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Who Am I? Who Are You? Who Are We?
Student Life Multicultural Center | Social Justice Engagement
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Guidelines
• “I” statements • Brave space • Confidentiality
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Learning Outcomes
Participants will be able to: • Define social identity, social group, privilege, target group and agent group
• Recognize the commonalities and differences that exist among social groups.
• Identify cultural norms associated with target and agent groups.
• Discuss examples of social identities that are important to their sense of self
• Assess how social identities play a role in their lived experiences
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1. Why is it sometimes difficult to engage in conversations around diversity, inclusion, and social justice topics?
2. What does this engagement look like for your service organizations and here at OSU?
Pair and Share
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Definitions
Social Identity is a portion of an individual's sense of self developed from perceived group membership
e.g. gender, sex, religion, age
Social groups are a group of people who share a range of physical, cultural, and/or social characteristics
e.g. young adults, men, Christians, transgender people
Adapted from Bell (2007)
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Privilege
• How do you define the word privilege? • What comes to mind when you hear the word privilege? • How does privilege relate to our definitions of social identities and social groups?
• Is privilege difficult to talk about? Why or why not?
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Definitions
Members of agent groups are afforded privileges by society that is not necessarily related to merit or what the member does/doesn’t do. Members of these groups are typically seen as the ‘norm’
e.g. People who identify as heterosexual
Members of target groups are often marginalized in society. This is not necessarily related to merit or actions on behalf of the members. People in these groups are often seen as outside of the ‘norm’
e.g. People who utilize wheelchairs
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Activity
We will now explore our own social identities and social groups.
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• Who is in the room? What identities are or are not represented?
• Why are you here? • Why is it important to talk about identity considering who you are and why you’re here?
Questions for Consideration
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• What identities do you think about most or more often? Why do you think that is?
• What identities do you think about least or less often? Why do you think that is?
• What identities that you hold do you hope to learn more about?
Pair and Share
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Connection to Service
1) How do concepts like identity and privilege that we talked about today relate to the service work that you do?
2) Why is it important to think about your own identities in the context of your service? How might this deeper reflection change how you approach this work?
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• This is a time to learn more about yourself and the world around you
• There may be social identities or social groups you want to know more about
• It is important to understand yourself in relation to others to effectively communicate and interact with them
What else?
Takeaways
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Today’s workshop counts as 1 DICE credit towards your DICE certificate. DICE stands for Diversity, Intercultural, and Community Engagement and is a certificate-granting program designed to help students engage with the Multicultural Center. You must earn 10 DICE credits to earn the certificate.
DICE Certificate
To get started and learn more: go.osu.edu/dice
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BART is our Bias Assessment and Response Team. It is our hope that you report acts of bias that you see on campus, whether they happen to you or you are a witness to them. This helps us be proactive about the programming we provide and support students experiencing bias.
BART
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