Strategy Y: Encourage and support culturally relevant scholarly activities that acknowledge and respect systems of beliefs in I/DD
Culturally Relevant Scholarrship Objective: Hire and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce of staff and faculty. Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Encourage and support culturally relevant scholarly activities that acknowledge and respect systems of beliefs in I/DD (intellectual and developmental disabilities) decision-making, care, support, healing, education and advocacy that emerge from different cultures and communities where diverse populations live, and are led by people from those cultures and/or scholarly allies who understand those traditions and systems.
Develop an employment matching program to support hiring of graduating trainees within the network, especially for trainees of diverse backgrounds.