1. Turning Privilege into Action
Office of Residence Life and Office of Diversity Affairs
September 28, 2011

2. What is PRIVILEGE?
SLIDE 1

3. Where does PRIVILEGE come from?
What keeps PRIVILEGE
in place?
SLIDE 2

4. What are some IDENTITIES that offer PRIVILEGE ?
SLIDE 3

5. Choose one (1) PERSONAL IDENTITY that offers you PRIVILEGE
at Miami University.
SLIDE 4

6. Write real life examples how this personal identity gives you PRIVILEGE:
“Because of my privilege, I am able to…”
“Because of my privilege, I am (or am not) expected to…”
SLIDE 5

7. For each of these examples of how a privilege benefits you,
write how having this privilege impacts others who do not have or are denied that privilege.
SLIDE 6

8. How does it make you feel to examine your privileges and how they impact other people?
SLIDE 7

9. What emotions, actions, and ideas do you associate with
GUILT?
SLIDE 8

10. Write POSITIVE associations of Guilt.
Write NEGATIVE
associations of Guilt.
SLIDE 9

11. Considering your examples from Slide 5, write concrete ACTION STEPS
you can take to effect
Long-Term
Systemic Change
Immediate Change
SLIDE 10

12. Reflection and Comments