# Advocating for an Equitable Culture

# Learning Goals
+ To share strategies for dealing with difficult situations.

## Activity
+ Ask students to share strategies they have used to deal with microaggressions or to acknowledge diversity without making someone feel awkward
+ Discuss these strategies
  + [Tool: Interrupting Microaggressions](https://academicaffairs.ucsc.edu/events/documents/Microaggressions_InterruptHO_2014_11_182v5.pdf)
  + [Communicating for Change Persuade Colleagues to Get On Board](https://www.ncwit.org/sites/default/files/resources/communicatingforchange_02202013.pdf)
+ Open discussion
