Request a DIRC Workshop

DIRC offers workshops for students aimed at identity development, social consciousness, allyship, advocacy, and leadership development. Our workshops are student centered and have different learning outcomes based on levels of awareness. Workshops are designed for an in-person experience. If you would like a virtual option, please contact us to discuss your accomodation needs.

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Faculty and staff, please refer to Human Resources, Diversity and Inclusion for training and development opportunites. 

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DIRC 101

[20 Minutes. Beginning - Level Awareness]

This short introduction to DIRC session will help participants learn about the about the six identity based/cultural resource centers under the DIRC and some of the programming and resources they provided through these centers. This session also has a mini discussion on inclusive behaviors as sample of DIRC workshops and programming. 

To Help Participants:

  • Identify the different resource centers under the DIRC department
  • Identify programs/services offered by the resource centers and department
  • Explore the importance of learning more about identity, diversity, and inclusion work

THE MAKINGS OF YOU, ME, AND US: AN EXPLORATION OF SOCIAL IDENTITIES

[75 Minutes. Beginning-Level Awareness]

This workshop provides students with an exploration of social identities as well as the opportunity to interact and learn about each other’s perspectives, which may or may not be widely held or understood.

Students will be challenged to explore ideas about social identities, to see “diversity” from broader angles, to rethink their own assumptions, and to compare their own perspectives to those of people with differing views.

To Help Participants:

  • Explore nine social identities and be able to state their own identities
  • Listen to and interpret others' personal narratives as they relate to identity
  • Analyze their own assumptions when it comes to others' identities

HOW THE WORD IS PASSED: THE SOCIALIZATION PROCESS

[75 Minutes. Intermediate Awareness]

This workshops explores the process of socialization and how oppression is learned, internalized and reproduced.

Students will be challenged to explore their personal socialization experiences and engage in activities and dialogues about the conscious and unconscious ways we learn about bias and prejudice.

To Help Participants:

  • Explore their identities and the identities of others
  • Understand Individual/Institional/Structural Oppresion
  • Explore the Cycle of Socialization and its impact on oppression

 

ALPHA OMEGA: UNDERSTANDING CULTURE AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

Students will be able to:

  • Explore and state attributes of different communications styles
  • Listen to/connect the communication style to their own experiences 
  • Analyze their own communication style and its effect on their interest

This workshop highlights various aspects of different individuals (what is observable, what is assumed), how culture impacts behavior, and the meaning that individuals attach to culturally-influenced behaviors. Through a role play exercise students can begin to understand what affects one’s perspective, and how to work with others from different cultures and communication styles.