Event #1

 I went to an event put on by the social work department. This event was about diversity within their curriculum as well as diversity within the department as a whole. The two professors assuring the event were there to get ideas on how they can improve their department by hearing from the students. Many students brought up good points about how the program is succeeding as well as places for improvement. Some of the good points discussed were the discussions on 324 and 325 because it touched upon all the topics of diversity. However, even though all topics of diversity are talked about, many of the students expressed a deeper discussion on all topics. When it came to diversity within the department it is lacking in forms of gender and topics of politics. In the social work classes the females typically over power leaving only about three males with a class made up of 20. Lastly we discussed how the social work is considered liberal democratic and never really opened to republicans. Therefore it can make those that are republicans to feel awkward in sharing their true feelings in the classroom.

One of the course themes that the event I went to relates to the Ullucci article. This article made me think of how I want to begin my career I imagine myself working with urban youth. Ullucci has helped me realize not to get sucked into the myths and stereotypes surrounded by youth in poverty. The event I went to make a strong connection to the necessity of having people be aware of the diversity around them and to embrace it. These websites talk about diversity in all different forms such as http://www.worldvisionusprograms.org/us_poverty_myths.php , http://the-classroom.org.uk/ , and http://www.grad.umn.edu/about/diversity