The DJS Coalition is a COMMUNITY of Lutes who COMMIT to continuing their LEARNING about diversity, justice, and sustainability and INTEGRATING it as a core value of LIVING and LEADING in diverse communities.
WHEN CAN I JOIN?
The DJS Coalition is designed for students to join at any point in their PLU journey. The CYMK* Track offers a pathway for deepening one’s DJS leadership learning through graduation. All students begin with the Yellow track. After a student completes all components of a track, they will be recognized for their accomplishment and invited to progress. While each track is designed to be completed within an academic year, students are able to work towards recognition at their own pace.
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YMK TRACKS
Track 1: Yellow; Track 2: Magenta; Track 3: Cyan; Track 4: Black
*In the world of print media, all colors can be made using a combination of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black, commonly referred to as CYMK. We celebrate all colors, whether the color of your skin, the color of your sexuality, or the color of your culture, which signify what diversity, justice, and sustainability at PLU means and celebrate what makes us who we are, together and apart.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
LEADERSHIP LEARNING REFLECTION
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Any experience is an opportunity to reflect on DJS leadership learning including our families, communities, work, and classroom. After participating in a DJS leadership learning experience, reflect on your DJS learning through the lens of one of the DJS Leadership Learning Attributes utilizing the 5 R’s of Reflection. Complete 4 reflections, each focusing on a different DJS Leadership Learning Attribute.
Appreciating Difference
Experiencing people and environments different than our own requires us to further understand ourselves while learning how to live and lead in our diverse communities
Embracing Complexity:
The challenges of our lifetime are complicated (and so are the people surrounding them) and require us to look deeper into issues so we can recognize challenges and solutions beyond the binary.
Building Connections
Community requires cultivating intentional relationships that affirm and challenge us. This work is ongoing and a process which we trust will bring us deeper in relationship along the journey.
Enacting Change
Sustainable change requires a commitment to building relationships in order to shift old and co-create new systems so that all can thrive.
Wellbeing
Wellbeing requires the continuous practice of living in balance and harmony with ourselves and our environments.
The 5R framework for reflection will guide you through Reporting, Responding, Relating, Reasoning, and Reconstructing to make sense of a learning experience.
The 5 stages are:
- Reporting of the context of the experience
- Responding to the experience (observations, feelings, thoughts, etc.)
- Relating the experience to knowledge and skills you already have
- Reasoning about the significant factors/theory to explain the experience
- Reconstructing your practice by planning future actions for a similar experience
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
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DJS Coalition Community Connection events focus on a DJS leadership learning topic, encourage DJS leadership skill practice, and engage a community reflection. There are multiple DJS Coalition Community Connections events hosted throughout the year. Chose from the programs listed here to meet this experience. (Select “view all events” to see all of your options)
Club Boost
Friday, 2/28 @ 11am -3pm, AUC Regency
A leadership conference focused on providing advanced training to club and student leaders. It features a brunch, followed by three sessions of multiple workshops/panels/presentations focused on the areas of leadership and organization development that clubs and students can benefit from.
Register Here!
Coffee Chat with a Faculty Member
During the months of March and April
Connect with a faculty member of your choice, that is committed to diversity, justice and sustainability, by having a coffee date to further your Leadership Learning. Your beverages will be paid for by the Center for DJS! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email djs@plu.edu!
Register Here!
Interfaith Iftar
Saturday, 3/14 @ 6:45-8:30pm, AUC 133
Ramadan is a sacred month of reflection, gratitude, and togetherness, observed by Muslims worldwide through fasting from dawn to dusk. But more than just fasting, it’s a time for connection, generosity, and shared moments. Iftar is the meal that breaks the daily fast at sunset. Whether you observe Ramadan or are simply curious to learn more, you’re invited to join us for a delicious meal, meaningful conversations, and a celebration of unity.
RSVP HERE
Ignite Your Spark – DJS Lounge Check-Ins
Monday, 4/20 (10:45am & 12:45pm) & Tuesday, 4/21 (10am & 12:45pm), AUC 140
Join PLU’s Carnegie fellows to learn more about their SustainaEd project and explore ways to connect your vocation to energy conservation and immerse yourself in change. Add to gCal
CYMK SHOWCASE
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When we draw connections between experiences we invite space for the development of solutions, partnerships, and ways of engaging that prioritizes the interconnectedness of DJS. For the CYMK Showcase, we are asking students to design an artifact that ties together their DJS leadership learning experienced during their track:
- Consider the leadership learning attributes you reflected on,
- Remember the Community Connections events you attended,
- Create a design, share a photo, write a poem or reflection that demonstrates your experience.
We invite you to be creative! What you create will be shared on a single Google Slide (960×540 pixels)and include a short paragraph (3-5 sentences) describing the artifact in the Google Slide comments. Please email djs@plu.edu the Google Slide.
GRADUATING SENIORS
To receive your DJS Coalition pin, you must complete the Senior Reflection, and you will also be included in the DJS Coalition digital yearbook. The reflection for the spring is due May 8th, 2026. If you haven’t already, please submit your photo for the yearbook to djs@plu.edu.
Senior Reflection Prompt:
Through your relationships, learning in your courses, and involvement on campus and in the community, you have learned, un-learned and re-learned about the interconnectedness of diversity, justice, and sustainability (DJS). Remember DJS is a framework that engages the interdependency of ourselves, our communities, and our environments. With this framework, we desire to create systems and build relationships where all can thrive. It is not just our office, it shows up everywhere. With this…
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What does DJS mean to you?
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How has identity/culture shaped your understanding of DJS?
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What seasons or events of your PLU experience have shaped your understanding of DJS?
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If connected, how did you integrate DJS into your capstone experience?
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How do you hope to integrate your commitments to DJS post graduation?
WHY PARTICIPATE?
- Learning – Being an advocate for DJS includes a commitment to continuous learning. The DJS Coalition Series provides opportunities for practicing DJS skills that will be valuable in your community and workplaces.
- Community – Building relationships is key to living and leading in diverse communities. The DJS Coalition Series facilitates networking opportunities that cultivate intentional relationships that affirm and challenge us to be our best selves.
- Future – Employers & graduate programs are prioritizing individuals who have experience with and operate from a lens of diversity & inclusion, sustainability, and equity. The DJS Coalition can be listed on your resume and used as an experience to highlight in interviews.
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