Name: Episode 3: Beyond a Role by Colorado College
Duration: 39 min 52 s
Description: We are more than a role. This episode explores inclusion and belonging by encouraging the community to look beyond our traditional roles and titles. We must be intentional about getting to know each other as whole people, leveraging our unique talents and strengths, and cultivating meaningful relationships.

The intentional interview series aims to normalize the day-to-day application of ADEI principles through exploration and testimonies provided by members of our very own CC community. Through shared experiences spanning positionality, visibility, levels, status, and roles, we can better understand how we are all active contributors and stewards of our ADEI commitment.

For this next episode, we explore what is unfolding in HR around institutional equity and the role of the new AVP of People, Workplace, and Culture in stewarding the charge.

Episode 2: ADEI in HR

We are more than a role. This episode explores inclusion and belonging by encouraging the community to look beyond our traditional roles and titles. We must be intentional about getting to know each other as whole people, leveraging our unique talents and strengths, and cultivating meaningful relationships.

Episode 3: Beyond a Role

This episode focuses on the challenges, judgements, and systemic oppression that undocumented folks face providing a real account of the policies and practices that exclude a population that is seeking the same thing we are all seeking, a sense of belonging. This episode will also dive into the concept of “undocumented joy” and highlight the activities that help replenish the hope and resilience of this community.

Episode 4: Undocumented folks and their Undocumented Joy

This episode explores the world of accessibility with the fabulous folks who make up the Accessibility Resource team. Often, we think of accessibility as the fault of the person living with a disability as opposed to the world we all create that causes one to feel excluded or prevent access. This fruitful conversation unpacks the systemic inequities to raise awareness about what exists so we can do better in helping our students and each other feel we are all thought of, we are all deserving, and we all belong.

Episode 5: Accessibility

This episode explores the concept of epistemic injustice in the context of white supremacy culture and the either-or thinking tenant. Perceptions of higher education vs. careers in the trades have been an ongoing debate. Enjoy the rich conversation with folks from the Sodexo and CC facilities team as they share insights about the tension between these two life paths helping to debunk myths and misconceptions about what it means to be an essential worker.

Episode 6: Epistemic injustice and the trades

At these challenging and divided times I explore the meaningfulness of human connection and how intentional effort to connect and cultivate relationships can serve as a remedy for repair and resiliency. This philosophical conversation dives deep into the value of getting to know one another in a profound way to see, understand and heal for the humanity of it all.

Episode 7: Knowing Each Other Deeply

In this episode, I sit down with Megan Clancy about communication justice, exploring the barriers and advancements of communication and dissecting areas of opportunity where we can actively utilize equitable communication strategies to enhance belonging. This episode highlights the importance of creating space to use the language of our hearts and principles of language justice while critically evaluating where white supremacy pervasively works to build communication barriers.

Episode 8: Communication Justice

I sit down with Ryan Hammes in this final intentional interview of the academic year to discuss perspectives on capitalism, resource, and distribution nuances, as well as the critical work being done behind the scenes here at CC to advance resource equity.

Episode 9: Resource Equity

Hand-picked lectures and performances from Colorado College, a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, CO, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

Episode 3: Beyond a Role

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