INTERCULTURAL AFFAIRS | More than 200 members of the Loyola Marymount University community gathered for a workshop titled “Did They Really Say That?! Being an Active Bystander” as part of the President’s Leadership Retreat, deepening LMU’s commitment to inclusion and diversity. The workshop, on March 21, 2019, was led by Lena Tenney, M.P.A., M.Ed, coordinator of public engagement for the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University. Tenney discussed what it meant to be an active bystander in challenging situations involving potential bias, why this is important, and how we can develop effective communication strategies when we find ourselves in difficult interpersonal interactions.
“The retreat was thoughtful, informative and, most of all, empowering,” said Peggy Rajski, dean of the School of Film and Television. “It gave me several concrete tools to use in uncomfortable situations, and beautifully illustrated the power of trying to ‘call people in’ versus ‘call people out.’”
A short video of the event provides a recap of the retreat.
Video of the full retreat can be found here: Password: LMUITS.
