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not have the bandwidth to add anything else to your plateFind
your schedule inevitably conflicts with available workshops and eventsWish
you had the right language to engage in DEI topicsWorry that you will make a mistake or be judged during group
discussionsFeel
like you might not be welcome or safe in a DEI spaceWith CuPID, you can engage in DEI work at your own pace in your own space with material that invites you into what feels like a one-on-one conversation with other community members.
Begin exploring identity and positionality through first person narrative storytelling in our three modules.
We developed this course to be asynchronous so there are no live sessions or lectures to fit into your busy schedule. Whenever you have time in your week to spend with the material, the CuPID course is there to meet you and guide you.
This module provides you with the foundation on which to build an understanding of the role of identity and privilege. Identity is complex and consists of multiple intersecting factors. For example, race, ethnicity, gender and/or socioeconomic status leads to differences in shared traditions, beliefs, and/or biases. Our identity and privilege not only impact the way society treats or views us, but also the way we interact with others and our surroundings.
This module describes and defines ways our intersecting identities, bias, and privilege shape our interactions with other individuals. These interactions can be harmful, persistent, and deeply ingrained in our daily routines. Harm can and does occur, regardless of the intention of the action or the words.
This module focuses on community. We first explore the value of communities, then we take a closer look at communities around us, and finally we consider strategies for building inclusive communities.
When we’re talking about difficult things, stories are our best way of communicating with each other when we might be disconnected. We’re interviewing people on Pitt’s campuses to tell stories about their experiences so we can better understand how to become an inclusive community.
CuPID courses are built from the interviews up. We start by interviewing folks from a particular field. We then identify themes from the interviews and we source learning materials that both align with those themes and are field specific.
To build the Health Sciences CuPID Course we interviewed students, staff, faculty and providers from the Health Sciences (Dentistry, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health) and sourced content that addresses the ways in which concepts like racism, ethnocentrism, ableism. homophobia and transphobia manifest specifically in healthcare.
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