Interrupting Privilege Alumni-Student Seminar
Year: 2017
Award Level: Silver
Award Winner(s): University of Washington
Award: Circle of Excellence
About the entry
The UWAA, in collaboration with the UW Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity (CCDE), has created a new opportunity for alumni and students to explore together race and equity issues through a combination of lectures and intimate conversations in a one quarter course seminar called, Interrupting Privilege.
From the Judges' Report
- University of Washington created a new opportunity for alumni and students to explore together race and equity issues through a combination of lectures and intimate conversations.
- Judges thought this program was compelling way to start an important conversation about privilege ans liked that it gave alumni and students the space to address this topic in a constructive fashion.