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Bridges to Understanding: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Race, and Social Justice Saturday, July 11, 2020 Summer Leadership Session Lead by Sigrid Solomon

Greetings & Introduction • My lens • • African American Female Middle age Educated Upper Middle class Christian Abled Heterosexual

Objective How will our Club be able to answer the call to action as it relates to practicing the values, we espouse about diversity, inclusion, human dignity, and leadership. As transformational leaders in one of the greatest civic organizations in the world, we have an opportunity to live out the four-way test by encouraging reconciliation and understanding in a spirit of working together to find solutions to these larger societal problems.

Expectations • Our time together will be an opportunity to unlock the doors to our hearts and Clubs to have a transparent conversation and establish actions steps to move forward regarding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We have a responsibility to ensure we stand with all of those seeking justice, all who value diversity and inclusion, all those who have been cast aside by society because their skin color, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic origins, religious practices, and economic security is not what may be considered by some to be normative. • Fellow Rotarians, are you willing to close the door of oppression and open the door of reconciliation to think critically and act collaboratively?

Guidelines for Engagement • Vegas Rules- stories shared are to be kept private • Respect Everyone- No personal attacks • Reserve Judgement • Listen to understand, not to respond • Let others complete their thoughts before responding • Allow for and ask questions • Let people know if something offends you using “I” and “me” statements • Crawl, walk, run

Definitions

Aspiring for Justice

Definitions Inclusion

Polling Exercise #1

Polling Exercise #1 Results for 7. 11. 20 Event Number of women in your Rotary Club (Multiple choice) Votes casted (139) 2% Percentage 9% 1. 2. 3. 4. 0 -20 21 -40 41 -60 60+ (77) 55% (46) 33% (13) 9% (3) 2% 33% 55% 0 -20 21 -40 41 -60 61+

Polling Exercise #2

Polling Exercise #2 for 7. 11. 20 Event What is the average of your club members? (Multiple choice) Percentage Votes casted (142) 5% 1. 2. 3. 4. 30 -45 46 -60 61 -75 75+ (7) (81) (54) (0) 5% 57% 38% 0% 38% 57% 30 -45 46 -60 61 -75 75+

Polling Exercise #3

Polling Exercise #3 for 7. 11. 20 Event How many persons of color do you have in your club? (Multiple choice) Percentage 2% 1% Votes casted (142) 20% 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Zero 1 -20 21 -40 41 -60 60+ (29) 20% (109) 77% (3) 2% (1) 1% (0) 0% 77% Zero 1 -20 21 -40 41 -60 60+

Ideal Rotarian Membership Rotarians’ Ideal Membership by Country or Region Importance of Membership of All Ages (According to a Membership Diversity Poll of Rotarians)* 1% 4% Rotarians: Importance of different types of membership 15% diversity 37% 43% Very Important Unimportant Very Unimportant Somewhat Important *Data from the Rotary 2017 Triennial Strategic Planning Survey

Diversity Iceberg

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement • A top priority for Rotary is growing and diversifying our membership to make sure we reflect the communities we serve and are inclusive of all cultures, experiences, and identities. • We're creating an organization that is more open and inclusive, fair to all, builds goodwill, and benefits our communities.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement • To help us achieve our goal, the RI Board of Directors passed a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statement: v. As a global network that strives to build a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change, Rotary values diversity and celebrates the contributions of people of all backgrounds, regardless of their age, ethnicity, race, color, abilities, religion, socioeconomic status, culture, sexual orientation, and gender identity. v. Rotary will cultivate a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture in which people from underrepresented groups have greater opportunities to participate as members and leaders. • Making diversity, equity, and inclusion a priority is everyone's responsibility — from Rotary members to staff at the Secretariat.

Continue, Start, Stop

Opportunities: How do we open the door?

