Motivated by a continual commitment to reflection and renewal, Project 5: Expand and Restructure Roles of College and Unit DEI Officers, has made significant progress since President Eli Capilouto announced a comprehensive, collaborative 17-project Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Plan. Designed to empower agents of change, embolden existing DEI efforts and introduce additional initiatives to engage more of the community in this work, this plan has ignited a holistic overhaul to the university's approach to advancing diversity at UK.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 29, 2021)
The presentation titled, “Antisemitism Past and Present,” was led by led by Jason Horowitz, director of Heritage Education and Partnership at Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) a historically Jewish fraternity.
ZBT was founded in 1898 at the City College of New York. During that time, Jewish people were excluded from joining fraternities and sororities. Being recognized as the first Jewish collegiate social fraternity, ZBT offers continued educational programming on the subject matter, even though they became nonsectarian in 1954.
“ZBT was honored to have more than 130 undergraduates participate in a very important conversation regarding antisemitism,” Anthony Haddad, assistant director for growth at ZBT, said. “We’re also excited to have an amazing partnership with Kentucky Hillel and the IFC, who helped make this happen.”