January 2023
President Price hosts retreat for 500+ University leaders on progress toward Duke goals for racial equity.
November 2022
Dean Colón-Emeric announces Dr. Jung Choi as Associate Dean for Global and Intercultural Formation.
Fall 2022
Semi-centennial celebration events begin for the 2022-23 50th Anniversary year of the Office of Black Church Studies.
Launch of 2022-23 Divinity faculty cohort on “Teaching Borderlands at Duke.” Cohort experiences focus on connecting teaching to borderlands issues and includes a series of workshops, a Durham immersion pilgrimage, and a cohort journey to the US-Mexico border.
Summer 2022
Duke Divinity Student Council surveys all Divinity students on their views of Duke Divinity School’s culture.
February 2022
Duke Divinity releases revised Conduct Covenant following extensive work and community engagement by a committee of students, faculty, and staff.
November 2021
President Price releases statement on Duke Campus Climate survey and announces Racial Equity Advisory Council (REAC), with Duke Divinity represented by Dean Colón-Emeric.
September 2021
Newly appointed Racial Justice and Cultural Competency (RJCC) committee meets for the first time to track and monitor progress toward action plan. RJCC committee continues to meet regularly throughout each academic year.
February 2021
Next steps on anti-racism efforts and a timeline for spring 2020 is released to the Duke Divinity School community.
December 2020
Reports from four working groups are submitted to the dean.
October 2020
Story Listening Group invites students, alumni, staff and faculty to share stories of their experiences with racism at Duke Divinity.
September 2020
Dean Jones announces four focal priorities for fall 2020: Story Gathering and Listening; Classroom Culture and Mentoring; Worship and Christian Vocational Formation; and Admissions, Financial Aid, and Field Education. Each working group is comprised of students recommended by the Divinity Student Council (DSC), alumni, staff, and faculty. The dean also charges Drs. David Goatley, Nina Balmaceda, and Josh Yates to develop a focus on community-based reparations in collaboration with others across the school and partners across Durham and North Carolina.
July 2020
The Witness, Study, and Self-examination task forces submit preliminary recommendations to the Dean in preparation for the 2020-21 academic year.
June 2020
President Price announces an anti-racism action plan that aligns with the University’s strategic plan, Toward our Second Century, and which focuses on five areas: (1) empowering our people, (2) transforming teaching and learning, (3) building a renewed campus community, (4) forging purposeful partnerships, and (5) activating our global network.
Dean Jones announces three task forces to help map a process for Duke Divinity School to engage students, alumni, faculty, staff and other community members in anti-racism efforts. Task forces are focused on witness, study, and self-examination, and are charged with developing, in consultation with others, ideas, questions, and issues that the Divinity School needs to engage as we work together to repent, reform, and recommit ourselves to being anti-racist and to serving Christ more faithfully.