Racial Trauma Training Module

1. Review definition of racial trauma.
2. Facilitated or guided personal reflection with staff members on their professional roles in addressing racial trauma and promoting racial equity in their department, division, or area.
3. The ARE self-narrative guidelines can be used to support.

1. Empathetic Communication

• • Exercises on empathetic listening and communication skills to create safe and validating spaces for students to share their experiences.
  • Role-playing scenarios to practice empathetic responses to racially traumatic experiences.

1. Collaboration and Partnership Building
   

• • Identifying strategies to build collaborative partnerships with campus organizations and community groups to support racial equity initiatives.
  • Engaging in interactive exercises to strengthen collaboration skills.

1. Review definition of racial trauma followed by guided personal reflection on instructional staffs’ roles in addressing racial trauma and promoting racial equity in teaching and learning spaces
2. Self-assessment of progress and development of individual action plans using ARE Framework narrative tool

On Understanding Systemic Racism

1. Guided conversation or reflection offering an examination of the historical and ongoing systemic racism in higher education that perpetuates inequities
2. Identification of research-based insights on dismantling systemic barriers and promoting equity-centered decision-making in teaching, research, and service

1. Similar activities as included for Staff, plus:

• • Culturally responsive, relevant, appropriate, sustaining, and affirming teaching
  • Identifying effective teaching practices to create an inclusive and supportive learning environment
  • Re-working the Syllabus Mini-workshop
  • Identifying and exploring research-based strategies to address racial microaggressions and biases in instructional approaches.

1. Following a review of pertinent definitions, managers/leaders will engage a self-guided personal reflection on manager/leader roles in addressing racial trauma and promoting racial equity at the institutional level
2. Self-assessment of progress and development of individual action plans as well as campus-wide strategic plan Framework narrative resources

On Cultural Competence

1. Guided conversation or reflection on development of intercultural competence to enhance understanding and communication across diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds
2. Group discussions and shared activities to explore cross-cultural perspectives and promote collaboration

1. Similar activities as included for Staff and Instructional Staff, plus:

• • Creating Inclusive Campus Spaces
  • Identifying strategies to create inclusive and welcoming spaces for underrepresented racial and ethnic groups on campus
  • Collaborative activities to identify potential changes to campus policies and practices to promote inclusivity