Kentucky College Personnel Association As ACPA directs their energy towards addressing Racial Justice in Higher Education, CPAK mirrors that commitment with a focus on Colleges and Universities in the Commonwealth. We share the goal of providing opportunities for professional and personal growth rooted in racial decolonization and acknowledging racial justice as the core of the work we do daily. The Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonization (SIRJD) helps us center that work. Please click here to find the full Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonization.
CPAK Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statements
Non-Discrimination Statement.
CPAK, the College Professional Association of Kentucky, is a state division of the American College Personnel Association. We are an open association who does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, age, national/ethnic origin, citizenship, ancestry, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, faith, veteran status, sexual/affectional orientation, disability, social/economic class, in our policies, procedures, practices or programs. This non-discrimination policy covers membership and access to CPAK programs and activities including but not limited to publications, workshops, committees, and conferences.
Title IX Statement.
CPAK, the College Professional Association of Kentucky, is a state division of the American College Personnel Association. CPAK will not tolerate any form of sexual misconduct, which includes, but is not limited to, sexual harassment, non-consensual sexual contact, non-consensual sexual intercourse, sexual exploitation, rape or retaliation arising out of any of the above acts.
Affirmative Action Statement.
CPAK, the College Professional Association of Kentucky, is a state division of the American College Personnel Association. We endorse and apply to its operation the affirmative action statement of the ACPA – College Student Educators International. (See attached CPAK statement)
Equity & Inclusion Statement
CPAK, the College Professional Association of Kentucky, is a state division of the American College Personnel Association. We are dedicated to the promotion of diversity, inclusion, equity, social justice, and decolonization. This promotion is encouraged through the understanding and education of our own individual members which in return trickles out onto our colleagues in the commonwealth. With the knowledge-based opportunities provided through CPAK, we give tools to understanding systems of oppression and injustice, and the many ways to work towards their dismantling.
The process of dismantling for CPAK is found in the ACPA Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonization.
Land Acknowledgment Statement
CPAK and ACPA acknowledges that the land we work and live on is within the historic homelands of the Shawnee, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Osage, Quapaw, Kaskaskia, and Yuchi tribal nations. We acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced removal from this territory, and we honor and respect the many diverse Indigenous peoples who have and continue to cultivate relationships to this land on which we gather.
Beyond acknowledging the land and in recognition of modern and historical settler colonialism, including that perpetuated by North American institutions of higher education, ACPA actively commits to supporting Higher Education in decolonizing their practice and scholarship through our mission, values, and the Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonization.