5-Day Challenge
March 18, 2024 – March 22, 2024
Program Invitation
All faculty and staff are invited to participate in daily activities to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging throughout the week. Together we will further advance our institution’s efforts to create a campus community where individuals from diverse backgrounds and life experiences can both contribute and thrive.
March 18, 2024: Unconscious Bias Challenge Description
Today’s challenge will focus on unconscious bias in the workplace. Unconscious bias (also known as implicit bias) is a prejudice or an assumption that we unconsciously make about another person based on common cultural stereotypes, rather than on a thoughtful judgment. When time permits, we challenge you to engage in ONE of the optional activities provided below and share with us how you plan to implement what you have learned in your working or learning environment through the submission of your daily takeaway form: https://forms.gle/xJJSsRBews4sXy9z9
Option 1: Attend Ida Danewid's virtual presentation on resisting racial capitalism on March 18, 2024 at 12pm
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What does freedom mean without, and despite, the state? In her new book, Resisting Racial Capitalism: An Antipolitical Theory of Refusal, Ida Danewid argues that state power is central to racial capitalism’s violent regimes of extraction and accumulation. Tracing the global histories of four technologies of state violence: policing, bordering, wastelanding, and reproductive control, she excavates an antipolitical archive of anarchism that stretches from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the borderlands of Europe, the poisoned landscape of Ogoniland, and the queer lifeworlds of Delhi.
Thinking with a rich set of scholars, organisers, and otherworldy dreamers, Danewid theorises these modes of refusal as a utopian worldmaking project which seeks not just better ways of being governed, but an end to governance in its entirety. In a time where the state remains hegemonic across the Left–Right political spectrum, Resisting Racial Capitalism calls on us to dream bolder and better in order to (un)build the world anew.
Option 2: Review the recommended article or video clip provided below related to unconscious bias
- Tedx Pasdena Talk – How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias by Valerie Alexander
- Skillcast Blog Post – 10 Tips to Reduce Unconscious Bias at Work
Option 3: Learn more about on campus resources for bias education, prevention, and reporting by scheduling an appointment to meet with someone in the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX or reviewing their website
March 19, 2024: Gender Equity Challenge Description
Today’s challenge will focus on gender equity in the workplace. Gender equity involves respecting and recognizing the varying needs of those who self-identify as women, men, or non-binary and providing them with a fair and impartial allocation of resources and opportunities that doesn’t limit their ability to access and achieve equal outcomes. When time permits, we challenge you to engage in ONE of the optional activities provided below and share with us how you plan to implement what you have learned in your working or learning environment through the submission of your daily takeaway form: https://forms.gle/xJJSsRBews4sXy9z9
Option 1: Attend March Break & Learn – Women Uplifting Women in Workplace Virtual Presentation on March 19, 2024 at 12pm
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It is no secret that women continue to face obstacles and barriers to advancing in the workplace. Research suggests women benefit from collaboration rather than competition and that women who support women are more successful at work. When women share what they’ve learned from their own experiences, it can help other women overcome some of those hurdles.
In honor of Women’s History Month, this Break and Learn will feature several Cornell employees who identify as women sharing stories and examples of when they felt uplifted by another woman in their job or career. Stories will highlight actions like recognizing and promoting one another’s work and skills, providing mentorship, speaking up and out when allyship and advocacy are needed, offering support publicly and behind the scenes, supporting belonging and healthy work/life integration, and much more. Take a break to celebrate women’s contributions to one another at work and to learn ways employees of all gender identities can facilitate a workplace culture that promotes collaboration and support as means to achieving success.
Option 2: Review the recommended article or video clip provided below related to gender equity
- Explanation of Gender Theory by Dr. Judith Butler
- Believe Earth Post – 10 Ways to Promote Gender Equality in Daily Life
Option 3: Learn more about on campus resources for gender equity and allyship by scheduling an appointment with a representative from one of the entities below or reviewing their website
March 20, 2024: Inclusive Accessibility Challenge Description
Today’s challenge will focus on inclusive accessibility in the workplace. Inclusive accessibility prioritizes the consideration and accommodation of diverse disabilities, including but not limited to physical, cognitive, sensory, and mental health conditions, to ensure equitable access for all individuals. When time permits, we challenge you to engage in ONE of the optional activities provided below and share with us how you plan to implement what you have learned in your working or learning environment through the submission of your daily takeaway form: https://forms.gle/xJJSsRBews4sXy9z9
Option 1: Attend Neurodiversity Dialogues: Paths to Diagnosis Panel Virtual Event on March 20, 204 at 3pm
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Monthly discussion forum based on research articles, videos & podcasts about neurodiversity, with focus on higher education inclusion
Option 2: Review the recommended article or video clip provided below related to inclusive accessibility
- AAC&U article: Disabled Students Need Equity, Not Just Access
- Tedx Talk – Empowering Disabled Students in the University System by Rebekah Lamb
Option 3: Learn more about on campus resources for inclusive accessibility and allyship by scheduling an appointment with a representative who leads or created one of the initiatives below
March 21, 2024: Belonging Challenge Description
Today’s challenge will focus on belonging in the workplace. Belonging is the feeling of security and support when there is a sense of acceptance, inclusion, and identity for a member of a certain group. It is when an individual can bring their authentic self to work. When time permits, we challenge you to engage in ONE of the optional activities provided below and share with us how you plan to implement what you have learned in your working or learning environment through the submission of your daily takeaway form: https://forms.gle/xJJSsRBews4sXy9z9
Option 1: Review the recommended article or video clip provided below related to belonging
- Chronicle of Higher Education Article – Everyone is Talking About ‘Belonging’
- Forbes Article – Why Feeling A Sense of Belonging At Work Matters And How to Cultivate It
Option 2: Learn more about on campus resources for belonging by scheduling an appointment with a representative from one of the entities below or reviewing their website
March 22, 2024: Wellness Challenge Description
Today’s challenge will focus on wellness in the workplace. Wellness is the act of practicing healthy habits on a daily basis to attain better physical and mental health outcomes, so that instead of just surviving, you’re thriving (Pfizer, 2024). When time permits, we challenge you to engage in the optional activity provided below and share with us how you plan to implement what you have learned in your working or learning environment through the submission of your daily takeaway form: https://forms.gle/xJJSsRBews4sXy9z9