after the conference. 

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This Caucus strives to create a space to make connections and build community as NCORE participants of MENA/SWANA background. The Middle East and North Africa or Southwest Asia and North Africa is defined broadly and inclusively to bring communities who feel a sense of connection to this broad cultural heritage and a commitment to decolonial, anti-colonial, anti-war, anti-racist, and anti-abelist values and practices and feminist, indigenous, and LGBTQI+ affirming. It will be a space to strategize and support one another as we bring to light issues impacting us and our communities.

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Join us to help reinvigorate this space for multiracial higher education professionals to engage in community-building, collaborating, & collective dreaming. This caucus provides an opportunity for self-identified multiracial students, staff, faculty, & community leaders to contribute their unique gifts to co-create a support network that disrupts monoracism while combating racism. We recognize that for some, this may be your first time in a space that unapologetically centers multiraciality, and we hold that as a sacred honor. We hope you will join us!

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Hayley Haywood, Ed.D.

Founder and Chief Equity Officer

Elevating Access

Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts

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The Native Delegation serves as a network of the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity to enable its American Indian/Alaska Native members to support one another by sharing information and resources which impact our ability to serve our students and their sovereign tribal nations on lands occupied by the higher education institutions that employ us.

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Oceania Caucus is the result of a three year long commitment to bring forth a Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) working group at NCORE. Thanks to the collective efforts of APINCORE, The Native Delegates and NCORE staff, we are proud to debut our caucus group at NCORE Hawaii. As we mark our very first caucus gathering, we hope to lay down the initial foundation and spend time building our relationships and networks with our NHPI community and friends. If you are interested in supporting our growth or just meeting folks in community, please join us.

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Makerusa Porotesano

Director of Multicultural Service for the Office of Student Belonging and Wellbeing

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon

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The QTPOC Caucus is a space for Black, Brown, and Indigenous Individuals who are also members of the LGBGTQIA+ / hold marginalized genders and sexualities to be in community, find supports, and uplift one another around the nuances of the identities we hold.

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Please join us for an informal affinity gathering space to connect with other POC adoptees and POC who experienced foster care attending NCORE. This is an opportunity to network, build community, share conference feedback, and provide a space for processing the NCORE experience and beyond (i.e. intersectionality, multiracial/multicultural family, unseen identity, proximity to whiteness, adoptee/foster care moments, reclaiming racial/cultural identity, etc.). Recognizing our intersections, this year we have expanded our caucus to include POC who have experienced foster care. We recognize that.

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The “Whites Partnering to Dismantle Racism” caucus group at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education is a dedicated collective of individuals who identify as white and are committed to the cause of racial justice. This group recognizes the systemic nature of racism and acknowledges the privilege associated with their racial identity. They are committed to using this privilege to challenge and dismantle racist structures, policies, and practices within higher education. Through education, advocacy, and allyship, they aim to create a more inclusive and equitable academic environment. This caucus group serves as a space for self-reflection, learning, dialogue, and action planning, all aimed at promoting racial justice in higher education. Their work is guided by the principles of accountability, humility, and solidarity with people of color. They strive to make a meaningful contribution to the broader movement for racial equity in higher education.

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Joanna Schwartz

Professor of Marketing

Georgia College & State University

Milledgeville, Georgia

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