Training and Workshops

The Damietta Cross-Cultural Center has assisted with expanding learning in the classroom by utilizing coursework materials with our toolsets. We help make abstract and difficult topics more accessible and applicable by creating hands-on activities and workshops. 

We have collaborated with:

• Philosophy

• Positionality Training based on the readings offered by the professor

• First Year Seminar

• Adapting the book James by Percival Everett 

• Understanding and exploring a legal case

• Education

• Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education Framework (DASA)

The Positionality training can be adapted to meet your classroom needs. Typically, it covers the basics of identity: who we are, how we see ourselves versus how others see us, etc. The training then dives into intersectionality, which leads to our main topic of positionality. Because of the identity-mapping students will complete, the training will introduce them to microaggressions, stereotypes, and identity-based privilege. 

This training has been modified to fit the following classrooms’ needs:

• Criminal Justice

• First Year Seminar

• Philosophy

• Community Engagement

• Social Work

• Education

• Sociology

• Internship Preparation

This 1hr long training has been designed to assist with developing a classroom or community culture based on members’ beliefs and values. This creates a brave and safe space for students to navigate potentially difficult conversations.

This training has been implemented in the following spaces:

• Philosophy

• Community Assistants

• First Year Seminar

• Community Engagement

This multi series training offers the Siena to learn and practice the principles of dialogue. This training series can be broken down into specific session based community needs ( ie. active listening, perspective taking etc.) or can be offered as a blocked 3 hr session. Blocked session is typically offered at the beginning of each semester 

This training has been implemented in the following spaces:

• Faculty 
• Community Engagement 
• Community Assistance 
• Damietta Advocates 
• Office of Health Promotion 

This multi-series training offers Siena the opportunity to learn and practice the principles of dialogue. It is broken down into specific session-based community needs (e.g., active listening, perspective-taking, etc.). 

This training has been implemented in the following spaces:

• Faculty 
• Bonners
• Community Assistance 
• Damietta Advocates 
• Office of Health Promotion 

This workshop focuses on understanding the fluidity of social norms. Students will explore how a variety of identities, workstyles, and traditions are influenced by systems of power and show up in the workspace and classroom. 

This training has been implemented in the following spaces:

• Criminal justice

• Community engagement

• Internship preparation

• Sociology

• Student Government

An interactive, hands-on workshop that simulates a real-life game board, using a series of prompts to facilitate dialogue about a variety of topics surrounding societal struggles. The goal is to encourage community members to reflect on social injustices and pose the question of whether we can ever reach a state of true enlightenment.

This training covers basic terminology, as well as stereotypes and microaggressions faced by the LGBTQIA+ community. Following this, participants will learn what it means to be an ally and how to be proactive. Following this training, participants will receive a window cling to symbolize their allyship.

This training is designed for student leaders to understand the University's definition of Diversity and how to foster inclusive-based programming. As student leaders, the ability to acknowledge and uplift the importance of cross-cultural connections is important to our mission of inclusivity.