The following blog entry is from Terra, a Multicutltural Ambassador and Intern with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion after leading an activity about diversity and inequities in our society.
Diversity Walk
Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason
came to me with an opportunity to lead a group of Upward Bound Students in a
“Diversity Walk” activity. I was ecstatic. This was an opportunity to which I couldn't say
no. Dr. Lora told me to gather up a group of interested Multicultural Ambassadors (M.A.) to help me co-facilitate the “Diversity Walk”. The
“Diversity Walk” included an ice breaker (Diversity Bingo) and an activity
called Line of Inequity, in which the students had to form a straight line shoulder to shoulder, taking a step forward or backwards whenever the question that was being asked applied to them. Our goal (M.A) was to get the Upward Bound students to
think about power, class, education, socioeconomic status and understand what
it means to be privileged.
The students gave us their undivided
attention, they were very respectful to themselves and others, and they
participated in the activities and voluntarily shared their thoughts and opinions about the
activities and their personal experiences. The feedback that we
received was remarkable. The instructor Frank stated in a thank you card, "It was very powerful!!" referring to the workshop. The workshop would not have
gone as planned if I didn't have my co-facilitators assisting me. Thank you
Multicultural Ambassadors and Upward Bound students for your participation and
an amazing time. Thank you again Dr. Lora for the
opportunity.
~ Multicultural Ambassador, Terra T.
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| Leading our activity (Multicultural Ambassadors Sean G. & Terra T.) |
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| Activity groups |
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| Leading a group (Multicultural Ambassadors Sean M. & Sara B.) |
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| Giving instructions (Multicultural Ambassadors Chelsea G. & Jericha H.) |
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| Asking questions (Multicultural Ambassadors Prateek M. & Tiana B.) |
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