Module 3: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Each module of Cura Personalis 1 has a required element - for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, all students must participate in an on-campus diversity, equity or inclusion event.  This could include attending a speaker, participating in a program or training, etc.  Please note that instructors can either organize this participation together as a class, or students can individually participate in an experience of their choosing.

Below are other potential topics, class activities, and readings to utilize to help students achieve the learning outcome for Module 3.  These are potential - faculty are welcome (and encouraged!) to seek out other resources to implement.

All activities and readings referenced below are available on the Cura Personalis 1 curriculum resource page.

Potential Topics:

• Identity and Intersectionality

• Values-Shaping

• Power, Privilege and Marginalization

• Worldview and Religious Pluralism (Interfaith Youth Core)

• Oath of Inclusion

• Occupy SLU and the Clocktower Accords

Potential Activities:

• Discussion on BRIDGE identity module from intro class (Required)

• Participation in a campus diversity, equity and inclusion event such as Tunnel of Oppression, Diversity Month Program/Speaker, or Safe Zone Training (Required)

• Student leader panel on personal experiences/encounters with diversity

• Guest speaker from Cross Cultural Center, other on or off campus organizations focused on diversity, equity and/or inclusion

• Examen Exercise - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• Cross the Line exercise (Diversity of values/thought)

• Power Walk exercise (Influence of power on inclusion and marginalization)  

Potential Readings:

• “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

• “Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person” by G Crosley-Corcoran (Identity/Privilege/Intersectionality)

• Oath of Inclusion and Clocktower Accords, via SLU website

• Eboo Patel work on Religious Pluralism

• Fr. Bryan Massingale “How the Church can Combat Racism and White Privilege” (video)