LEAP
LEAP is a workshop series designed to educate students on diversity & inclusion. Some of the topics covered throughout the series include race, ethnicity, identity, privilege, language, oppression, social justice, inclusiveness, intersectionality, and much more.
LEAP is designed with a range of learning styles including lecture, educational materials, media, current events, historical overview, group activities and discussion, and individual reflective exercises.
LEAP: Learn about diversity. Empower yourself and others. Advance initiatives. Promote inclusion.
Components:
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Privilege
- Intersectionality
- Discrimination
- Ally & Support
Workshops open to students, faculty, and staff.
LEAP Educators
Participants who attend and complete the workshop series become LEAP Educators.
On-campus Resources
- Strategic Plan, Mission Vision, and Values
- Student Life and Dean of Students, Mission, and Core Values
- Office of Institutional Equity & Diversity
- School of Medicine: Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
- Athletics: Diversity & Inclusion
- Gender and Women’s Studies Program
- Counseling Center
- University Police
Learn More about Diversity and Inclusion
Video
- Diversity and Inclusion
- What is Inclusion? Sheena Shivonen
- Are Hispanics White? Decoded, MTV News
- Why is Gender Identity So Important? Rikki Arundel TEDxWarwickSalon
- How Diversity Shapes Multiracial Experiences, NBC Asian America
- The Danger of a Single Story, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie TED
- What it’s like to be a Muslim in America, Dalia Mogahed TED
- Seeking Asylum in the US to Escape Trans Discrimination, LatinX, Broadly
- Being a White Student at a Historically Black College, VICE
- Why Do We Call Asian Americans the Model Minority? AJ+
- She Gave Birth to Three Deaf Sons and People Tried to Blame Her for It, mitu
- Ramadan In Lockdown: How is Coronavirus Impacting Muslims? AJ+
- I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype, Canwen Xu TEDxBoise
- Get comfortable with being uncomfortable Luvvie Ajayi TED
Website
- mitu
- Democracy Now
- Anti-Defamation League (ADL): Fighting Hate for Good
- Facing History and Ourselves
- Profiles in Diversity Journal