Session 2: Bias & Belonging

SESSION II CONTENT

Session 2 Agenda: Creating Inclusive Spaces of Belonging 

00:00 — 00:10 Settle in; welcome [Pedro + Brandyn] 

• One take away from last session 
• One hope for this session

• Read out a few from chat
• There Door to Everywhere But Here – FIDO Poem
• Agenda and goals [B]
• Acknowledge and show timeline for build [B]

00:11 — 00:15 Review synthesis of values and vision [Pedro]

00:15 — 00:20 Intro Concept of Privilege [Pedro]

Lens Poll

00:21-00:26 Breakout

• Share areas in which you have privilege/not privilege 
• How has that shown up in your life?
• Any lightbulbs?

00:27 — 00:35 Debrief

 00:36 — 00:45 Intro Concepts of Implicit Bias and Space2 [Brandyn]

• Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging 

00:46 — 00:54 BREAKOUT 

• When have you felt a strong sense of belonging?
• What were the cues around you?
• Have you ever felt a lack of belonging or like an outsider?
• What was that like?

00:55 — 1:00 Debrief 

1:01 — Applying SOAR to Creating Belonging Spaces in Cohousing [Pedro]

Breakout

01:20 — 01:27 Debrief

01:27 – 01:30 Updates from Trish

SESSION II FOLLOW UPS

• Debrief Form (Ideally accomplished by 6/7)
• Belonging Talisman – In the Institute, share an image of something or even a story of some reminder of a time when you felt a sense of belonging.

SESSION II REFERENCES

• Session II Recording 
• Session II Chat Log 
• Session II Deck (PDF, please download. The format does not translate to Google Docs)
• Session II SOAR Worksheet 
• Poem and Partial List of Privilege