Led by experts in the field, FAS Diversity Dialogues are forums for FAS staff and faculty to build awareness around a range of issues related to diversity and inclusion. At these Dialogues, employees are able to learn from experts in the field about topics such as unconscious bias, cultural competency, and being an active bystander. The Diversity Dialogue series is open to all in the FAS and to the Harvard community at large.
FAS Diversity Dialogues
2023-2024 Diversity Dialogues
2023-2024 Diversity Dialogues
Sustaining the Movement Through Mitigation of Bias
The theme for the 2023-2024 Diversity Dialogues is the same as last year: Sustaining the Movement Through Mitigation of Bias. Bias continues to be a pervasive and harmful behavior that can cause irrevocable damage to one’s self esteem, abilities to perform and opportunities to succeed. We cannot create enough opportunities to discuss bias, its harmful effects and mitigation strategies available to us.
In March of 2023, Catarina Rivera, MSEd, MPH, CPACC led a FAS Diversity Dialogue entitled “A Practical Introduction to Disability Awareness”. At this Dialogue, Catarina discussed her personal journey with disability, ableism, and its presence in the workplace, microaggressions, and inclusive language. Feedback we received after the Dialogue included requests for:
- More disability awareness sessions
- Follow-up sessions to discuss further
- Deeper discussion on specific issues such as how we can improve the hiring process
- More learning on identification of microaggressions and learning more about the categories of disability
This event was recorded, captioned and shared with those registered for the event after the session.
With that said, we are pleased to invite you to the next two Diversity Dialogues where we will continue our awareness building and learning about disability awareness. Catarina has agreed to lead these two sessions and topics covered below.