Opal Leadership Certificate

OPAL DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY CERTIFICATE
The Opal Certificate is designed to help students recognize and understand that all environments are diverse and that diverse environments are complex and challenging, present a wealth of opportunity, and are constantly changing. Students will be introduced to the skill sets needed to be better able to address the challenges, as well as recognize and mine the opportunities that diversity presents. Upon completion of the program, the student will be: more comfortable working as a member of a diverse team; better able to recognize crosscultural barriers that can hinder communication; and less likely to make assumptions about others based on superficial traits and characteristics.

The Opal Certificate will be awarded upon completion of eight workshops, including the four required workshops (Making the Case for Cultural Competency, Identity Expression, Cross-Cultural Problem Solving & Taking the Next Steps) and submission of journal reflections for each workshop.

REQUIRED WORKSHOPS:

Cross-Cultural Problem Solving 11/8 & 4/3
Developing Inter-Group Relations 10/3 & 3/5
Identity Expression 9/13 & 2/7
Taking the Next Steps 12/5 & 4/10

ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS:

Affirmative Action 4/11
BaFa BaFa 9/29, 11/16 & 2/15
Breaking the Glass Ceiling 2/29
Bringing Healing to Relationship Between Men and Women 2/29
Bullying at Geneseo 11/6
Genocide After the Holocaust (Issues in Social Justice Series) 12/5
Getting Real About Race in Education 9/19
Global Leadership: What Happens There Matters Here 4/4
Learn to Facilitate Deliberative Dialogs 2/20
Leave the World Better Than You Found It (MLK Jr. Day participants only) 1/16
Let's Take a Privilege Walk 3/26
Maintaining a Harassment Free Workplace 10/26
Mass Imprisonment (Issues in Social Justice Series) 9/28
Real World Geneseo 9/6
Safe Zone Training 2/22
Sexual Harassment 11/30 & 4/9
Socialized for Change 11/14
Starpower 10/31 & 2/6
The Baby Mall Game: Will $ Make a Difference 11/30 & 1/25
The Role of Student Organizations in Promoting the Values of Diversity and Community 9/28
What is White Privilege 11/29