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Cultural Conversations: Black Men's, Women's and People's Dialogue
Student Engagement
Groups Served
Collegiate, Faculty, Graduate, Postdoctoral, Staff
Program Website
Visit the Program Website
Contact Information
Kimble, Michael
[email protected]
Address
55 Gilmer Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Building
Student Center East (SC)
Campus
Atlanta
Funding
State Funding
Overview
The Black Men's, Women's and People's Dialogue series are spaces supported by Black Student Achievement and the Counseling and Testing Center to create connections and explore community. This includes the intersection of identities between race, gender, sexuality, culture and economics.
Benefits
1. Awareness of group characteristics
2. Access to mentors, role models, safe spaces
3. Community building with academic peers, staff, faculty and community partners
Supplemental Materials
Not Applicable
Discipline Focus
Not discipline specific (University-Wide)
Diversity Group ( Social Identity)
Ability/Disability, Age, First Generation, Gender, Political Ideology, Race/Ethnicity, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Socioeconomic Status
Race/Ethnic Group
Black, Gender, Multi-racial
Program, Initiative, Policy or Sponsored Award Category
Priority 2: Multicultural Programming
Established
01/01/2015
Number Served
Notable Leaders, Stakeholders, or Speakers
Research Routines, Responsibilities and Activities
Cultural competency training (workshop, certificate, course), Celebrations of diverse groups (e.g. Black history, Asian American/ Pacific Islander Heritage, etc.), Community outreach (e.g., townhall, alumni engagement, meetings to gauge community perception or campus constituents, movements)
Additional Research Components, Roles and Responsibilities
This event celebrates Black students, faculty and staff, their heritage, as well as their intersecting identities by providing a consistent, safe space to exchange ideas and share experiences.
Self-efficacy Emphasis
Workshops, networking events with mentors, faculty, staff, various types of coaching
Acknowledgement/Affirmation of Identity, Strengths, Needs
This event celebrates Black students, faculty and staff, their heritage, as well as their intersecting identities by providing a consistent, safe space to exchange ideas and share experiences.
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), Creation of a Safe space/ climate/environment
Participant Empowerment
Coaching, Institutional alliances, Knowledge transfer to the community (e.g., parents, peers, stakeholders)
Mentoring Components
Mentoring is not used in our program
Opportunities to Privilege Voice
Events that provide opportunities for participants to discuss their journey, perspective; informal evaluation methods to allow participants to provide feedback
Evaluation Methods
average attendance to events, course/curricula content changes, program survey(s)
Anticipated Participant Outcomes
attendance
Outcome Milestones
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Key Performance Indicators
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Program, Initiative, Policy or Sponsored Award Category
Priority 2: Multicultural Programming
Established
01/01/2015
Number Served
Notable Leaders, Stakeholders, or Speakers
Research Routines, Responsibilities and Activities
Cultural competency training (workshop, certificate, course), Celebrations of diverse groups (e.g. Black history, Asian American/ Pacific Islander Heritage, etc.), Community outreach (e.g., townhall, alumni engagement, meetings to gauge community perception or campus constituents, movements)
Additional Research Components, Roles and Responsibilities
This event celebrates Black students, faculty and staff, their heritage, as well as their intersecting identities by providing a consistent, safe space to exchange ideas and share experiences.
Please describe how your program addresses self-efficacy (one's beliefs in their own ability to execute behaviors necessary to perform) in its participants?
Workshops, networking events with mentors, faculty, staff, various types of coaching
How does your program acknowledge or affirm individuals’ different identities, strengths, or needs?
This event celebrates Black students, faculty and staff, their heritage, as well as their intersecting identities by providing a consistent, safe space to exchange ideas and share experiences.
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), Creation of a Safe space/ climate/environment
Participant Empowerment
Coaching, Institutional alliances, Knowledge transfer to the community (e.g., parents, peers, stakeholders)
Mentoring Components
Mentoring is not used in our program
Opportunities to Privilege Voice
Events that provide opportunities for participants to discuss their journey, perspective; informal evaluation methods to allow participants to provide feedback
Evaluation methods are used to substantiate the program’s outcomes:
average attendance to events, course/curricula content changes, program survey(s)
Anticipated participant outcomes for your program:
attendance