1. Polishing your Social Justice Training
Presenter
Scott Cooke, Residence Life Coordinator
Texas Tech University

2. Disclaimer
Each University and department is different and the needs of the students at each university are different. The goal of the session is to equip you with successful practice Texas Tech’s, University Student Housing has implemented since the Spring of 2016.

3. Ground Rules
Be accepting. Everyone has unique experiences, and discounting them can be hurtful and unhelpful. Be respectful. If someone is talking, pay attention. Reflect on what a person is saying and why they are saying it before jumping in with a response. Be willing to think deeply and be uncomfortable. The more honest and reflective we are, the more we can learn. Honesty makes this activity work. Be honest about who you are and how you understand your experiences. On a similar level, courage is also important. If no one is willing to share, learning and development will be limited. When discussing and processing after the activity, realize that not everyone has the same experiences. If something offends you, let that person know, but try to do so in a productive manner that promotes more discussion. Confidentiality – What people share is theirs to share, no one else’s. You my share your own thoughts and identities outside of this room, but do not share what anyone else says or how they acted during the activity. Lean into the discomfort.

4. Goals Reflect and assess the needs of your department
Reflect and assess the needs of your students
Create a social justice network within the region
Give you resources to build your social justice training

5. Average “Joe’s”

6. Formal Trainings

7. Who lives on your campus?
On a piece of paper or in your small group talk about who lives on your campus?
Type of Student live in your halls?
Geographically here they come from?
What is the ethnic breakdown of your on campus population?
How prepared are your students to be in college?
How does your staff reflect this?

8. Climate at Texas Tech
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To understand how to help our students, we have to know who are students are.

9. Texas Tech Social Justice Climate
Who are our Freshman?
Fall 2015 New Freshmen Applied, Admitted, and Enrolled
Fall 2015 New Students by College
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5,620 Incoming Freshman -
2,748 Males (53%)
2,412 Females (47%)

10. Texas Tech Social Justice Climate
Who are our Freshman?
Fall 2015 New Freshmen by Ethnicity
Fall 2015 New Freshmen by Ethnicity
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11. Texas Tech Social Justice Climate
Fall 2015 Distribution of New Freshmen from Texas by 100 Mile Increments
100 Miles
14.22%
200 Miles
7.85%
300 Miles
28.48%
400 Miles
27.97% 500 Miles
20.40%
Over
500 Miles
1.08%
Where are they coming from?
Fall 2015 Total Enrollment by Geographic Origin
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12. Texas Tech Social Justice Climate
Lets not forget our Transfers?
Fall 2015 New Undergraduate Transfer Students by Ethnicity
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13. Who works with these students?
On a piece of paper or in your small group talk about who lives on your campus?
Type of Staff working in your department?
What is your staffs understanding of Social Justice?
What do they need to know to be successful?

14. Departmental Reflection of Social Justice Needs
Who is going to be at training?
What skills do those in your department have?
What skills do those in your department need?
How are you teaching Social Justice?

15. UHSs Reflection of Social Justice Needs
Who is going to be at training?
Student staff to our CHO
What skills do those in your department have?
Varied level of skills and understanding
No benchmark or understanding
What skills do those in your department need?
Begin to understand their own identity and what intersectionality is
The ability to confront inappropriate behavior
How are you teaching Social Justice?
No lecturing!
Interactive “program style” session

16. Who from your department is supportive of SJ and who should be supportive
Who's job is it supportive Social Justice initiatives?
Professional Staff? Specialty Staff? Committee Members? Passionate People?
What is your responsibility
Education
Professional Development
Accountability

17. Ongoing Development

18. Current Set up Social Justice Specific positions
Residence Life Coordinator for Social Justice, full time professional
Social Justice Advocates, student staff dedicated to social justice
Social Justice Committee
Currently chaired by an Assistant Director of Operations
Make up of full time and graduate staff within ResLife and SJAs
Civility Committee
Make up of professionals from all of University Student Housing to celebrate and look at diversity at a departmental level

19. Responsibility of Social Justice
Committee Members
ResLife Professionals
Create and implement all trainings
Host monthly developments
Departmental wide
Online development for students
Host traditional programs
Hunger banquet
Tunnel of Oppression
Diversity week program
Develop smaller programs for on campus students
Program in the halls when requested
Be aware of Social Justice needs in buildings or specialty area
Address conversations with student staff
Aid in social justice training

20. Responsibilities continued
Social Justice Advocates
All other Student Staff
Work 20 hours on social justice projects
Bulletin boards
Develop programs
Attend social justice committee
Program in the halls when requested
Confront any socially charged incidents in the halls
Request committee to program on the floor/in the building

21. What We’ve Created Lesson Plans
All Training
All Program
All Developments
Same Format
Currently over 20 active lesson plans created covering identity, privilege and oppression.
Also 15 more passive developments for office staff

22. Where we are going Foundational understanding
Departmental understanding of identity and intersectionality
Skills to hold a difficult conversation
Focus on institutional needs
Developing student population supports
Getting more programing in the halls

23. Thank you for listening to me, now lets listen to each other
Open Floor
Thank you for listening to me, now lets listen to each other