AOK was established to identify opportunities to advance anti-oppression in KI’s curriculum and activities, contribute to the broader anti-oppression cause. This work includes but is not limited to dismantling racism, sexism, ableism, classism, ageism, and religious persecution, among other forms of oppression. The working group will be charged with examining issues such as:
- To what extent and how our curriculum supports anti-oppression as an educational objective;
- To what extent and how our departmental activities and program offerings make the necessary space for members of the KI Community to develop their intersectional and especially racial identities and to understand their relationships to white supremacy and settler colonialism;
- How to increase diversity in the applicant pool and examine processes that might perpetuate systemic oppression.
AOK’s members for the 2020-2021 service term include:
Working group chair and faculty & staff representative: Vanessa Schweizer – Associate Chair, Knowledge Integration
Student representative: Allen Lu – 1st year Undergraduate Student
Student representative: Alexandra Andratis – 2nd year Undergraduate Student
Student representative: Anvita Desai – 4th year Undergraduate Student
Alumni representative: Chloé St. Amand – Graduate Student, BKI ‘20
Alumni representative: Sally Lu, BKI ‘16
To find out more about what AOK is doing and how to contact them, visit the new AOK website!