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A Seat At The Table: Social Justice Food for Thought Series
Student Engagement
Groups Served
Collegiate, Faculty, Graduate, Postbaccalaureate, Postdoctoral, Staff
Program Website
Visit the Program Website
Contact Information
Sinclair, LaTia
Lsinclair@gsu.edu
Address
55 Gilmer Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Building
Student Center East (SC)
Campus
Atlanta
Funding
Institutional Funding (e.g., President's Office, Provost Office, College or Academic Unit, Departmental Funding)
Overview
A Seat At The Table: Social Justice Food for Thought Series is centered around 6 Social Justice Leaders and their legacy as a servant leader and Social Justice advocate. Attendees will engage in critical conversations around diversity, equity and inclusion and reflect on their own identity, intersectionality and capacity to make an impact.
Benefits
Through this dining experiences, we offer students a space to learn, lead and reflect on the legacy that they wish to leave. These events will also acknowledge individuals and organizations that are committed to social justice issues by awarding them a servant leader award.
Supplemental Materials
Not Applicable
Discipline Focus
Not discipline specific (University-Wide)
Diversity Group ( Social Identity)
First Generation, Gender, Military/Veteran Status, Political Ideology, Race/Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation
Race/Ethnic Group
American Indian, Asian, Black, Gender, Hispanic/ Latinx groups, Multi-racial, Pacific Islander, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiians
Program, Initiative, Policy or Sponsored Award Category
Priority 2: Multicultural Programming
Established
07/01/2014
Number Served
Notable Leaders, Stakeholders, or Speakers
John Day
Bryon Jones
William Britto
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
Michael Bond
Research Routines, Responsibilities and Activities
Committee/council/group/advisory board/task force, Specialized center, Program sponsored (in-house) professional development sessions/ training/coursework (e.g., workshops, test preparation, mini-courses, specialized course, conference presentations, resume/cv building, modules, professional development etiquette, facilitated discussion, panel, summit, educational programming, speaker series), Cultural competency training (workshop, certificate, course), Community outreach (e.g., townhall, alumni engagement, meetings to gauge community perception or campus constituents, movements)
Additional Research Components, Roles and Responsibilities
This series for social justice allows students to have dialogue and food.
Self-efficacy Emphasis
Giving the students to opportunity to lead, to learn and to leave a legacy at Georgia State University
Acknowledgement/Affirmation of Identity, Strengths, Needs
This series for social justice allows students to have dialogue and food.
Examples of Inclusionary Practices and Activities
Specialized Pedagogical practices (e.g. multicultural teaching practices; usage of gender pronouns)), Specialized Curricula/Workshops (e.g. training for participants, directors and/or faculty on imposter syndrome, implicit bias, microaggressions), Structured Dialogues and Interactions (e.g. lab discussions, one-on-one sessions, virtual dialogues), Orientation (e.g. reviewing norms, expectations, structures, goals and/or protocols), Creation of a Safe space/ climate/environment
Participant Empowerment
Coaching, Knowledge transfer to the community (e.g., parents, peers, stakeholders), Mentoring opportunities
Mentoring Components
Mentoring is not used in our program
Opportunities to Privilege Voice
Allow students to share how they feel about Social Justice
Evaluation Methods
average attendance to events, external review/evaluation, annual performance report, program survey(s)
Anticipated Participant Outcomes
attendance
Outcome Milestones
Building community
Key Performance Indicators
Event attendance and input from students
Program, Initiative, Policy or Sponsored Award Category
Priority 2: Multicultural Programming
Established
07/01/2014
Number Served
Notable Leaders, Stakeholders, or Speakers
John Day
Bryon Jones
William Britto
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
Michael Bond
Research Routines, Responsibilities and Activities
Committee/council/group/advisory board/task force, Specialized center, Program sponsored (in-house) professional development sessions/ training/coursework (e.g., workshops, test preparation, mini-courses, specialized course, conference presentations, resume/cv building, modules, professional development etiquette, facilitated discussion, panel, summit, educational programming, speaker series), Cultural competency training (workshop, certificate, course), Community outreach (e.g., townhall, alumni engagement, meetings to gauge community perception or campus constituents, movements)
Additional Research Components, Roles and Responsibilities
This series for social justice allows students to have dialogue and food.
Please describe how your program addresses self-efficacy (one's beliefs in their own ability to execute behaviors necessary to perform) in its participants?
Giving the students to opportunity to lead, to learn and to leave a legacy at Georgia State University
How does your program acknowledge or affirm individuals’ different identities, strengths, or needs?
This series for social justice allows students to have dialogue and food.
Inclusionary practices/activities utilized in your program:
Specialized Pedagogical practices (e.g. multicultural teaching practices; usage of gender pronouns)), Specialized Curricula/Workshops (e.g. training for participants, directors and/or faculty on imposter syndrome, implicit bias, microaggressions), Structured Dialogues and Interactions (e.g. lab discussions, one-on-one sessions, virtual dialogues), Orientation (e.g. reviewing norms, expectations, structures, goals and/or protocols), Creation of a Safe space/ climate/environment
Participant Empowerment
Coaching, Knowledge transfer to the community (e.g., parents, peers, stakeholders), Mentoring opportunities
Mentoring Components
Mentoring is not used in our program
Opportunities to Privilege Voice
Allow students to share how they feel about Social Justice
Evaluation methods are used to substantiate the program’s outcomes:
average attendance to events, external review/evaluation, annual performance report, program survey(s)
Anticipated participant outcomes for your program:
attendance