Inclusion & Equity Learning Opportunities
Understanding and Interrupting Implicit Bias 101
This workshop walks alongside participants to explore how implicit bias shapes our decision-making and impact on self/others/organizations, while building practical tools to notice, interrupt and reduce harm.
Poetry for Well-being: An Interactive Workshop
Explore your inner creativity through an interactive poetry workshop. Rotate through hands-on stations featuring blackout poetry, guided prompts, freewriting, and collage-making while taking time to slow down, reflect, and create. No experience required.
Things We Imagined: Screening & Talk-Back with Filmmakers
Join us for a special screening of Things We Imagined, a powerful documentary that explores the journeys, aspirations, and lived experiences of Black faculty in higher education.
Green Zone Training: Supporting Veterans and Military-Connected Students
Green Zone Training at Grand Valley State University is a professional development program designed for faculty and staff to strengthen their understanding of the experiences of student veterans and military-connected students. The training highlights the
Teach-In
The “GVSU Teach-In: Lifelong Learning toward Educational Equity and Action” is a campus-wide, student-centered learning experience dedicated to advancing educational equity across the university.
Teach-In
The “GVSU Teach-In: Lifelong Learning toward Educational Equity and Action” is a campus-wide, student-centered learning experience dedicated to advancing educational equity across the university.
Conscious Uncovering 102
This workshop explores "covering": the act of concealing marginalized identities as a protective response to stigma. Through personal stories and examples, participants examine its forms, causes, and emotional toll.
Removing Language Barriers to Student Success and Belonging
College is a foreign culture and language to new students. Using TESOL's 6 Principles, this workshop equips academic professionals as cultural guides, helping students gain the language skills to navigate and belong in their new college culture.
Understanding and Interrupting Implicit Bias 201
This intermediate workshop builds on prior learning around implicit bias and microaggressions, moving from awareness to practice through deeper reflection, real-world application, and tools to interrupt harm.