Summer and Fall 2021 Progress Report

21 January 2022 Dear members of the Eastman community, On 29 April 2021, I provided a progress report about actions and initiatives that had occurred between November 2020 and April 2021 in response to the Eastman Action Commission for Racial Justice (EACRJ) Report and Recommendations (https://www.esm.rochester.edu/diversity/justice/). Please accept this current update on actions and initiatives…

Release of Eastman Action Commission for Racial Justice Report and Recommendation

November 2, 2020 Dear Members of the Eastman Community, This past June, I invited twenty members of the Eastman Community—students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community partners—to serve on the Eastman Action Commission for Racial Justice.  At that time, I wrote, “The time is now for Eastman to take bold and decisive actions that do more…

Update – July 31, 2020

Dear Staff Members of the Eastman School of Music, Thank you so much for the expressions of interest, support, and encouragement that you have shared with us at the Eastman Action Commission for Racial Justice since we began our work in June. Many of you have helped us in concrete and specific ways with some…