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Equity Based Service - Learning General Information

Equity Based Service-Learning Toolkit
6 Strategies for Creating Equitable Service Experiences
Equity Based Service-Learning _Flyer_Brochure
Short Brochure / Flyer
The Six Strategies
Equity Based Service-Learning Defintions
Facilitator Guide
Accomodations Introduction Sheet
Setting Group Expectations Excercise

Guides to Inclusive Teaching

How to Make your Teaching More Inclusive
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
10 Inclusive Teaching Strategies
Source: ACUE
Transparent Assignment Template
Source: UNLV

Strategy 1: Shifting The Language

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Decolonization is Not a Metaphor An article that discusses the use of the term "decolonization".
Do Not ‘Decolonize' . . . If You Are Not Decolonizing: Article A blog post that highlights the complexity inherent in how decolonizing has been co-opted from a vibrant and critical engagement to an academic buzzword.
Don't Change Beliefs, Change Behaviors An article that pushes for a push in impact and behavior change to create sustainable change in DEI work.
Informal, Unorganized Volunteering An article on how informal helping networks can make development and other projects more effective.
Culture and problem-solving: Congruency between the cultural mindset of individualism versus collectivism and problem type This research investigates how the cultural mindset influences problem-solving.
Responding to Bigoted Words Prejudicial phrases and statements often come without warning, leaving the listener stunned and sometimes speechless, unsure how to respond. Unfortunately, the typical response is often to say nothing. ADL's A World of Difference® Institute believes that there is a better response than no response. While difficult to do, challenging bigoted and offensive remarks is critical to ensuring dignity and respect for all people. Responding to Bigoted Words provides guidelines and suggestions.
"I Didn't Mean It Like That": Challenging Your Own Biases "I Didn't Mean It Like That": Challenging Your Own Biases outlines how recognizing that all people have biases—developed consciously and unconsciously through socialization, education and media exposure—can help to create opportunities for us to “unlearn” biases and to check ourselves for stereotypes or misinformation that we may hold about people with backgrounds different from our own.

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Taking Stock in Ourselves Activity Because “unlearning” prejudice is a life-long process, it is useful to periodically reflect on our attitudes and behaviors regarding issues of bias. To assist in this, use “Personal Self-Assessment of Anti-Bias Behavior” which provides a checklist for assessing individual attitudes and behaviors for bias.

Strategy 2: Building Connections

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What Does A Marginalized Community Say About Its Experiences In A Two-Year, Service-Learning Project? The purpose of this phenomenological study is to capture and understand the perceptions and experiences of community members who participated in a two-year service-learning project, with the goal of sharing lessons to improve university-community engagement relationships and practices.
Asian American College Students and Civic Engagement 75Asian American College Students and Civic Engagement This chapter centers Asian American young adults within a dis-cussion about civic engagement by highlighting findings from 35years of data on Asian American college freshmen. It will also address future directions for Asian American undergraduate student civic engagement, taking immigration and population trends into ac-count.
#APeoplesJourney: African American Women and the Struggle for Equality frican American women have always been part of the African American struggle for full equality. Learn how early freedom fighters like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Anna Julia Cooper fought against multiple oppressions. Scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw explains how the intersections of these oppressions manifest today in the term she coined, "intersectionality." Voiced by Jouelzy and scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw.
The Relationship Between Community Service Involvement and Student Outcomes in Mexican Higher Learning Institutions
Black Philanthropy The work of philanthropy through the Black community.
First-Year Student Motivations for Service- Learning: An Exploratory Investigation of Minority Student Perceptions In this article the authors explore what might cause minority students to pursue service-learning, building on research that suggests that student traits and values impact the awareness of and disposition to enroll in service-learning.

Unrecognized Roots of Service-Learning in African American Social Thought and Action, 1890-1930 This study examines what may be considered unrecognized roots of service-learning embedded in African American social thought and action.
Engaging Undergraduate Men in Service- Learning: Exploring Motivations to Serve The purpose of this chapter is to explore the underrepresentation of undergraduate men in service-learning programs.
Race and Formal Volunteering: The Differential Effects of Class and Religion In the article, we analyze survey data on volunteering which shows that whites volunteer more than blacks.
“But You Aren’t White:” Racial Perceptions and Service-Learning This article argues that teaching the implications of white privilege is crucial in service-learning courses, particularly when most of the students are white and most of those being served are of color.

Chimananda Adiche: The danger of a single story

Strategy 3: Breaking Down Barriers

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Overview of Tactics for Modifying Access, Barriers, and Opportunities Learn about access, barriers and opportunities and how they relate to community health and development.
Peanut Butter, Jelly and Racism: Implicit Bias What is implicit bias? NYT/POV's Saleem Reshamwala unscrews the lid on the unfair effects of our subconscious.
Examples of Unconscious Bias - Pattern Matching Watch these examples of racial stereotypes that turned out to be different.

Strategy 4: Organizing an Inclusive Environment

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Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities in Service Days and Events This guide offers some suggestions on planning your service event to be inclusive of people with disabilities.

Service-Learning: A Disservice to People with Disabilities? Strategies on eliminating disablism in service projects, such as; teacher training in service-learning, teacher training in disabilities issues, increased emphasis on reflection, and cultivating people with disabilities as joint partners in providing service.

An Incomplete List of Resources for the Equity-Centered Designer A compilation of exercises, frameworks, and thoughts that serve to advance the design field’s relationship with systems that perpetuate oppression.
Crafting a Diversity Statement Here are the most popular questions people ask when researching “how to write a diversity statement?”. These tips should give you guidance on crafting your own diversity statement.
Caption Video Content for Accessibility A guide on how to add another dimension to video content with captions.

Strategy 5: Supporting an Inclusive Organization

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Managing Diversity Conflict How to manage conflict that comes from increasing diversity within an organization.
How Empathy Can Resolve and Prevent Conflict How to resolve and prevent conflict through empathy.
A Guide to Constructively Confronting Racist or Sexist Comments A Guide to Constructively Confronting Racist or Sexist Comments

Strategy 6: Cultivating Diverse Experiences

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Pathways for Racial Justice | Webinar 2020 In this webinar we will not only be going over the Pathways for Civic and Social Change, but we will hear from current students and alumni about their efforts and initiatives around Racial Justice, and also learn tips for being a better ally!
How to understand power - Eric Liu Every day, we move and operate within systems of power that other people have constructed. But we’re often uncomfortable talking about power. Why? Eric Liu describes the six sources of power and explains how understanding them is key to being an effective citizen.
Service Learning: A Tool to Develop Employment Competencies for College Students for College Students The author discusses how the intrinsic characteristics of service-learning facilitate the acquisition of workplace competencies by exploring its application in two community college paralegal courses.
Race-Focused Service-Learning Courses: Issuesand Recommendations This article discusses the interaction between race and service-learning in the college classroom.

Community Engaged Learning Tool Kit: Equity, Inclusion & Access

Equity Based Service - Learning General Information

Guides to Inclusive Teaching

Strategy 1: Shifting The Language

Strategy 2: Building Connections

Strategy 3: Breaking Down Barriers

Strategy 4: Organizing an Inclusive Environment

Strategy 5: Supporting an Inclusive Organization

Strategy 6: Cultivating Diverse Experiences

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