Presenters: Jude Bergkamp, Lindsay Olson, & Abi Martin

The relevance of socially-conferred privilege truly emerged in this past year, with the racial reckoning and global pandemic. Lack of awareness of our privilege has been linked to risks involving white fragility, performative allyship and empty advocacy. This interactive presentation is intended for all students, professionals, and educators alike, interested in learning about and increasing their awareness of historical and contemporary experiences of power, privilege, and oppression in an accessible format. The presentation will first provide an educational background on the paradigm of social privilege. Participants will then be introduced to the Developmental Model of Social Privilege Awareness, which aims to help support and facilitate engagement in a personal exploration of privileged social identity. Further, the presenters hope to “call in” and foster open dialogue about challenging topics often avoided, and inspire compassion for both our own and others’ developmental process of social privilege awareness. Learning objectives: 1. Participants will be able to define the concept of social justice 2. Participants will be able to map their unique social location 3. Participants will identity the developmental stage of their current social privilege awareness.

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If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at diversity@pitt.edu by July 21

This workshop is a part of the 2021 Diversity Forum.