Description:

This two-part workshop is open to all staff. Unconscious Bias is a foundational Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion workshop designed to raise your awareness about biases that exist in our daily interactions. You will be asked to participate in exercises that explore our biases and where they come from, as well as an understanding of how to be more aware of them through an assessment and best practices discussion. This workshop is a pre-requisite to attending our Active Inclusive workshop.

You will leave this workshop with:

An understanding of unconscious biases – what they are and why we have them

An exploration of individual social identities & how that relates to bias

The ability to identify how biases impact individual thoughts & actions

The ability to identify how biases impact our work & the Northwestern community at large

Best practices to mitigate unconscious bias