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The division of Inclusive Diversity, Equity, Access, and Accountability (IDEAA) would like to invite interested students, staff, and faculty to participate in a pilot session (virtual) of FACTUALITY: Just the Facts. We have acquired 20 seats for the Tuesday, February 1, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm session. For those that attend, we are asking your input on the content and future benefit of adding the program to our IDEAA DiversitySMCM training toolbox in return for participation.
FACTUALITY is a facilitated dialogue, crash course, and board game, all in one, that simulates real-life experiences in America. It is played with a rich group of diverse characters (above) that encounter a series of fact-based advantages and limitations based on the intersection of their race, class, gender, sexual orientation, faith, ability, and age.
FACTUALITY's interactive delivery creates a comfortable environment for participants to engage in meaningful experiential learning. In under 90 minutes, participants will simulate, discuss, and unpack the structural limitations and advantages that coincide with various intersecting identities.
FACTUALITY is played with eight characters that belong to the following racial groups: Asian, White, African American, Hispanic, and Native American. There are male and female characters, LGBTQ characters, Muslim, and Jewish characters. Each character encounters a series of fact-based advantages and limitations based on the intersection of their race, gender, sexual orientation, faith, class, age, and ability.
Participants select a character that differs from how they identify and are then engaged in a facilitated conversation that includes but is not limited to racial, gender, religious, and sexual orientation discrimination, gender, and racial pay gaps, redlining and gentrification, median income averages by race and gender, (mental) health disparities, prison disparities, (dis)ability, education inequity, ageism, environmental justice, and intersectionality.
Due to the cost and the limited number of tickets (20), we are asking that only those individuals willing to commit to the full 90 minutes and actively participate in the program request a ticket. After completing the session on February 1, participants will be asked to complete a short survey from IDEAA regarding the usefulness of the material as well as recommendation(s) for delivery to the SMCM community (orientation, small group, by department, etc.)
To request a ticket, please use this link and complete the google form: https://forms.gle/SBeG8d9jAG7yC87E8
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