Bystander Workshop: Microaggressions & Bystander Behavior - A Tool Kit

220 Pawtucket Street,Lowell MA 01854

08 October, 2021

Description

This workshop focuses on knowledge of microaggressions and intervention skills. UMass Lowell 2021 Fall Bystander Workshop: Microaggressions & Bystander Behavior - A Tool Kit Like a mosquito bite, one microaggression may not be a big deal. But imagine being bitten multiple times a week, year-round. This is how the culture is for some people at UMass Lowell and most other universities. Be part of the effort to change it! We invite full-time faculty from all ranks and departments to become better equipped to notice and intervene when microaggressions occur. The training session is practical: it is devoted to building participants’ skill in identifying and interrupting instances of microaggressions. Role playing and vignettes help participants develop confidence in their ability to notice microaggressions and intervene. This hands-on, two-hour-long training provides opportunities for active learning. When: Friday, October 8, 2021, 1-3 p.m. Where: University Crossing (UCC) 158. Please follow CDC and the University COVID-19 guidelines about in-door gathering when attending this event. Open to the first 20 registrants. This workshop focuses on knowledge of microaggressions and intervention skills. Over 200 of UMass Lowell faculty members have already participated. For more information please visit the UMass Lowell Making WAVES website. Making WAVES is an initiative to increase diversity of faculty in STEM fields funded by the National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program. The $3.5 million, five-year grant to UMass Lowell is for an institutional transformation program led by the Center for Women & Work. The goal of the WAVES project, which began in September 2016, is to implement interventions to: disrupt interpersonal and institutional microaggressions establish innovative mentoring approaches, and promote equitable policies and procedures.