In addition to the Director of DESB, the Diversity, Equity, and Student Belonging Senate Committee helps to implement and guide DESB initiatives. Please direct all questions relating to the aforementioned matters to Lauren Stubbs, the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Student Belonging.

“Our mission is to provide a supportive community at Butler University where every student feels safe, promoted, and accommodated. All students on campus will be well educated and have a better understanding of various DEI topics and feel like they have the resources they need to succeed. All diversity organizations on campus have a voice and will be supported in their endeavors. ”

— Diversity, Equity, and Student Belonging

Board Events & Achievements

• Event #1: Deliberative Dialogues – Free Speech on Campus

• Event #2: Cultural Awareness and Identity

• Event #3: Joint, Struggle, and Solidarity Event

• Event #4: Be Color Brave Not Color Blind – Rasheed Ali Cromwell

• Event #5: Racial Microaggressions

2022-2023 Diversity, Equity, and Student Belonging Initiatives:

• Advise the President and Vice President on matters of diversity, equity, and student belonging.

• Attempt to foster equity within the Student Government Association.

• Take primary executive responsibility for Student Government Association activities that promote diversity, equity, and student belonging.

• Maintain correspondence with relevant diversity, equity, and inclusion administrators within the Division of Student Affairs and other professional campus groups.

• Work with endorsed student organizations and campus initiatives that enhance diversity, equity, and student belonging on Butler’s campus.

• Work with and represent historically marginalized student populations within the Butler community.