Welcome to the Tunnel of Oppression
Overview
Overview
The Tunnel of Oppression is an annual collaborative effort between Saint Louis University's Housing and Residence Life and The Cross Cultural Center. The Tunnel of Oppression is an exhibition of some of the most difficult and complex issues we face today. The experience will demonstrate the concepts of power, privilege, and the reality of hate crimes, covert, and open acts of oppression as communities experience them. This experience aims to educate and challenge you to think more deeply about issues of oppression. Due to COVID-19, participants will virtually click through this site to learn about oppression people are facing today.
The Tunnel of Oppression is an annual collaborative effort between Saint Louis University's Housing and Residence Life and The Cross Cultural Center. The Tunnel of Oppression is an exhibition of some of the most difficult and complex issues we face today. The experience will demonstrate the concepts of power, privilege, and the reality of hate crimes, covert, and open acts of oppression as communities experience them. This experience aims to educate and challenge you to think more deeply about issues of oppression. Due to COVID-19, participants will virtually click through this site to learn about oppression people are facing today.
Disclaimer
Disclaimer
Typical of Tunnel of Oppression there may be points in time when individuals are triggered by the things they see, hear, and observe throughout the tunnel. What is a Trigger?
Typical of Tunnel of Oppression there may be points in time when individuals are triggered by the things they see, hear, and observe throughout the tunnel. What is a Trigger?
A trigger is something that sets off a memory tape or flashback transporting the person back to the event of her/his original trauma.
A trigger is something that sets off a memory tape or flashback transporting the person back to the event of her/his original trauma.
Triggers are very personal; different things trigger different people. The survivor may begin to avoid situations and stimuli that she/he thinks triggered the flashback. She/he will react to this flashback, trigger with an emotional intensity similar to that at the time of the trauma. A person’s triggers are activated through one or more of the five senses: sight, sound, touch, smell and taste.
Triggers are very personal; different things trigger different people. The survivor may begin to avoid situations and stimuli that she/he thinks triggered the flashback. She/he will react to this flashback, trigger with an emotional intensity similar to that at the time of the trauma. A person’s triggers are activated through one or more of the five senses: sight, sound, touch, smell and taste.
The senses identified as being the most common to trigger someone are sight and sound, followed by touch and smell, and taste close behind. A combination of the senses is identified as well, especially in situations that strongly resemble the original trauma. Although triggers are varied and diverse, there are often common themes. (By U. of Alberta, Sexual Assault Centre)
The senses identified as being the most common to trigger someone are sight and sound, followed by touch and smell, and taste close behind. A combination of the senses is identified as well, especially in situations that strongly resemble the original trauma. Although triggers are varied and diverse, there are often common themes. (By U. of Alberta, Sexual Assault Centre)
The Tunnel of Oppression can be triggering. Please take care of yourself and utilize resources available to you both on and/or off-campus that can support you. https://www.onlinecolleges.net/for-students/mental-health-resources/
The Tunnel of Oppression can be triggering. Please take care of yourself and utilize resources available to you both on and/or off-campus that can support you. https://www.onlinecolleges.net/for-students/mental-health-resources/
History of Tunnel of Oppression:
History of Tunnel of Oppression:
It started as a campus grassroots diversity program at Western Illinois University in 1994 and can now be found at many colleges and universities around the nation. Inspiration from the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles and the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. was used as a template for the first Tunnel of Oppression. The Tunnel of Oppression at Saint Louis University is coordinated, written, and designed by Housing and Residence Life student staff.
It started as a campus grassroots diversity program at Western Illinois University in 1994 and can now be found at many colleges and universities around the nation. Inspiration from the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles and the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. was used as a template for the first Tunnel of Oppression. The Tunnel of Oppression at Saint Louis University is coordinated, written, and designed by Housing and Residence Life student staff.