On campus, we have students who go out of their way to promote diversity and conversations facilitating diversity. These students are trained by Residence Life. One of their main goals is to provide correct and current information for student diversity related issues.

These are our Diversity Advocates, or DA’s. They have different levels of Safe Zone certification. Plus, DA’s provide an arsenal of seven programs to combat ignorance. They are:

Diversity 101; Diversity 201; Multiple Identities Relax; We’re All the Same INSIDE; Disability; That’s so GAY, and that’s OK; Breaking the Binary; Overseas, Oversight.

More information about these can be found at http://www.uww.edu/residencelife/staff/diversity-advocates.

One of the DA’s Cassie Steirner tell us more!

“I am Cassie Steiner, a Diversity Advocate (DA) and the Diversity and Inclusion Intern for Residence Life this year. I have been a Diversity Advocate for two years, and it has taught me so much. Since becoming a Diversity Advocate, I have learned a lot about different areas of diversity including race, gender, sexual orientation, privilege, ability and multicultural communication. Recently, I have been learning a lot about age and weight discrimination as we create some new programs. Beyond that, being a DA has taught me how to have some challenging or taboo conversations and how to listen and be empathetic to others’ experiences. Having these conversations in and out of programs is something that I truly enjoy, and it is just one reason I love being a DA!”