The Office of Diversity and Inclusion offers ongoing opportunities for the Harvard Chan community – students, faculty, and staff – to participate in a series of race-based affinity group sessions.
Below is the 2020-2021 schedule of affinity group reflection sessions for Harvard Chan faculty and staff. (Similar student-only sessions, as well as opportunities for the entire Harvard Chan community to engage in dialogue, will be announced at a later date.)
Each session will be held from 4:00 to 5:15 pm ET and will be led by an ODI staff member and/or designated facilitator. Advance registration required.
| Sessions for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or People of Color), Multiracial, or Biracial faculty and staff |
Sessions for White-identified faculty and staff |
|---|---|
| Tuesday, October 20 Focus: Knowledge of strategies of self-care and community care and networking while navigating racial terrain |
Wednesday, October 21 Focus: Self-awareness on one’s own positionality and power |
| Tuesday, December 8 Focus: Knowledge of how to engage difficult moments around race | Register |
Wednesday, December 9 Focus: Personal awareness of areas needed for communication with peers of color | Register |
| Tuesday, February 9 Focus: Discussion of how internalized anti-Blackness manifests in communities of color | Register |
Thursday, February 11 Focus: Knowledge of how to move through discomfort to discuss race | Register |
| Monday, March 29 Focus: Techniques and frameworks for leading race dialogue within and across indigenous and communities of color | Register |
Thursday, April 1 Focus: Knowledge of skills for leading and having race dialogue across racial difference | Register |
If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please contact the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at odi@hsph.harvard.edu.
