{ Intersections of Racial, Health, and Social Justice A dialogue Facilitated by UIC SNMA & LMSA chapters
Game Plan 1: :25 Introduction 1: :30 Transition to rooms 1: :05 Breakout Sessions (30 min for 6-7 questions) 2: :15 Debriefing
Dialogue Structure Participants will be broken into smaller groups with an even number of people to go into rooms. For each question, we will be switching partners in a “speed dating” fashion Each pair will have 5-6 minutes to discuss the question presented by the moderator Once time is up, your group moderator will debrief the session and make final remarks.
Some terminology to get us started
Race: a group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution
Ethnicity: Membership of an ethnic group tends to be associated with shared cultural heritage, ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect
Prejudice: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
Racism: the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races
Equality: the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. Equity: the quality of being fair and impartial.
Microaggresion: everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership
Stereotype: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
Let’s start!