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Committee for Diversity & Inclusion

"As President Price and his administration take action to create an environment where all members of the Duke community feel welcomed and valued, the DA board is excited for the opportunity to partner with the administration and execute programming that demonstrates Duke’s commitment to eliminating systems of racism and inequality." – Mychal Harrison '01, President, Duke Alumni Board of Directors
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Our Mission
On behalf of the Duke alumni community and its Board of Directors, CDI works to infuse all on- and off-campus alumni programming and engagement opportunities with clear, consistent and measurable strategies for inclusion, equity and representation of our ever-evolving alumni body.

Alumni Spotlight: Michael Ivory Jr. '18

An alumnus ponders whether the university is really ready to reckon with its past.

The problem of racism is a problem of roots. It is just as much a question of what nourishes life as we know and understand it, as it is about what antagonizes so many people's right to live. Racism is often spoken of as a barrier. Too infrequently is it addressed as something that enables and permits.