NatSci Cultural Competency Workshop
Background
In fall 2020, the NatSci DEI Facilitation Team started offering Cultural competency for personal, organizational and community change, for NatSci faculty, staff, specialists, administrators, postdocs and graduate students.
The multiple session workshop, started in spring 2021, was adapted from the full-day workshop developed by Karen Pace, director of Pace 4 Change, and Dionardo Pizaña, diversity and personnel specialist, Michigan State University Extension.
Cultural Competency Workshops
Fall 2024:
October 18th, November 1st, 8th, 15th, 9-11:45am, online
Facilitators: Lori Seischab, Sherri Reese, Sheba Onchiri
Session is filled.
Fridays, November 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 9-11:30am, ISTB room 1404
Facilitators: Claire Vieille, Raychel Meyer-Payne, Becky La
Tuesdays, November 19th, 26th, December 3rd, 10th, 1-3:30pm, ISTB room 1404
Facilitators: Ashley Maloff, Devin Silvia, Anjam Chaudhary
Register for the workshops here.
Skills Development Workshops
Attendance at the Cultural Competency for Personal, Organization, and Community Change workshop is encouraged but not required. Building on this workshop, every session we will have new practice scenarios to help participants develop skills to handle bias incidents, microaggressions, and discrimination that occur in STEM classrooms and workspaces.
Currently we do not have any plans to hold skills development workshops this upcoming Fall 2024 semester, but be aware for any updates we may have later.