Speaking Up to Bias
Speaking Up to Bias
Campus Ombuds
Office of Ombuds
WHEN
Thursday, November 2
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Pacific Time
WHERE
Graduate Student Commons, 204
OR Zoom
ORGANIZATION
Graduate Division
EVENT CONTACT
Sonya Newlyn snewlyn@ucsc.edu
De Acker
Campus Ombuds
Office of Ombuds
Thursday, November 2, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Pacific
Graduate Student Commons, 204
Zoom
Lunch provided to in-person attendees
This workshop will explore how to address bias when it is directed at you or someone else. We’ll review what bias is, how it shows up, and the impact it can have. We’ll discuss and practice ways to respond directly or as a bystander, and how to offer support. Participants will leave with a set of options for response, support, and resources to address incidents of bias.
De Acker comes to UC Santa Cruz with more than three decades of UC experience. She served as director of the UC Santa Barbara Women’s Center for 12 years before joining UC Merced to serve as the assistant dean of the School of Natural Sciences. After founding the campus’s first ombuds office, she went on to establish the UC Merced Office of Campus Climate, which coordinated campus diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. De also served as a staff advisor to the UC Board of Regents from 2014-2016.
