Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) strives to address, explore, educate, understand, and respond to the diversity of the human experience.
The JEDI Committee will be a thought-partner to foster open and transparent communication with KGI’s senior leadership by working to promote strategic priorities related to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion issues.
KGI is an educational community which values, recognizes, and embraces diversity among our students, staff, and faculty. It seeks to provides an inclusive learning and research environment where each person feels a sense of belonging and respect.
The JEDI Committee works to integrate best practices for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion into institutional values, policies, and programs. The JEDI Committee will provide research and policy recommendations, event support, and guidance to KGI’s leadership as requested.
Justice is the goal of addressing inequities to foster equitable participation of all groups and acknowledging systemic and historical barriers to access of power, education, and other opportunities for personal activity and social privileges.
Equity ensures that everyone has support and access to the resources needed to be successful and identifying and eliminating both structural and personal barriers that have prevented the full participation of communities most impacted by systemic oppressions.
Ensuring that people of all backgrounds, identities, abilities, perspectives, and beliefs have an equitable opportunity to belong, achieve success, and contribute in positive ways to their communities. An inclusive institution promotes and sustains a sense of belonging. KGI seeks to value and practice respect where all people are recognized for their inherent worth and dignity, talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of knowing and living.
Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) is committed to providing students with learning and working environments free from all forms of discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct. KGI has designated a Title IX Coordinator and Five Deputy Coordinators to assist our community regarding discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct. A full copy of The Claremont Colleges Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy can be found here.
Please reach out to Veronica Clairmont, Title IX Coordinator, for any concerns
JEDI’s Vision, Mission, and Definitions can be found in the attached charter.
JEDI encourages an open forum of productive dialogue. We welcome feedback with your experiences, concerns, and ideas using the JEDI Anonymous Reporting Form.
KGI’s JEDI committee will use the provided information to encourage dialogue and strive for an equitable, accessible, and safe space for its community. In this dialogue, we strive to complement and recognize individual identity with collective accountability.
Online Form – JEDI Contact Form