The UFAS Equity & Diversity Committee (EDC) formed in the summer of 2020 to work toward creating a more equitable environment at UW-Madison and envision a future without law enforcement on campus. So far, the EDC has focused its work on UWPD’s presence and influence on campus safety.
We seek to bring transparency about UWPD’s operations on campus and in the community, to find and suggest alternatives to campus policing, and to build community around policing issues.
The UFAS EDC initiated the Abolition UW coalition. Anyone and any organization on or off campus is welcome to join to help get #CopsOffCampus.
The current team
A 5- to 10-member group
Rotating facilitation
Predominantly white and mostly academic staff
Meetings & work
Meet over Zoom for one hour every other week
Building an equitable decision-making process
Communicate over email listserv, shared Google documents that we work on outside of meeting times, and the AbolitionUW and UFAS discords