investigate how your own communication is impacted by diversity.
Instructions:
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Take the assessment below
o https://www.washcoll.edu/campus-community/diversity-equity-and-
inclusion/Diversity%20Self-Assessment.pdf
o Report your scores for each section
o Report your total score
o Answer the reflection questions
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Create an at least two-page reflection journal (double-spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman or similar) that answers the following questions:
o Consider an experience you had with someone who was different than you and there was conflict or difficulty communicating (not a language barrier). This could be race, gender, religion, politics, country or geographic area, etc.
What caused the conflict? How did you contribute to the conflict?
How was the response different than how you usually handle conflict with someone of the same race, gender, religion, political leanings, country or geographic area, etc.
What did you assume?
How did those assumptions impact the communication?
What would you do differently this time?
o This is based on an exercise in: https://www.washcoll.edu/campus-community/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/Diversity%20Self-Assessment.pdf
