Rachel Bryant, Vice President, Division of Community Engagement and Belonging
Division of Community Engagement and Belonging
Our DCEB team is here to support individuals, CIIS community, and beyond to flourish and experience a feel of belonging
Welcome! The Division of Community Engagement and Belonging believes that social justice, belonging, and beloved community are integral elements of a CIIS education.
As a collaborative office, we lead and initiate this transformative work in partnership with students, alumni, faculty, staff, and the community, to create and advance an environment that advances inclusion across difference, is paradigm shifting, and embodies and is grounded in CIIS' Seven Commitments, vision, and mission.
Through our events and resources, the Division of Community Engagement and Belonging intentionally and actively works with the entire CIIS community to engage in meaningful dialogues and actions that lead to introspection and change that ripples out across the academic environment, student experience, and community beyond.
“Belonging isn't something that will happen on its own. It grows through conscious and consistent actions that affirm we belong to one another.”
Our Division's Programming
Driven to inform and inspire the CIIS community, the Divison of Community Engagement and Belonging offers a wide array of content and resources, and we’re proud to see it resonates.
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Program Satisfaction — Respondents love our events
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Aligned Content – Highly relevant to work and scholarship
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Facilitator Satisfaction – Facilitators are strongly effective
Quick Links
Find the essential news, events, and new initiatives from CIIS’s Division of Community Engagement and Belonging here.
Center for Black and Indigenous Praxis
In an effort to balance the historical influence of Eurocentric scholarship, CBIP seeks to promote Black and Indigenous ways of knowing and living by equipping scholars with the tools and community they need to engage in rigorous and reparative scholarship.
Indigenous Resources
Learn more about the lands you inhabit, the history of those lands, and how to actively be part of a better future going forward with this tool from Native Land Digital.
The Ramaytush (pronounced rah-my-toosh) are the original peoples of the San Francisco Peninsula.
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust's Protocols, Guidelines, and Invitations for engaging with Indigenous work from a place of respect.
Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) exists to restore and recover the roles of Two-Spirit people within American Indian/First Nations communities by creating a forum for issue advocacy, wellness and the spiritual, cultural and artistic expression of Two-Spirits and Indigiqueers.
Sustainability Resources
Learn about San Francisco environments and help with conservation efforts!
Wondering about how to waste zero with composting and recycling? Wonder no more!
San Francisco is working to ensure all residents and workers live in and enjoy healthy, sustainable and equitable environments.