Diversity, Inclusivity and Civility: Developing Students’ Cultural Competence

Format: Teleconference Webinar

Registration Due: November 17, 20023

Registration Fee: $220.00

Time: 1-2:30 pm

Date: December 8, 2023

Overview:

This webinar will increase participants awareness of difference and consider how issues of diversity can impede the development of inclusive communities. It will examine issues of implicit cultural assumptions, stereotyping, and biases and consider how attitudes toward race and gender operate at a conscious and unconscious level. The session will support participants to expand their cultural competence and ability to make distinctions and encourage them to use their natural empathy in relations with others in order to strengthen their campus communities.

Objectives:

• Appreciate the relationship between diversity, inclusivity, and civility
• Develop personal action plans, wherein they will identify a specific action they can take to contribute to more inclusive campuses where they work
• Differentiate Diversity/Inclusivity initiatives from Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
• Examine culture, subculture, and their impact on our lives and work
• Identify Cultural Competence as the goal for diversity/inclusivity training
• Learn how to identify and respond to incivility and bullying
• Programs and proactive vs. reactive professional development
• Recognize seven kinds of diversity and seven isms, or forms of exclusion
• Understand how issues of diversity (e.g., age, sexual orientation, race) influence the work and learning experiences of students, faculty, and staff
• Understand how issues of diversity in diversity pose a challenge for diversity/inclusivity training
• Understand civility and the emerging issue of bullying in the workplace
• Understand diversity/inclusivity and discuss why campuses should provide professional development in this area

Who should attend?

• 2 and 4-year, public and private institutions
• Academic and Student Affairs Deans and Staff
• All faculty and Academic Advisors
• Deans of Instruction/Directors of Enrollment Services
• Directors of Diversity/Directors of Teaching and Learning Centers
• Human Resources Personnel/Professional Development Coordinators
• Orientation Staff/Student Success Staff