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Buckley's Diversity Statement

We are a community grounded in engagement, curiosity, growth, and diversity. At Buckley, diversity means we celebrate and embrace differences as well as commonalities and encourage the conversations around them. We view diversity holistically and value it as a strength in our community in which equity and inclusion ensure that every member of our community has access to the full Buckley experience.

The diversity statement affirmed by The Buckley School Board of Trustees calls us to:

Establish The Buckley School at the forefront of all independent schools for which diversity, equity, and inclusion are invaluable components of an academic and co-curricular experience, preparing students for college and navigating a global community.
Expand the Diversity Initiative with sustainable programs, trainings, professional development opportunities, guest speakers, educational field trips, and other activities to continuously educate all community members.
Make equity and inclusion a strategic focus of curriculum development to ensure that the initiative is systematically infused into each classroom and every component of Buckley's philosophy.
Increase diversity by actively seeking new and improved ways to retain, support, and recruit diverse student body, faculty, and staff.

Our diversity statement charges the school to commit to these goals and encourages members of the community to consider their personal roles in upholding equity and inclusion for those on campus and beyond. At Buckley, we consistently ask: How will our community be engaged to impact change?

Diversity is present in our everyday lives. For Buckley students, it is valued in their classrooms and hallways. We invite everyone to be a part of the conversation. Our many diversity events held throughout the year include coffeehouses, potlucks, guest speakers, lunchtime club meetings, and a Diversity Week that mixes food trucks and free T-shirts with more thoughtful assemblies and workshops.

Diversity Programming

Lower School Culture Clubs (Grades K–1, 2-3, 4–5)
Diversity Club (Grades 6–8 and Grades 9–12)
Cultural assemblies throughout the year
Open forums on featured topics during lunch
Diversity Club Speaker Series
DEI Committee of the Board of Trustees
Faculty Diversity Council (Faculty members K–12)
Parent education roundtable discussions (held twice a year in conjunction with the Parents’ Association)
Affinity groups
Annual Diversity Week

DEI News

List of 20 news stories.

New DEI Director Announced
2/9/2022
After months of searching and interviews, Buckley’s DEI search committee made a decision for the Director of DEI.
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4-Day DEI Symposia Encourages Voices on Campus
1/13/2022

In a unique format designed to deliver this year’s Upper School Spring DEI Symposia, advisory groups met on campus to stream pre-recorded student-led sessions before engaging in conversation to answer discussion questions and provide feedback.

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Middle School Participates in Full Day DEI Symposia
1/13/2022

To deliver this year’s Middle School symposia, students presented and participated in a full day symposium of pre-recorded content covering topics such as representation in STEM, the AAPI experience, and women in the workplace:

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Slam Poet Andre Bradford Teaches Empathy Through Storytelling
10/8/2021

Buckley students and faculty went on a rollercoaster of emotions as motivational speaker Andre Bradford gave us a glimpse into his life at the Fall 2021 DEI Symposium through his art form -- slam poetry.

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Student-Led DEI Symposia a Success!
10/7/2021

The Buckley School’s DEI Symposia kicked off this week -- a series of sessions designed to create spaces for deepening and broadening our community's understanding of the experiences of underrepresented groups.

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Women's History Month & Nowruz at Buckley
3/15/2021
During Women’s History Month, we strive to honor the accomplished and visionary women who have helped build our global community, including those whose contributions have not been adequately recognized and celebrated.
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Update on Living Our Mission: Anti-Racist Programs & Practices
2/26/2021
Earlier this year, Buckley launched its plan, Living Our Mission: Anti-Racist Programs & Practices. Today, we're excited to share an update.
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Black History Month at Buckley
2/2/2021
In an effort to continue building upon Dr. King’s legacy of service to the community, the Office of DEI partnered with The Valley of Change to develop a daily calendar filled with action opportunities.
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DEI Symposia Are A Success!
1/22/2021
This week, Middle and Upper School students attended the January DEI Symposia.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Day
1/8/2021

While we may not be able to physically gather this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to celebrate Dr. King’s legacy, the Buckley Service Program was able to organize a no-contact, COVID-cautious volunteer opportunity to give back to the community in the spirit of service and racial justice.

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Spirit Day at Buckley
10/14/2020
Spirit Day is a time to stand with LGBTQ+ youth. On the heels of last week's DEI symposia, the Buckley community engaged in programming around Spirit Day to celebrate diversity and uplift different identities.
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DEI Symposia Are a Success!
10/9/2020
On Thursday, October 8 and Friday, October 9, the Buckley School's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion presented the DEI Symposium 2020: Exploring Justice through Social Change and Identity.
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Living Our Mission: Anti-Racist Programs & Practices
8/24/2020
Today Buckley launched its plan: Living Our Mission: Anti-Racist Programs & Practices.
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Celebrating Pride Month
6/16/2020
Anthony Gaskins

It’s Pride month! Pride is a month focused on the celebration of community and the freedom to be unapologetically one’s self.
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What Do We Do Next: An Antiracist Book List
6/15/2020
Ralinda Watts

What do we do next to begin the process of moving from non-racist to anti-racist; as an individual, as a family, as a community, and as a society? Long overdue, this moment calls us to engage, speak up, speak out, and make the necessary changes needed in the acknowledgement of our collective responsibility to fight racial injustice.
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MLK Young Dreamers for Justice
6/12/2020
Student Ella R. helped found an organization called MLK Young Dreamers for Justice, created with The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, to bring teens from all different communities together to fight for social justice through friendship and service.
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An Update from the Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
5/11/2020
Chuck Neddermeyer & Ralinda Watts

Throughout these unprecedented times, the Office of DEI continues their engagement, connection, facilitation, and participation in conversations locally, regionally, and nationally through a lens of equity.

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MLK Day of Service
1/20/2020
Lower School students and their families came to school on MLK Day, honoring Dr. King’s legacy on Buckley’s annual MLK Day of Service.
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DEI in Lower School
12/19/2019
Sabine Abadou and Cydney Junius

The Lower School community began the year by continuing meaningful exchanges through the Sharing Our Stories program and K-5 Culture Clubs.
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Intersections of Identity Field Trip
10/23/2019
On Tuesday, October 22, the entire ninth grade class visited different neighborhoods within Los Angeles during an Intersections of Identity field trip.
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