Skidmore community gathers for In It 3
Skidmore College faculty, staff and students came together for a series of conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion related to socioeconomic class.
The third In It series, held Oct. 11-Oct. 12, aimed to raise cultural fluency and strengthen the Skidmore community.
Organizational development specialist, Kimberly Rattley, delivered two sessions of the workshop, "Disrupting Everyday Bias" to show how bias develops and functions, its impact on decision making, and how experiences and identities shape biases. Participants also learned strategies on how to disrupt the impact of bias in everday interactions.
President Philip A. Glotzbach participates in the session "Factuality."
Skidmore President Philip A. Glotzbach; Joshua C. Woodfork, vice president for strategic planning and institutional diversity, who produced the series with assistance from campus inclusion liaisons; and many others participated in a simulation as part of “Factuality: A Crash Course on Structural Inequality in America.”
Natalie Gilliard, assistant vice president of multicultural experiences at Stevenson University, facilitated "Factuality," which simulated real life experiences through a group of diverse characters who explore advantages and limitations based on the intersection of their race, gender, sexual orientation, faith and class.
“Issues relating to diversity are important today, not only to Skidmore College but to our city and our nation,” Glotzbach remarked.
The title of the In It series is derived from a phrase often cited by Glotzbach, “We are best served when we are all in it together.”
Professor Cathy Silber interacts with students at the In It community coffee hour.
The series also featured Screenings of “Class Divide,” an HBO documentary that looks at gentrification and inequality within a Manhattan neighborhood. The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum also hosted a conversation on "Intersection and Fluidity."
And Lyndon Cudlitz presented "TRANScending Expectations: A Transgender Perspective on Gender and Finding Home in Oneself." The program took place on National Coming Out Day and introduced concepts of gender identity and expression and offered tips for communicating with and about trans individuals.
Lyndon Cudlitz presents "TRANScending Expectations."
