Tracy M. Sweet, Chief Communications Officer, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, U.S., talks shop about her school’s approach for when and how it responds to world events.

Whether it be a crisis on campus or a volatile world event, communication officers are under pressure to respond. The stakes of these statements have never been higher. Hear from seasoned education communicators on best practices and strategies, and the need to take a deep breath and fully assess the situation at hand.

Utilizing an intersectional framework allows for a deeper examination of the root causes of various disparities, which ideally lead to targeted interventions to address these gaps. This is an important point to take in: intersectionality is a tool to help create equity, especially for groups that have been historically marginalized. 

What is race equity as it applies to education institutions? How are advancement teams approaching this work, which experts say involves a wholesale transformation of organizational cultures? How are institutions and individuals moving forward in the name of equity? 

The executive director of Equity in the Center talks about how equity is "trendy" and why institutions don’t approach this work like any other initiatives.

The president of Augsburg University speaks about his institution’s long-running commitment to inclusion and equity, how the past year has brought more urgency, and the crucial role of advancement.

The principal of Christina Chang Equity Consulting discusses empathy, embedding anti-racist systems, and understanding our history.

What members are thinking and sharing: guidelines for statements on public issues, alumni awards celebrations, and more.

In too many organizations, advancement is lagging on diversity, equity, and inclusion when it should be leading—and leading proactively. To build inclusive cultures and achieve real success in DEI objectives, advancement teams have to move from awareness to assessment to understanding. It's action with accountability. In this book excerpt, Angelique Grant and Ronald J. Schiller share key steps for leaders to do that.

In the year and a half since GDPR went into effect, advancement professionals at educational institutions both inside and outside of the EU have learned a massive amount about how to move forward in a world of more robust privacy protection. And they know that this is only the beginning.