CME 6140 - Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice in Community Engagement

Credits: 4

Formerly: ED640G
In this course, students explore the concepts of diversity and social justice as they pertain to individuals, families, and communities. Students reflect upon their own identities and how power and privilege have impacted their lives, including their behaviors, attitudes, biases, and prejudices. Students will become knowledgeable of biases based on race, ethnicity, culture, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, social and economic status, political ideology, and disability, and how these contribute to discrimination and oppression. Students learn about systemic oppression from historical, political, cultural, and economic perspectives and about the effects of dominant culture on marginalized and vulnerable groups. Students begin to consider their personal and professional responsibilities as allies and agents of social change and how diversity and social justice work is foundational to the field and discipline of community engagement. Opportunities to practice dialogue for consciousness-raising and the building of compassionate communities are provided.