Core Element Overview

The Core Team engages in the lifelong process of:

  1. Acquiring an understanding of how values, beliefs, attitudes, and traditions of an individual’s multiple identities (such as race, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, economic, social, educational status, health impairments or disabilities, and other affiliate groups) contribute to one’s own and others’ culture;
  2. Learning about personal circumstances, conditions, and experiences that influence one’s own and other people’s thinking, behaviors, and roles in their community;
  3. Understanding and acknowledging the power and privilege differences and similarities between and among groups of people on a personal, institutional, and systemic level; and
  4. Incorporating this knowledge to work collaboratively and effectively with all people.

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