Multicultural Competence:
The awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to work effectively and ethically across cultural differences.
The Diversity Committee is proposing a professional development opportunity for division members to self
assess current levels and strive for increased multicultural competence. The aim is to take the diversity
committee events from a simple menu of events to creating an intentional professional development
experience. Below, you will see the three areas of multicultural competency as well as examples of both past
and on-going programs that enhance these developmental areas.
Multicultural Knowledge: Having an informed understanding of cultures that are different from one’s own
culture, including knowledge of their histories, traditions, values, practices and so forth.
Examples of Programs that meet this competency
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Soup and Stories
UNCW Presents Arts & Action/Lecture Series
Disabilities Panel
Religious Holidays workshop
Book Clubs
Multicultural Skills: Skills that individuals use to engage in effective and meaningful interactions with those
who are from different cultural backgrounds than their own.
Examples of Programs that meet this competency
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Ally Training
Coffee Breaks such as “How to have Political Conversation”
Maura Cullen Staff Training
Diversity Orientation Facilitation
Articles
*Another way to earn “credit” for this competency is to facilitate a program around multiculturalism.
Multicultural Awareness: Awareness of how people’s attitudes, beliefs, values, assumptions, and selfawareness affect the ways they interact with those who are culturally different from themselves.
Examples of Programs that meet this competency
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Privilege Walk
Bead Activity
Tunnel of Awareness (HRL)
Game of Oppression
Bafa Bafa (game)
Wicked Interactive Diversity Hour