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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.
Spring 2023 Workshop Series Dates
Monday series: Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13, and 27, 1pm-3:30pm (in person,MOSAIC Center Multipurpose Room (Room 226), MSU Union)
- Facilitators: Kanchan Pavangadkar and Lori Seischab
Tuesday series: Feb. 14, 21, 28, and March 14, 9:30am-12pm (virtual)
- Facilitators: Jonglim Han, Ariel Robbins, and Devin Silvia
Tuesday – Friday series: May 9-12, 9:30am-12pm (in person, MOSAIC Center Multipurpose Room (Room 226), MSU Union)
- Facilitators: Danielle Flores Lopez, Kendra Pyle, and Claire Vieille
Friday full day: Feb. 17, 8:30am-5pm (in person, Conference Room 6, Student Services Building)
- Facilitators: Danielle Flores Lopez and Kendra Pyle
Register at: http://bit.ly/NatSci-DEI-S23
Open for NatSci faculty, staff, specialists, administrators, postdocs and graduate students
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.
Spring 2023 Virtual Workshop dates TBD