1. Cultural Consciousness Development for Student Affairs Professionals
  Loyola Marymount University
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2. Presenters Aris Mosier, Director of Asian Pacific Student Services
Jade Smith, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Henry Ward, Director of Intercultural Advancement
Csilla V. Samay, Assistant Dean for International Students and Initiatives

3. Goals of Our Presentation
Why a cultural consciousness workshop became necessary
How LMU executed its workshop series
What was learned along the way
Future program development
How you can replicate this workshop on your campus

4. Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California 
Jesuit and Marymount foundations
Total Enrollment: 9,484 (Undergraduate, Graduate, Law School)
African-American: 6.8%; Asian 10.1%; Hispanic/Latino 21.3%; White/Non-Hispanic 44.4%; Multi-race 7.2%
California: 71%; Out-of-state: 29%; International: 10%
Ranked 3rd in “Best Universities with Master’s Programs in the West”

5. Campus Climate Political landscape Student activism
Growth of international student population
Religious pluralism
Gender & sexuality
Intersectionality
Creation of Intercultural Suite
Campus Climate Survey

6. Climate Committee Division-wide Reporting to Senior Vice President
Survey and data
Key recommendations
Training and professional development
Need for intercultural competence

7. Goals of Cultural Consciousness Workshop
In 2016, the Division of Student Affairs created the workshop as a practice that broadens cultural consciousness and increases our capacity to initiate sustainable, synergistic cultural collaborations within the division. 
Identify behaviors that support a diverse community
Develop a clear definition of current diversity terms and their impact
Create an action plan for resolving critical cultural concerns

8. Design of Workshop Designed to be first activity in a series
Focus on building relationships and developing trust
Activities appeal to different learning styles
Large groups, small groups, one-on-one interactions
Address critical issue on campus anonymously
Focused on current terminology
International component of diversity throughout 

9. About the Workshop Mandatory Full day commitment Off-campus venue
15-30 participants from various departments
Diversity of cultures, ages, experiences, length of time at university
Culturally-diverse facilitators 
Relevant to the needs of the division
Valid assessment tool

10. Workshop Agenda Introductory activity Assumptions activity
Building community and relationships activity
Definitions of relevant terms
“Dangers of a Single Story” video
Addressing critical diversity issues on campus
Action planning
Questions and discussion

11. Findings from Workshop
7 workshops; 138 staff participants
88 of the 112 (78%) workshop participants completed the survey 94% satisfied
Increased confidence to engage with critical issues on campus
High confidence increased 40% to 60%
86% of participants agreed they learned new information
91% left with clear definitions of diversity-related terms
86% of participants motivated to learn more about cultural issues on campus

12. Areas for Improvement Revisit original design of workshop
Develop additional workshops
Incorporate workshop knowledge into daily work
Encourage ongoing engagement with relevant topics
Follow up on critical campus issues addressed during workshop
Continue training staff on current terminology

13. Cultural Conscious on Your Campus
Buy-in from senior leadership
Data to support workshop development
Content relevant to campus
Expertise of facilitators
Existing cultural consciousness competency
Fortitude

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