Cultural Identity

Respond to at least two of your peer’s videos. You can either write or video record your response. Remember our School of Counseling Professional Dispositions, including awareness of how personal beliefs, attitudes, values, and behaviors affect others and displaying contextual and cultural competency by valuing the fundamental rights, dignity, and worth of all people. Keeping your dispositions in mind, respond to the following:

Describe your experience of listening and watching your peer’s post. What did you learn about your peer’s cultural identity? What is at least one similarity and one difference between you and your peer(s)?

Note: Support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and any additional sources you identify, using both in-text citations and references. It is strongly recommended that you include proper APA format and citations.

Submission and Grading Information

Grading Criteria

Post by Day 3 and Respond by Day 6

Assignment: Cultural Identity Development— Racial/Ethnic Identity Development Self-awareness combined with knowledge of various multicultural developmental models is part of the ongoing process of cultural competence and cultural humility. Remember that cultural competence is an aspirational goal. As you continue developing further awareness and understanding of your cultural identity, let’s further explore your racial and/or ethnic identity development. Part 2 of the Cultural

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Week 2 Discussion Rubric

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Week 2 Discussion

Identity Development assignment, “Racial/Ethnic Identity Development,” asks you to apply a specific multicultural racial and/or ethnic cultural identity development model to yourself in order to increase your self-awareness.

To Prepare for the Activity:

Review all of the required materials under Learning Resources. Review directions for the week’s Assignment as well as for the entire module.

Please review the Rubric for specific details and directions.

The Assignment must be successfully completed by the end of Module 1 (Day 7 of Week 3).

The “Cultural Identity Development” paper is a cumulative assignment is due at the end of Module 1 (Day 7 of Week 3). Complete each component of the assignment in the week that it has been assigned:

Week 1: “ADDRESSING-GSA Self-Assessment” Week 2: “Racial/Ethnic Identity Development” Week 3: “Other Cultural Identity Development”

Each section will be approximately 2 pages in length, resulting in a 6-page Reflection Paper. Again, the final “Cultural Identity Development” paper is due at the end of Module 1 (Day 7 of Week 3).

By Day 7 of Week 3

This week, you will choose one or more racial and/or ethnic cultural identity development models to apply to yourself. Please choose the model which most aligns with your own identity. It is unlikely that a model will fit your experience perfectly and that is okay. Choose the one that fits best for you. You are encouraged to review models in both the Learning Resources and in the Walden Library. Based on the model you choose, consider and apply your own identity development specific to this model.

Here are suggestions of racial/ethnic identity development models to choose from, although feel free to follow another model:

Multidimensional Model of Racial Identity (African American) Asian American Identity Development Latino/Hispanic Identity Development White Racial Identity Development Multiracial Identity Integration

In approximately 2 pages, describe following:

Provide the racial and/or ethnic cultural identity development model(s) you applied to yourself. Explain each stage and provide an example of your own developmental involvement in at least two of the stages you have experienced. Explain insights you have gained about your own racial and/or ethnic identity by applying the model to yourself.

Assignment: Cultural Immersion Experience Preparation (Blog) The Cultural Immersion Final Project requires preparation and consideration. For the cultural immersion project, you are required to engage in a culturally diverse experience, event, and/or ceremony for at least 90 minutes related to the following topics: poverty, gender, sexual/affectional orientation, race/ethnicity, religion/spirituality, indigenous heritage, national original, advocacy, and/or social justice or acculturation. You will have the option to attend an event (i.e., a religious ceremony, volunteering at a shelter or soup kitchen) and write about the experience. This activity is geared toward getting you out of your comfort zone and encouraging you to engage in something different and new that may open your eyes to a cultural group, experience, ceremony, or event that may help you become a more sensitive and culturally aware counselor. Additionally, consider how this experience inspires you to consider advocating for social justice. Events cannot be based on personal group engagement/involvement or personal family of origin or connection. For more information, review the requirements for the Cultural Immersion Project due during Module 4, Week 9.

By Day 5

For the Cultural Immersion Blog, you will choose at least two cultural immersion experiences/events/ceremonies you can potentially attend. If you are unable to find an experience, event, and/or ceremony, reach out to your Instructor for assistance with other options. Remember that the Assignment is due during Week 9; therefore, you will need to find an experience/event/ceremony that provides you with enough time to attend the event and write the cultural immersion paper.

In your Blog post, include:

Name of the event Date and time of the event Location of the event