Alma Diaz Speaks at Activist Brown Bag Lunch - Nov. 2nd!

From the UC Women's Center:

Activist Brown Bag Lunch Series: November - Alma Diaz

Wednesday, November 2 · 12:00pm - 1:00pm

University of Cincinnati Women's Center

565 Steger Student Life Center

 

Come to the first Brown Bag Lunch of the school year and celebrate activism in the Women's Center! Learn about Alma Diaz's journey through activist work and maybe you'll find something you're interested in! Bring lunch and we'll give you drinks and dessert!

Alma Diaz: Immigrant Rights in Cincinnati

Alma Diaz learned first-hand about injustice and inequality as a young girl working hard labor to support her younger siblings in ...Mexico City, that is when she got involved with the punk rock community. This community gave her an outlet to speak out against the injustices and support women’s rights.

Since those days of screaming out against injustice in Mexico, she has worked on anti-wage theft campaigns as a member of the Cincinnati Interfaith Worker Center, as well as serving on the board of directors. As an immigrant she understands that is not enough to speak out, but it is necessary to organize her community. She is currently working on doing know your rights trainings in immigrant communities around Cincinnati.

 

First Colors of Pride Meeting of the Year - Oct 3rd!

From Colors of Pride:


1st Colors of Pride Meeting of the Year!
Monday, October 3 · 5:00pm - 6:00pm
UC Women's Center (Steger 571)


Join us for the first Colors of Pride meeting of the school year! Colors of Pride is a new UC student group for LGBTQ people of color and allies. This week we will be discussing what it means to be a queer person of color; how we view ourselves, how others view us, etc. All are welcome, so come join the conversation!

Readying RAPPORT through a Collaborative Training

Today was the third and final session of a training sequence that has been designed to create a strong, inclusive curriculum for the RAPPORT Social Justice League.

The training was led by local educational consultant Melissa Meyer.  Barb Rinto & Kimberly Fulbright participated from the Women's Center working on the Women and Activism course.  Nicole Mayo and Dr. Nicole Ausmer participated from Student Activities & Leadership Development working on the UC LEAD curriculum and the revamping of leadership education. Dr. Brandi Elliot and Yakaira Ramos from Ethnic Programs and Services participated working on the Turner Scholars first-year student social justice cohort program.

In an interactive three sessions + coaching sequence, teams learned about the Understanding by Design curriculum, assessment, and instruction framework.

From Left to Right: Melissa Meyer, Dr. Nicole Ausmer, Kimberly Fulbright, Yakaira Ramos, and Dr. Brandi Elliot

Understanding by Design

As described on the Understanding by Design (UbD) Exchange site, UbD is a “framework for designing curriculum, assessments, and instruction explores questions like: What is teaching for understanding? How can you unpack content standards to identify the important big ideas that you want students to understand? How do you know that students truly understand and can apply their understanding in a meaningful way? How can you design courses and units to emphasize understanding rather than coverage? What instructional practices are both engaging and effective for developing student understanding?”

These questions are important for us as educators who work with developing students.  UbD works to answer these questions with an accessible framework for creating effective, developmentally appropriate curricula.

UbD’s accessibility sets it apart from other curriculum-development methods.  It is also well-known for its “backward design” process, explained in many ways by this Covey quote:

"To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now so that the steps you take are always in the right direction."

UbD also challenges instructors to take a multifaceted view of what makes up a mature understanding of what we’re educating around, improving our curricula by defining what facets of understanding we want students to develop and identifying how to get them there.

For a better overview on Understanding by Design, I like this Authentic Education post.