Participating in a Dialogue about Race and Identity is an opportunity to:
- Become a leader in integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion, into your life and / or your work
- Learn methods of constructive engagement across difference by opening up to the humanity
inherent in all people - Equip yourself with the desire and ability to foster an environment that people can identify as
richly diverse and supportive
Participants in intergroup dialogue meet with a small group of people who seek to understand how social identities and implicit bias contribute to the effects of racism, sexism and other forms of bias related to difference in our community. Groups will be formed considering racial, ethnic, and gender diversity. The group will meet six times for two hours each (though the program will shift meeting frequency and duration depending on need); during that time participants will work together to think and talk about how race, ethnicity, gender, and other differences in identity affects our everyday lives at SUNY Oswego and in the larger communities in which we live.
Dialogue Goals:
• Participants feel equipped with the desire and ability to lead enhancing equity, diversity, and inclusion
at the SUNY Oswego.
• Participants will feel a greater sense of belonging to the SUNY Oswego community.
• Participants will incorporate of some of the knowledge gained from participating in the Dialogue
About Race and Ethnicity program into their work.
Dialogue Framework
Session 1 Introduce one another and the dialogue process. Establish a brave space.
Key activity: understanding the process of dialogue
Session 2 Explore concepts of social identity and privilege.
Key activity: social identity wheel
Session 3 Examine structural racism and patterns of belonging and exclusion.
Key activity: “How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Created”
Session 4 Delve into understandings of privileged and targeted identity statuses.
Key activity: race caucus group
Session 5 Identify patterns of behavior, including belonging and exclusion, influenced by
culture.
Key activity: “Elements of White Middle Class Dominant Culture”
Session 6 Collaborate on personal and collective action plans.
Key activity: racial equity action planning