About
The Diversity & Inclusion Bade Program (DIBP) is a customizable micro-credential aligned with URI’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice goals. The mission of the DIBP is to enable URI’s Graduate Students to grow their leadership edge and gain a competitive edge in the job market by earning a microcredential. DIBP offers graduate-level professional development workshops that emphasize the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed for intercultural competence in a variety of environments. To earn the micro-credential, participants must complete five workshops including Fundamentals of Diversity: Social Identity, Power, and Privilege and four additional workshops offered by Community, Equity and Diversity in collaboration with the Graduate School before graduation.
Program Objectives
All DIBP workshops emphasize one or more of the following Program Objectives:
- Analyzing both the concept of the social construction of difference as well as manifestations of this concept within the U.S.
- Analyzing some aspects of identity development, explicit and implicit prejudice, inequality, privilege, and oppression as they relate to the U.S.
- Analyzing some aspects of the impact of discrimination and inequalities in the U.S.
- Applying knowledge of effective problem solving or conflict resolution skills related to diversity and inclusion in order to respond to real-life situations.
- Analyzing how and why the perspective of people from marginalized groups in the U.S. are different from that of other groups of people.
- Choosing and using appropriate communication styles to engage in difficult dialogues related to diversity and inclusion.
