Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Facilitation and Training

Duration: 1-2 hours

• Part 1: Participants will learn the elements of a microaggression. They will be able to identify microaggressions and will be made aware of University resources, particularly reporting options, to address them.
• Part 2: Participants will explore where microaggressions come from and why their impact can be so deep and broad.
• Part 3: Participants will explore various methods to address microaggressions in the moment. They will develop an understanding of individual conflict management strengths and how to use them to address microaggressions.

Please note that each part can be presented separately in one-hour sessions. All three can be presented in one two-hour session.

Duration: 1.5 hours

Ever wonder why human beings naturally have implicit bias? Is it wrong to have implicit bias? Okay? Somewhere in between? What do we do when we become aware of an implicit bias? Participants will develop a shared language around implicit bias, develop an understanding of what bias is and what it is not, and explore how to mitigate bias.

Duration: 1.5 hours

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” -Aristotle

Increasingly, conversations about social justice, politics, religion and civil issues have become more and more divisive. So how can we have these conversations with each other in a way that is respectful and effective, and leaves all parties feeling heard, if not necessarily agreed with? Participants of this workshop will explore why “tough conversations” are so difficult to have, the difference between “polite conversation” and “civil dialogue” and how we can better engage in civil dialogue.

Duration: 1.5 hours

This workshop is designed to explore concepts and applications of allyship through the lens of the LGBTQ+ community and fight for equity. Participants will explore their own privilege, develop an understanding of how to use that privilege to be an effective ally and begin to build a shared language around the LGBTQ+ community.

Duration: one hour

Not sure who EIC is or what we do? This workshop is for you! Participants will develop an understanding of who EIC is at Drexel, what services we offer and what resources are available to them via our office with an emphasis on how to report incidents of sexual/gender-based violence, bias, discrimination and harassment.

Duration: 1.5 hours

Leaders come in all shapes and sizes for all kinds of formal and informal groups, but one thing is true for all of them: Today, more than ever, we ask a lot of our leaders. This workshop allows participants to explore what the concept of inclusive leadership means to them and how they can use principles of inclusive leadership to be a more effective leader.

Duration: one hour

This facilitation is presented by a member of the Compliance Team from the Office for Institutional Equity and Inclusive Culture. Participants will gain an understanding of what policies require a mandated report when broken, what happens when EIC receives a report and resources for questions about the process.

Duration: 90 minutes

Not sure what to do in the moment? How to listen effectively without compromising your values? This workshop seeks to provide participants with space to discover their communication and conflict management strengths, explore worries they have about intervening in the moment and equip them with new tactics and strategies to intervene and de-escalate effectively.

Duration: 1.5+ hours

This inventory assesses individual and group cultural adaptability. This is a measurement of three variables: your understanding of your own cultural values, your understanding of cultural value differences, and how well you are able to adapt your behaviors, approaches and ideas to those differences. Please note that while the facilitation is free, the assessment itself is $13/student or $20/professional staff/faculty. Some fund assistance may be available.

Duration: 2+ hours

A restorative justice circle is a facilitated space for a community to discuss harmful behaviors or topics that are historically divisive with a goal towards repairing and/or strengthening the community. The topic can be selected/recommended by EIC staff or by the requester.

Duration: ?

This workshop is designed to explore concepts and applications of allyship through the lens of the LGBTQ+ community and fight for equity. Participants will explore their own privilege, develop an understanding of how to use that privilege to be an effective ally and begin to build a shared language around the LGBTQ+ community.

Duration: 1.5 hours

This workshop is designed to explore concepts and applications of allyship through the lens of the LGBTQ+ community and fight for equity. Participants will explore their own privilege, develop an understanding of how to use that privilege to be an effective ally and begin to build a shared language around the LGBTQ+ community.

Duration: 1.5 hours

Faculty search committee members are considered the "gatekeepers" of the academy and bear responsibility for recruiting from a robust and diverse faculty applicant pool. During this workshop, an overview of inclusive faculty recruitment processes and practices will be provided, with a focus on how search committees can diversify applicant pools by discipline. Participants will discuss diversity and inclusion terms, including implicit bias, microaggressions and others. Relevant departmental, institutional, and national data will be explored, and participants will examine best practices for inclusive faculty searches.

