Improving Diversity at UCSF

An email was sent out a while ago asking for a meeting to improve diversity at UCSF. This is what it said:

Chancellor Bishop indicated in his Annual Report to the UCSF community (http://chancellor.ucsf.edu/) that we are now implementing an action plan to further strengthen diversity at UCSF.  I write to invite you to a meeting where I will discuss the activities and plans he outlined in his letter.

We will also discuss the implications of Proposition 209 for advancing diversity.  One of the principal objectives of our current efforts is to achieve greater diversity for the campus through the elimination of barriers and discrimination, including unintentional discrimination, in the hiring of minority faculty and staff.  It is imperative that all minorities be properly represented in all walks of UCSF life, and in positions of authority and distinction.  To facilitate this discussion, we will be joined by Marcia Canning, UCSF Chief Counsel, and David Birnbaum, University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel.  Counsel Birnbaum is one of the most experienced attorneys in the UC system on Proposition 209.

What do you think?

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