MIT Inventing Our Future

Welcome to "Inventing Our Future," MIT’s diversity and inclusion website.

The purpose of this site is to engage the MIT community in dialogue and action which promotes an increasingly inclusive community. This site will grow as faculty, students, staff and alums add resources, share stories and engage in dialogue. Discuss, Share, Act!

Discuss your stories and ideas

You are invited to Discuss your ideas, your stories, and your responses to the other voices of the MIT community. Add your comments to the People profiles and the Blog entries.

Share with a friend

Bring others into this process. Share what you find interesting here by forwarding or posting a comment or article. Use Facebook or LinkedIn or your favorite networking tool to share People profiles or Blog entries.

Act on your ideas

Use a tool, attend an event, join a group, or participate in an initiative. Act by exploring the Events and Resources linked throughout the site.

2014 Institute Diversity Summit:
Demystifying Diversity: Challenge, Expand, Broaden your Perspective
January 27-29

Watch videos from the first day of the Summit

Summit Storify: Experience the Summit through the #mitdiversity Twitter feed

Alyce Johnson
Human Resources

my video profile

Alyce Johnson
Human Resources

“I work in a department that has a diversity of staff. I was not the only one and so that made it very comfortable for me to be me.”

Alyce Johnson

http://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Alyce_Johnson.html
Wesley Harris
Associate Provost for Faculty Equity

my video profile

Wesley Harris
Associate Provost for Faculty Equity

“As the Associate Provost for Faculty Equity, my challenge is to make sure that faculty members of color whom we invite here are given every opportunity to show their gifts.”

Wesley Harris

http://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Wesley_Harris.html
Aaron Donaghey
Events Planning Assistant

my video profile

Aaron Donaghey
Events Planning Assistant

“People look at me and. . .are shocked that wow, he's working a full-time job and he's paralyzed. . . . I open a lot of peoples' eyes to what goes on around here.”

Aaron Donaghey

http://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Aaron_Donaghey.html
Diane Magnuson
Manager of Diversity and Inclusion

my video profile

Diane Magnuson
Manager of Diversity and Inclusion

“One of the challenges is recognizing my own biases and recognizing the things that I bring to the table.”

Diane Magnuson

http://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Diane_Magnuson.html
Sharon Bridburg
Director of Human Resources

my video profile

Sharon Bridburg
Director of Human Resources

“I feel very fortunate to have worked at MIT through the period when I was starting a family”

Sharon Bridburg

http://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Sharon_Bridburg.html
Abigail Francis
LBGT Services

my video profile

Abigail Francis
LBGT Services

“I saw a position posted for LBGT Services and realized that that was a very new type of position.”

Abigail Francis

http://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Abigail_Francis.html
Robert Randolph
Chaplain to the Institute

my video profile

Robert Randolph
Chaplain to the Institute

“The biggest challenge with regard to religious life at MIT is simply keeping people talking to each other.”

Robert Randolph

http://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Robert_Randolph.html
Sally Haslanger
Director, Women's & Gender Studies

my video profile

Sally Haslanger
Director, Women's & Gender Studies

“At MIT there's a very profound commitment on the part of the administration to make a difference, to have a fair representation of women and minorities.”

Sally Haslanger

http://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Sally_Haslanger.html

Spotlight

2014 Institute Diversity Summit

Demystifying Diversity: Challenge, Expand, Broaden your Perspective.

Monday, January 27, 2014

Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. at Kresge Auditorium
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium
1:30 p.m.: Welcome address, Edmund Bertschinger, Institute Community and Equity Officer; Keynote Speaker Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, followed by Summit Keynote Reception in Kresge Auditorium, beginning at 4 p.m. President L. Rafael Reif will join us at 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Stratton Student Center
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m., Stratton Student Center (3rd floor)
A full day of thought provoking workshops designed to demystify diversity and help expand and broaden the perspectives of the attendees.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Kirsch Auditorium (32-123)
A showing of the film Brother Outsider: The Story of Bayard Rustin
No registration required

Help build interest in the Summit: Tweet #mitdiversity

Highlights

Professor Emma Teng's New Book "Eurasian: Mixed Race Identities in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, 1842-1943"

Naomi Ryan / July 25, 2013 / 01:21PM

Professor Teng's latest research explores the history of relationships and marriages between Westerners and Asians, beginning in the mid-19th century, and also discusses the concept of mixed race identity. Read more about her book at MIT News. Read More

Updated Information for Married Employees with Same-Sex Partners

Naomi Ryan / July 25, 2013 / 11:44AM

MIT Employee Benefits has new information regarding the tax changes for same-sex couples following the Supreme Court's recent ruling in favor of of marriage equality. Read More

MIT: One of AARP's 50 Best Employers for Workers Over 50

Naomi Ryan / July 24, 2013 / 09:14AM

MIT recently received the distinction of being selected as one of AARP's 50 Best Employers for Workers Over 50. Click here to read more about the award and to access the full list of honorees. Read More