Opal Leadership Certificate

OPAL DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY CERTIFICATE
The Opal Certificate is designed to help students recognize and understand that all environments are diverse and that diverse environments are complex and challenging, present a wealth of opportunity, and are constantly changing. Students will be introduced to the skill sets needed to be better able to address the challenges, as well as recognize and mine the opportunities that diversity presents. Upon completion of the program, the student will be: more comfortable working as a member of a diverse team; better able to recognize crosscultural barriers that can hinder communication; and less likely to make assumptions about others based on superficial traits and characteristics.

The Opal Certificate will be awarded upon completion of eight workshops, including the four required workshops (Making the Case for Cultural Competency, Identity Expression, Cross-Cultural Problem Solving & Taking the Next Steps) and submission of journal reflections for each workshop.

REQUIRED WORKSHOPS:

Cross-Cultural Problem Solving 11/6 & 4/2
Developing Inter-Group Relations 10/1 & 3/4
Identity Expression 9/11 & 2/5
Taking the Next Steps 12/3 & 4/9

ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS:

BaFa BaFa 2/27(2:30-4) & 4/13 (7pm)
Breaking the Glass Ceiling 3/6
Building Minds in Sudan 10/12
Bullying Panel/Speaker 2/4
Bullied: The Jamie Nabozny Story 2/4
Challenging Islamophobia 10/17
Genocide After the Holocaust (Issues in Social Justice Series) 11/7
Getting Real About Race in Education 9/24
Global Leadership: what Happens There Matters Here 4/3
Inspiring a New Generation: Educating Students with a Social Conscience to Stop Bullying etc 2/4
Mass Imprisonment (Issues in Social Justice Series) 10/3
Revitalizing the US Labor Movement 9/18
Safe Zone Training 10/1, 3/4
Sexual Harassment 10/22
Socialized for Change 11/7
Starpower 10/2, 1/29
Teaching Slavery, Teaching Freedom: Global Perspectives 2/19
The Baby Mall Game: Will $ Make a Difference 11/28 & 2/20
The Privilege Walk 10/15
The Role of Student Organizations in Promoting the Values of Diversity and Community 10/11