You will attend an event of your choice that you would not normally attend. This event should provide you a new experience in terms of exposure to beliefs or experiences different from your own. Examples could be attending a culturally different religious service, going to a speaker or meeting on campus, attending a musical concert or community celebration that is different from your experience. Remember, diversity not only includes ethnicity and race, but gender, social class, age, sexual orientation, disability, religious/ spirituality, political views. In this assignment you are expected to (a) make a good faith effort to understand the perspectives of the community group that is hosting the event, (b) participate as you feel comfortable. Although you don’t need to identify yourself, you are expected to represent the university in a positive light. This experience should last for at least 1-1.5 hours. Please bring some kind of documentation back from your experience to include with your paper.
Diversity Paper
When you have completed the experience, please write a 3-4 page (double-spaced) paper addressing the following (follow this outline and label each section):
- Your description of the experience. (2pts)
- Describe why you chose this experience and why it was a different or new experience. (1pt)
- Detail how you felt about two or more aspects of the experience. (2pts)
- Discuss what made the experience similar to things you have already experienced. (1pt)
- Apply two concepts from Chapter 7 and two concepts from Chapters 1-6 that help you understand your brief experience. (2pts)
- What more do you need to know to better understand the group hosting the event? (2pts)
