Understanding & Interrupting Implicit Bias 101

Friday, October 10, 2025
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Online
Faculty, Staff

GVSU Inclusion & Equity Institute Color Burst

LUNCH & LEARN: Implicit Bias refers to the beliefs, thoughts, attitudes, and emotions that impact our behaviors, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. This workshop is designed to walk alongside participants to understand the cognitive, cultural and socio-emotional considerations related to implicit biases and how it influences our decision-making and interactions. Participants will learn tools, strategies, and systems to address, interrupt and mitigate harmful biases in ways that foster personal growth and organizational inclusion.

Learning Outcomes - Participants will be able to:

Define implicit/unconscious bias and describe how it informs individual, organizational and systemic actions and impact
Utilize tools to help identify personal and organizational biases
Develop strategic frameworks to counteract harmful and/or unhelpful biases.

Presenters:

Dr. Alisha Davis (She/Her/Hers) Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs for the Social Justice Centers
Callie Youngman (She/They) CECI Faculty

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Contact Information

Inclusion & Equity Institute

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 616-331-4111

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This event was added to the calendar by Ashley Jefferson (jeffeash@gvsu.edu) on Friday, August 15, 2025 and was last updated on Monday, August 18, 2025 at 8:38 a.m.

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