Duration: 1.5 hours

Communicating effectively across differences is an important part of making sure that all our students and colleagues feel welcome, included and empowered to excel. In this interactive workshop, participants will work together to understand how speech and behavior can be implicitly invalidating or demeaning, and how to learn from and lead through those moments.

Duration: 1.5 hours

As we work towards building an inclusive culture of excellence, academic units and departments are seeking ways to establish initiatives and priorities that are sustained beyond present-day calls for racial equity. This workshop lays the foundation for departments to identify key areas of focus relative to departmental culture including inclusive hiring practices, social justice and anti-racist curriculum, incentive and reward systems, power dynamics and more. The primary goals are to co-create a departmental culture of inclusion and for participants to identify tangible, actionable items that will be prioritized moving forward.

Duration: 1.5 hours

The growing research on racial and other microaggressions cite the harm it can impose on faculty, professional staff and students from marginalized groups. The hierarchical structure of academic institutions may exacerbate this harm, with microaggressions evolving into microbullying and bullying, and contributing to a loss of productivity, poor health and high turnover. During this workshop, participants will engage with a variety of case studies underscoring microaggressions and bullying as well as the identity, power and status dynamics at play. We will discuss strategies to productively confront microaggressions and bullying, and how to mitigate these in everyday interactions with students and colleagues.

Duration: 1.5+ hours

This inventory assesses individual and group cultural adaptability. This is a measurement of three variables: your understanding of your own cultural values, your understanding of cultural value differences, and how well you are able to adapt your behaviors, approaches and ideas to those differences. Please note that while the facilitation is free, the assessment itself is $13/student or $20/professional staff/faculty. Some fund assistance may be available.

Duration: ?

This facilitation is presented by a member of the Compliance Team from the Office of Institutional Equity and Inclusive Culture. Participants will gain an understanding of what policies require a mandated report when broken, what happens when EIC receives a report and resources for questions about the process.

Duration: 2+ hours

A restorative justice circle is a facilitated space for a community to discuss harmful behaviors or topics that are historically divisive with a goal towards repairing and/or strengthening the community. The topic can be selected/recommended by EIC staff or by the requester.

Color Brave

“Color Brave” campus dialogues aim to educate and empower faculty to have a purposeful discussion and address the issues that Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and other people from marginalized groups face on Drexel's campus, while increasing awareness and mutual understanding. Acknowledging and discussing race and other topics surrounding diversity is a first step to developing and sustaining an inclusive culture. This session features interactive discussions regarding different life experiences to enhance participants’ understanding of experiences that are different from theirs.

From Differentiation to Integration: Managing and Resolving Conflict

Understanding and effectively managing conflict is an important part of creating and maintaining an inclusive campus culture. This workshop provides an overview of conflict, highlighting a variety of sources of conflict and their impact on member satisfaction and retention. Participants will be introduced to the concept of moving from differentiation (acknowledging difference) towards integration (superordinate goal) by moving beyond positions towards interests. Participants will explore strategies and techniques to manage conflict in the Drexel community.

Talking to Students and Colleagues About Race

With the national reckoning around racial injustice, faculty and professional staff have the responsibility to create an inclusive environment for students and members of the Drexel community. However, it is not always easy to productively engage in conversations about race. This interactive workshop engages participants to work through difficult and uncomfortable conversations that sometimes emerge both in the classroom and campus community around race. Activities and scenarios focus on race, racial identity development and racism. Drexel-specific cases will be highlighted, and participants will explore strategies that faculty and professional staff can employ to lean into these sometimes-difficult conversations.

Recognizing and Knowing When to Use Your Privilege

The purpose of this workshop is to broaden the dialogue beyond "white privilege" to include other forms of privilege that might sometimes be taken for granted. The Diversity Iceberg metaphor will be used during this interactive session to explore identity and intersectionality. Participants will be able to classify parts of their identities that are privileged and explore how one identity might be privileged in one setting and not in another. Participants will also examine how different forms of privilege can be leveraged to advocate on behalf of self and others, and advance inclusion in their academic units and beyond.

Working Through Social Identities Towards Empathy and Inclusion

This workshop aims to explore the interplay between individuals' unique social identities and others as part of a team and any campus group. Activities will focus on personal/interpersonal education and self-awareness, and will explore topics on dimensions of identity, continuum of racial identity development, bias, microaggressions, etc. We will use scenarios, cases and other activities to identify how these emerge in our interactions with each other. Participants will engage in activities that enhance empathy and inclusion.