IDEAMini-Grants

The IDEAoffice supports the advancement of Watts College’s commitment to being an anti-racist (AR) and anti-oppressive (AOP) college and putting theASU Charter and Watts CollegeAspirations into action. One way this is achieved is through the Watts IDEAMini Grants, which provide modest seed funding to members/groups/ projects within the Watts community to support building a more inclusive, equitable, and accessible Watts community. In 2023, a total of x projects were submitted for review.These applications were reviewed by members of the IDEAOffice.Three projects were awarded funding, totalling $xxxx in funding. Guidelines in the call for proposals included projects that:

● Create, build, and/or provide space for networking, support, belonging, and mentorship for Watts community members (employees and/or students) that have a common identity

● Create space to deepen understanding of structural inequities by educating and building individual capacity for conversations about race, oppression, and intersecting identities

● Empower participants to share knowledge and resources while developing a safe space engage in advocacy work that leads to systemic change within their units, college, university, or community

● Infuse historical and contemporary content on race, oppression, inclusion, equity, and access into teaching/pedagogy

● Supports a focus on inclusion, equity and access in research projects, policy reform, mentorship programs, group activities, or events:

1) funding for speaker honorariums

2) funding to support small research projects,

3) activity and event funds,

4) community networking/hosting of meetings or forums