AFAPC Organizes 2011-12 Film Series
Opening w/Panel Featuring Coach Craig Robinson
Press Release | Corvallis G-T Article

Norman Monroe talks about being the first black athlete to play on the OSU basketball team. "It was like a circus," he said, "but when the show was over I didn't have any place to go." Also on the panel, from left, are Paul Valenti, Charlie White, Craig Robinson and Larry Griggs. (SCOBEL WIGGINS | Corvallis Gazette-Times)

AFAPC is an organization of faculty committed to making OSU a more inclusive environment, where people of color can better thrive and succeed personally and professionally. Established in the summer of 1999 as a formal coalition and currently over 60 members strong, AFAPC is led by:
Dwaine Plaza, Co-Chair, Department of Sociology
Patti Sakurai, Co-Chair, Department of Ethnic Studies

Recent concerns of AFAPC include:

• Campus Promotion and Tenure Process Review (with President's Commission on the Status of Women and the Faculty Senate Promotion and Tenure Committee)
• Recruitment and retention of faculty of color
• Tracking faculty of color who leave OSU and why
• Mentoring of young faculty and staff of color
• Salary parity for faculty and staff of color
• Accountability of deans, directors, and department chairs to the commitment and intent of the institutional and unit Diversity Action Plans
• Better recognition/acceptance of service for promotion & tenure
• The "other" minority: Issues for Muslim and Arab faculty & students
• Support and longevity of campus cultural centers
• Supporting the efforts of students as they seek to adjust to and improve the racial climate at OSU
• Critical Points for Diversity in the OSU Strategic Plan
• Coordinated and bi-directional activities and efforts with the President's Board of Visitors for Minority Affairs