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"We shall overcome and success will be ours in the future. The future belongs to us."

Savitribai Phule

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About Us

The National Academic Coalition for Caste Equity (NACCE) brings together students, staff, faculty, and unions across North America to advocate for Caste equity in higher education institutions.

 

As the anti-Caste civil rights movement grows, colleges and universities have become leading sites of social change, with higher education institutions  (i.e., Brandeis University, Colby College, University of California Davis, California State University, Carleton University, etc.) explicitly adding Caste as a protected category to their anti-discrimination policies.

 

In collaboration with student, staff, faculty, and union leaders across both public and private higher education institutions, the National Academic Coalition for Caste Equity has emerged as a collective with the mission to connect, build community with, and mobilize resources to support students, staff, faculty, and union members advocating for Caste equitable policies in higher education institutions.

The Movement
2020

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY

Brandeis University becomes the first US higher education institution to add caste as a protected characteristic

2021

COLBY COLLEGE

Colby College becomes the second US educational institution to add caste to its nondiscrimination policy

UC DAVIS

UC Davis becomes the first public university in the US to designate caste as a protected category

UC BERKELEY

UC Berkeley's ASUC Senate unanimously approves a resolution urging campus administration to address caste discrimination

CARLETON UNIVERSITY

Carleton University becomes the first Canadian higher education institution to add caste protections

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Harvard University adds protections for caste-oppressed Graduate Student Workers

2022

UC SAN DIEGO

UC San Diego's Ethnic Studies Department becomes the first Ethnic Studies Department to implement caste protections

CAL STATE UNIVERSITY

The CSU system protects students across its 23 campuses on the basis of caste

CA FACULTY ASSOCIATION

CFA attains a new contract with caste protections for its 29,000+ member union

SCRIPPS COLLEGE

Scripps College implements a caste protection policy

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COLORADO COLLEGE

Colorado College includes caste in its discrimination policy

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

The Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota adds caste to its diversity, equity, and inclusion criteria

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BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University becomes the first Ivy League institution to designate caste as a protected category

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Georgetown University creates an interpretive guidance that includes caste in its protected bases

2023

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Harvard University expands caste protections, building off of the Harvard Graduate Student Union

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