Workshops

Let's Talk: Engaging in Cross-Cultural Communication

This workshop engages participants in conversations and activities regarding “what gets in the way” when communicating across difference. The session includes a review of interactive communication theory, and offers activities to examine the impact of culture and identity on our communication styles. Focus is primarily on communicating across differences in the U.S. context. Participants work with each other to discuss and apply this information in varied situations.

The outcomes of the workshop are:

To increase awareness of personal communication styles To increase...

Looking In / Looking Out: Exploring Workplace Diversity at Berkeley

This workshop engages participants in exploring workplace diversity by reflecting on what makes individuals unique and how our identities and experiences affect our worldview. Through telling stories, participants learn more about themselves and others in their organization. This interactive workshop also provides opportunities to practice communication skills for understanding across difference.

The outcomes of the workshop are:

To reflect on who we are To learn about others around us To explore the impact of identity, power and privilege in the workplace To...

First Take / Second Look: Exploring Unconscious Bias

This workshop engages participants in discussions of unconscious bias. It includes exploring the unintentional ways our behaviors might be problematic for others, as well as what to do as a recipient or bystander of biased behavior.

The outcomes of the workshop are:

To understand and practice identifying unconscious bias To recognize the impacts and consequences of unconscious bias in the workplace To explore strategies for responding to situations involving bias, insensitivity and microaggression To share campus resources

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Creating Inclusive Classrooms

This workshop engages faculty, GSIs, and/or academic departments in a discussion regarding how we can take steps to make classroom instruction more active and inclusive - particularly when engaging with issues of human diversity. The outcomes of the workshop are:

To reveal climate issues To examine the costs and benefits of responding to dynamics in the classroom To identify resources available to faculty

The workshop is approximately two hours, depending on the dynamics within the group.

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Look Beyond Your Wall: Discovering Diversity Lenses

This workshop engages students in discussions regarding who we and others around us at Cal are. This is an introduction to an exploration of individual and social identity and how it may shape our experiences at Cal, how students can meet and learn from others' perspectives, and how students can get involved to learn more. We would love to invite students to look beyond the superficial information that they may post on their Facebook wall. Get beyond what we "see" on the surface, and begin to get to know others in a deeper way.

The outcomes of the workshop are:

Self-Awareness (...