Campus Bulletins
Presidential Initiative
Executive Director of The Center for Race, Equity, and Inclusion Search Update
February 28, 2023 3:00 PM
Carmen Twillie Ambar
Dear Obies, As outlined in the Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity Commission’s Report, one of the various recommendations we are committed to as an institution is the...
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Presidential Initiative Update, May 2022
May 18, 2022 2:15 PM
Carmen Twillie Ambar, President
Dear Oberlin Community, After the killing of George Floyd, I established the President’s Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity in response to increasing injustice and racial tensions in...
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Presidential Initiative Update: Oberlin to Create New Center on Race
December 8, 2021 5:15 PM
Carmen Twillie Ambar, President
Dear Oberlin Community, Slightly more than a year ago we paused together and took note of a national moment of anguish fed by the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others. In...
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Presidential Initiative Statement on Juneteenth
June 11, 2021 2:45 PM
Meredith Gadsby and Bill Quillen, Co-Chairs, Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity
Black people in America have always had a dichotomous relationship with this country. They have a dedication and love for it and its stated ideals, contrasted by a history and a present that often excludes Black people from its promises. In fact, Black people can rightly claim that their commitment to this country is built upon their hopes and work to ensure that the United States lives up to the very principles upon which it was founded.
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Presidential Initiative Statement on Derek Chauvin Verdict
April 21, 2021 4:30 PM
Meredith Gadsby and Bill Quillen, Co-Chairs, Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity & Diversity
So many people have reached out to me saying they’re sorry that this has been happening to my family. Well don’t be sorry because this has been happening to my family for a long time,...
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity Commission Statement on Anti-Asian Racism
March 7, 2021 5:00 PM
Meredith Gadsby and Bill Quillen, Co-Chairs, Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity & Diversity
Dear Oberlin College Community: In the collection, “The Origin of Others,” the late novelist and scholar Toni Morrison writes about the perpetual “othering” of Black people...
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Statement in Response to the Events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021
January 11, 2021 4:00 PM
Meredith Gadsby and Bill Quillen, Co-Chairs, Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity & Diversity
The insurrectionists who infiltrated the Capitol on January 6, 2021, elevated some of the most heinous symbols of hate and racism from our nation’s past and seared them into our present. The...
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Presidential Initiative: Community Update
November 24, 2020 4:30 PM
Meredith Gadsby and Bill Quillen
Over the past few months, Commission members have been hard at work identifying priorities and objectives that can be realized this academic year, as well as others targeted for the next.
