Diversity Awareness

• Diversity Calendar
• Diversity Resources
• Meet the Director of Equity Affairs
• Reporting Ethnicity and Race

Our Diverse History

• Princess Anne County Training
  School / Union Kempsville High
  School

• How to become a great diversity ambassador for my school
• More about diversity and the dimensions of diversity
• There is a platinum rule: treat others the way they want to be treated
• The dimensions of diversity
• How an iceberg can be related by diversity
• About the script that can be used for being a diversity ambassador
• There can be so much about a person, but you have to get to know him/her
• The diversity iceberg and about being a good diversity ambassador
• The value of diversity awareness
• Just because someone looks different don't exclude them
• How to present as a diversity ambassador
• What you see on the surface of a culture may not always be what it seems; there is more beneath it
• Being blind to cultures is not a good way to be diverse
• Learn about and embrace others culture
• Cultural proficiency is the way to go
• As a diversity ambassador you should be a part of the solution in any cultural bullying
• It's important to know a persons background before judging them
• You don't really know a person until you see what's on the inside
• Cultural blindness is not a good thing. It may seem like treating everybody the same is good, but it isn't.
• You need to embrace different cultures, not shut it out. If you do shut them out, they might feel their culture isn't worth acknowledging
• How to see and use the cultural proficiency continuum
• To see diversity from a different point of view and how to build trust
• How to speak to a group and what you can do to get rid of stage fright
• People can be discriminated against due to their social and economic class, political party, age, events, location, and relationship status
• That way you see people is not everything about a them
• The Platinum rule: treat people the way they want to be treated
• What diversity means
• The different ways people treat people People are like icebergs; you can only see a little but there is so much more to a person than that

• Don't limit students/teachers to your expectations
• Diversity is accepting and respecting different cultures throughout the world
• Don't judge anyone before you get to know them
• Difference does not mean who you are is wrong
• There are more perspectives to diversity than race
• It's okay to be different
• Diversity means more than just a word in the dictionary
• You have to change yourself before you can change anyone else
• Diversity is all over the world and if you think you have it bad then think about the people in Asia or Africa
• Inequality exists
• Reverse discrimination in efforts to bring equality does not mean equity
• It's okay to be different
• Let students lead diversity club in ours school because their ideas and what is really going on
• You have to be the best you can be
• In this world we were all created equal---no matter what
• Treat people how they want to be treated
• Diversity awareness allows one to be aware of commonalities
• Diversity is more than racial difference
• No one can change you but you
• It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside whether you are different race, handicap, or anything; it matters what you are on the inside
• The true definition of diversity---bringing different people together
• You can see the outside but not the inside of a person
• In life someone has more than you---just like in the poster activity where one group had very little and the other group had a lot---Not having a lot doesn't mean you still can't be successful

• Learned a lot about diversity awareness---it expanded my beliefs and was truly beneficial
• “Free to Be” is a good idea
• Learning to be yourself and not to be afraid and learning to branch out to different people
• Don't judge people by their outside appearance because you don't know what's inside of them
• Always use the Platinum rule: threat others the way they want to be treated
• Ways to use ice breakers to open discussion with individuals
• Different diversity activities we can do for clubs
• How we develop opinions of people before knowing them
• Encourage diversity awareness ambassadors to go to each club meeting at least once
• Focus on publicizing diversity awareness more

• How to meet new people
• Duties and responsibilities of DYAC
• How to communication with others
• The actual meaning of diversity
• Be open and daring
• Have an open mind
• Keep an optimistic view
• Diversity is important for fulfilled life
• Smile and be accepting
• Reach out
• Diversity is more than skin deep
• Diversity incorporates many different aspects of people's lives; and people cannot think or act for others
• Individualism is key
• Everyone does not start off with equal resources, but people still have a chance for equal success
• Equal opportunity = equal success
• Being aware of culture is important and spreading awareness to others is important
• To be free is to be yourself
• We need cultural proficiency
• Avoiding diversity, like avoiding an iceberg, will lead to death/destruction of relationships
• Helen Keller's quote
• Diversity is a part of almost every aspect of life
• Respect everyone and their own ways
• Listening to other peoples' views is a good thing to do
• Don't judge a person's abilities by his/her outward appearance
• Platinum rule is better when I treat people the way the want to be treated
• Cultural proficiency
• Different vies of people form different schools
• You have to teach people about stuff they don't know
• Culture encompasses more than ethnicity
• Life isn't always fair
• Name = identity
• Highest level of cultural awareness involves the integration of diversity into everyday life
• Embrace the unknown…
• Personal bias influences perception
• EVERYONE is culturally ignorant
• Golden rule is not always applicable
• Discrimination can come from your socioeconomic classes