VIRTUAL Inclusion Impact Series Request

UCBA Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (UCBA DEI) seeks to engage students on topics relating to diversity, inclusion, social justice and cultural competence. As part of our outreach, we are providing a series of engaging, synchronous and asynchronous VIRTUAL workshops for faculty to choose from. Our workshops aim to stimulate those same challenging, confidential conversations in a format that is conducive to physical distancing and student safety.

All workshops are activity-based, student-centered, highly interactive, and are divided into three different levels based on topic and complexity. Additionally, UCBA DEI can develop, facilitate and customize activities based on faculty/staff requests.

Please use the form below to request a Zoom or in-person workshop for your class. Please note:

All faculty members requesting Inclusion Impact series sessions should plan to be present for the duration of the workshop if possible; we welcome your participation!
We will follow UC's COVID 19 policies and guidance regarding in-person instruction for spring semester
To assist us with planning, we ask that you please submit all spring semester Inclusion Impact Series requests prior to February 1st, 2021

To request in-person presentations or special accommodations, please email UCBA DEI: UCBlueAshDEI@ucmail.uc.edu

***Please note that Inclusion Impact workshops may require a pre-work/pre-reading component***

Name of Faculty/Staff member: *

First Name Last Name

Class number (e.g. MLTI 0099) and name: *

Email *

I am most interested in... *

Synchronous workshop options Asynchronous workshop options Both... let's talk!

I prefer the presentation to be _______. (please note that we will abide by UC policies and health/safety protocol regarding the ongoing pandemic)

virtual (Zoom or Teams) in-person hybrid

Please choose from the following workshops (see below for descriptions):

Introductory Level

Introductory Level:

Introductory Level

Intermediate

Intermediate Level

Advanced

Total Number of Students in Class(es): *

(This can be approximate)

I am interested in helping pilot/develop new workshops for this series *

Yes No

Please let us know if any participants require any special accommodations; we want to ensure that this workshop is inclusive and engaging for all students.

Please email UCBA DEI: UCBlueAshDEI@ucmail.uc.edu with any questions, comments or feedback, and thank you for your interest in the Inclusion Impact Series!

Workshop Descriptions

Introductory level:

Circles of my Diverse Self

This activity engages participants in a process of identifying what they consider to be the most important dimensions of their own identity. Key diversity terms and definitions will be covered while students examine stereotypes.

Intermediate level:

Pick a Roommate

This activity will be an exercise in exploring our implicit and explicit biases. Participants will be given description of potential roommates and asked to pick one they have most in common with. Additional truths about the potential roommates will be unveiled and participants will be allowed to pick new roommates based on the new information. Participants will debrief after several rounds of unveiling truths.

The P Word: Identifying and Analyzing Shades of Privilege

PRIVILEGE. It's a loaded term. In this exciting session, we'll delve deeper into the emotions and facts behind the word. Using student-centered guided conversations about identity and intersectionality, we'll discover how systems of inequity function, reflect on our own individual privileges, and discuss what we can do as muilticultural leaders to create change in society.

Advanced level:*

The White Space: An Analysis of Implicit Bias

Combining the Kirwan Institute's online modules on Implicit Bias with a groundbreaking article from Yale sociologist Elijah Anderson, this workshop offers a robust examination of individual implicit biases and the importance of perspective, awareness, and empathy in racial conversations.

#WhitePeople Documentary & Discussion

MTV’s ‘White People’ is a groundbreaking documentary on race that aims to answer that question from the viewpoint of young white people living in America today. The film follows Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and filmmaker, Jose Antonio Vargas, as he travels across the country to get this complicated conversation started. ‘White People’ asks what’s fair when it comes to affirmative action, if colorblindness is a good thing, what privilege really means, and what it’s like to become the “white minority” in your neighborhood.

*Film runs 41 minutes, followed by a facilitated discussion (recommended total time: at least 1 hour 30 minutes)