Diversity University Fall Session(s)

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Educating Children of Color, Inc and High Plains Church Unitarian Universalist are excited to offer a Fall session of Diversity University. The program will be offered in 7 two-hour installments beginning on September 30, 2020 and culminating on December 16, 2020. The sessions will be held from 6:30p.m. to 8:30p.m. on Zoom. The cost is $10 per session. 

The purpose of Diversity University is to improve the ability of professionals and the community to respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population. Diversity University is designed to increase equity and justice by helping individuals address their biases and leverage their power to address problems of disparate treatment of individuals. 

Schedule:

The first 3 sessions will concentrate on race. As a nation, we cannot move forward if we do not understand historical and systemic racism, white supremacy and privilege.

September 30, 2020- History and Demographics of a Changing Nation and Introduction to Implicit Bias 

October 14, 2020-Racism, Individual and Systemic: Racial and Ethnic Disparities, Microaggressions, Stereotype Threat and Internalized Oppression

October 28, 2020-White Privilege 

November 11, 2020-Poverty: Understand why people who live in poverty make the choices they do and use that understanding to build relationships of mutual respect.

November 24, 2020-Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

December 9, 2020-Ableism 

December 16, 2020-Moving Forward: Active steps to create equity. 

The purpose of this institute is to improve the ability of professionals and the community to respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population. Diversity University is designed to help individuals address their biases and leverage their power to address problems of disparate treatment of individuals within their work environment. The fee for attendance is $50.  Participants are eligible for 20 hours of CLEs, 2.5 graduate credits from Adams State University (additional cost of $137.50) and/or 40 contact hours for CDE licensure.   

60 people attended Diversity University in 2018 at Pikes Peak Community College. Since its inception in 2013, participants have ranged in age from 17 to 86 years old. Representatives from a multitude of agencies have attended, including the El Paso County Sheriff’s office, the Colorado Springs Police Department, Pikes Peak Community College, the El Paso County Attorney's Office, mediators, YMCA, Penrose Hospital, Regis University, El Paso County Department of Human Services, the Office of the Guardian ad Litem, Woodland Park School District, Metro State University, Harrison School District 2, District 11, District 8, Adams County School District, Denver Public Schools, Colorado Department of Education, the National Forest Service, Colorado Springs Utilities  and the Fourth Judicial District. 

Feedback

“Was it worth it?  Words are inadequate to describe this experience.  Not easy to go thru emotionally, but outstanding presentation. Transforming.” 

"To be bold, take opportunities where they are, to plant the seeds of kindness and change. I can’t even put into words the change that has come over me this week.  I came expecting to be ‘taught’ how to teach others.  What I got was a lesson on me. I have found myself, my spark, my inspiration to draw from. Who I am, where I’ve been and where I’m going. Realizing how I can be a force for change from within to make a difference in the hearts and minds of those around me."

For more information please contact: Regina Walter at ecocinc@gmail.com or 719-640-6633 

If you have attended Diversity University and want to go the next level,  please join us for Diversity University II. This is an opportunity to delve deeper into implicit bias and its impact. 

Judge Regina Walter (Ret.) and Dr. Regina Lewis will facilitate courageous conversations about race, immigration, reparations, politics, poverty, the stigma of mental illness and other topics. The cost to attend is $70. Enrollment is  limited. Please register at www.educatingchildrenofcolor.org. 

For more information please contact: Regina Walter at ecocinc@gmail.com or 719-640-6633