Acrostics

Inspiration to Embrace Opportunities As James Baldwin mentions in his book The Fire Next Time, “I think that people can be better than that, and I know that people can be better than they are. We are capable of bearing a great burden, once we discover that the burden is reality and arrive where reality is…reality- the fact that life is tragic. ” Fellow Rotarians, we are better than where fear, intimidation, racism, sexism, discrimination, misogyny and hate demand hateful action towards those that are not like us. Another quote from James Baldwin from the same text, “In short, we, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation-if we are really, that is, to achieve our identity, our maturity, as men and women. To create one nation has proved to be a hideously difficult task; there is certainly no need now to create two, one black and one white. ” • Fellow Rotarians, what kind of nation should we build together today and for the future?

Resources – Race & Ethnicity White Issues: African-American Issues: • Article: Of Fish and Water: Perspectives on Racism and Privilege • Article: Racism and Discrimination Versus Advantage and Favoritism: Bias For Versus Bias Against • Article: What makes racism so hard for whites to see? • Article: Contending with Everyday Discrimination: Effects and Strategies • Article: Responsibility, Action, Accountability, and Benefits • FILM: A Class Divided https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=1 mc. CLm_Lwp. E • FILM: Dr. Robin Di. Angelo discusses 'White Fragility’ https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=45 ey 4 jgoxe. U African-American and White Issues: • • Article: Inclusion and Diversity in Work Groups: A Review and Model • Article: Reflection Paper #03: Moral Deference Article: How Systems of Privilege Work • FILM: White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Nation's Divide https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=YBYUET 24 K 1 c

Resources – Gender • The Social Construction of Gender • Fear of Feminism: Why Young Women Get the Willies • Formal and Informal Discrimination Against Women at Work: The Role of Gender Stereotypes • FILM: Minimizing Gender Biases in the Workplace with Stanford Professor Shelley Correll https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ebik. M 3 Xxvco • Women in Power: Undoing or Redoing the Gendered • Generational Perspectives in the Workplace: Interpreting the Discourses That Constitute Women’s Struggle to Balance Work and Life • Masculinity and the Stalled Revolution: How Gender Ideologies and Norms Shape Young Men’s Responses to Work–Family Policies • FILM: Sheila Lirio Marcelo: "Women and Leadership: Turning our Differences into Strengths" https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=a 2 le. D 7 K-i 5 Y

Resources – Sexual Orientation Article: Sexual Identity and Bisexual Identities: The Struggle for Self-Description in a Changing Sexual Landscape Article: Managing Mixed Messages: Sexual Identity Management in a Changing U. S. Workplace • FILMS: Gender - The Space Between https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ZFWrzw 9 szt 8 • Just belonging: finding the courage to interrupt bias | Kori Carew https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=DIf 43 L 6 h. Nk. M

Video Resources • To Speak Up for Inclusion, We Need to Speak About Inclusion (4 min, 7 seconds) https: //youtu. be/p. BBirl. Vx. Vsg • Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion: Open Your Mind (5 mins, 59 seconds) https: //www. bing. com/videos/search? q=videos+about+diversity+and+inclusion&docid=608042449915938764 &mid=10725093 AB 0679 D 26902&view=detail&FORM=VIRE • Diversity, The Inclusion Illusion (4 mins, 31 seconds) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=_h 43 Ha. QZPPQ • Don’t Put People In Boxes (4 minutes, 24 seconds) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=z. Rwt 25 M 5 n. Gw • Too Quick to Judge (3 minutes, 42 seconds) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Fzn_AKN 67 o. I • Ted Talk with Kenyona Matthews – Inclusion over Diversity https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=V_v 9 Nd 6 TYt 0 • It’s Time for the Leverage Your Privilege Challenge (3 minutes, 49 seconds) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=f. DEb. FF 5 s 80 M

Contact Information Sigrid Solomon sigrid_solomon@wilmington. edu (937)-725 -5533

So, What Now?

Question here • Future training opportunities Question here • Let’s stay in touch! Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Diversity Equity Inclusion Race Table 5 Social Justice