Equity and Inclusion

Demonstrate the awareness, attitude, knowledge, and skills required to equitably engage and include people from different local and global cultures. Engage in anti-racist practices that actively challenge the systems, structures, and policies of racism.

Sample Behaviors

  • Solicit and use feedback from multiple cultural perspectives to make inclusive and equity-minded decisions.
  • Actively contribute to inclusive and equitable practices that influence individual and systemic change.
  • Advocate for inclusion, equitable practices, justice, and empowerment for historically marginalized communities.
  • Seek global cross-cultural interactions and experiences that enhance one’s understanding of people from different demographic groups and that leads to personal growth.
  • Keep an open mind to diverse ideas and new ways of thinking.
  • Identify resources and eliminate barriers resulting from individual and systemic racism, inequities, and biases.
  • Demonstrate flexibility by adapting to diverse environments.
  • Address systems of privilege that limit opportunities for members of historically marginalized communities.

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Developing Equity and Inclusion

  • Participate in DEI events and workshops
  • Study Abroad
  • Travel
  • Do community service
  • Listen to diverse speakers
  • Engage with others from diverse backgrounds
  • Complete your Social Identity Wheel
  • Become an Ally
  • Learn about Privilege
  • Participate in Social Justice Initiatives
  • Develop awareness of biases
  • Intentional seek out opportunities to meet those with different identify factors
  • Listen to others tell their personal stories

What does growth look like?

LevelTypeDescription
1Exposure
  • Identifies strategies to include others in roles, processes, and experiences
  • Understand that there are differences in experiences, identity factors, and perspectives
  • Recognize the value of having exposure to people from diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions, beliefs, and / or experiences
2Interaction
  • Respects people from diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions, beliefs, and / or experiences
  • Uses strategies to include others in roles, processes, and experiences in an effort to encourage openness, inclusiveness, and sensitivity
3Participation/ Proficiency
  • Motivated to respectfully interact in shared experiences and/or dialogue with people from diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions, beliefs, and / or experiences
  • Understand that bias is present in one’s lived experiences and decision making processes
  • Responds to opportunities to include others in roles, processes, and experiences in an effort to develop openness, inclusiveness, and sensitivity
4Expertise
  • Develops opportunities to learn from others from diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions, beliefs, and / or experiences
  • Deconstructs one’s culture, race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, and / or experiences to determine potential biases and / or misconceptions
5Mastery
  • Advocates for and facilitates for the inclusion of diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions, beliefs, and / or experiences
  • Proactively maintain an awareness of your biases and actively seek to address systematic bias
  • Empowers others to create opportunities that cultivate openness, inclusiveness, and sensitivity; the ability to interact respectfully with all people; and understand individuals’ differences

Questions?

Catherine Coe

Catherine Coe
Director of Gator Ready
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