Multicultural Scholars Peer Educators Workshop
Multicultural Scholars Peer Educators Workshop
Poverty In Education
In this interactive workshop, the audience will gain an understanding of some of the struggles students face with poverty. The peer educators focus on social environments, priorities, school lunches, disparities in school districts, and the effects this has on a students’ education.
Stereotypes in Today’s Society
This interactive presentation will distinguish stereotyping from racism and sexism to give listeners an acute understanding of the problem of stereotyping and the role it plays in everyday life, touching on various manifestations that include nationality, gender, and sexual orientation. The goal of the presentation is to educate what, specifically, stereotyping is, the different ways it presents itself, and what can be done to combat this problem. Audience members will take away a keen understanding of this problem and will be educated and empowered to make a difference in their own communities and use the lessons learned here as framework to help combat and solve other pressing social justice issues.
Identity, Intersectionality, and Privilege
This workshop defines Identity, Intersectionality, and Privilege in a social context. To assist in improving the participants cultural competency the educators will provide real world and personal examples of how people may hold stake in one or all three of those words.
Unconscious Bias through Gender Roles in the Workforce
The goal of this presentation is to educate the campus community on unconscious bias in the workplace pertaining to unrealistic stereotypes, patriarchy, and gender roles. This workshop with teach participants will have an open discussion about creating equal opportunity for all genders.
Discrimination in Health Care
The presentation takes the basis of implicit biases and presents the impact that they have in the medical field. The presentation touches on 4 different types of Medical Discrimination: Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Ability, and Pre-existing conditions. We discuss the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which has impacted healthcare. The topic of privileges vs rights is covered and in small groups, the audience will discuss possible solutions to this common issue of medical discrimination.
Multicultural Colorism
The workshop, Multicultural Colorism, dives into the historical and present day implications and impact of colorism on the African American/ Black, Latinx/Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and White community. The workshop also goes to answer questions such as what is colorism and how to we as individuals and a society work together to heal communities from colorism.
Immigration: A Foundation for our Nation and Throughout the World
The workshop, Multicultural Colorism, dives into the historical and present day implications and impact of colorism on the African American/ Black, Latinx/Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and White community. The workshop also goes to answer questions such as what is colorism and how to we as individuals and a society work together to heal communities from colorism.
Cultural Appropriation Vs Appreciation
Cultural Appropriation VS Appreciation is as straight forward as it gets with explaining the difference between appreciation and appropriation. The educators will review real and every day examples of how to appreciate others cultural instead of appropriate. Find out how we can all do better!