Take a Knee Movement

Summarize a current event and analyze the impact of the event and responses to the event from the perspectives of
● you,
● members of the community, and
● an organization that are a member of (eg: school, workplace, church, parent group, social group)
Prepare a presentation that lasts no longer than 10 minutes in which you:

  1. Introduce yourself/your organization and the knowledge, expertise, and perspectives that are essential for your/your organization’s meaningful participation within the community. Describe the event.
  2. Evaluate the assets and needs currently held by the community to address event using appropriate research/tools. Include diverse cultural perspectives and informed solutions to cultural problems.
  3. Assess how economic, social, and environmental factors impact the event and your/ your community’s/ your organization’s responses to the event.
  4. Assuming you are in a position to use your academic discipline, formulate how you can contribute to building and sustaining functional communities.
  5. Incorporate the cultural contexts and complexities of the community into a plan for addressing the event.
  6. Address how your personal cultural biases may influence interactions and may impact how you address the event.