Iowa Student Personnel Association Pre-Conference Workshop Developing Leaders to Foster Inclusion & Social Change Presenter: Dr. Heidi Levine, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Cornell College Monday, October 21, 2013, 10:00 am to Noon, St. Ambrose University

1. Developing Leaders to Foster
Inclusion & Social Change
Heidi Levine, Ph.D.
ISPA & Iowa Campus Compact
2013 Conference

2. What’s happening
on your
campuses?

3. Workshop Goals
0 Identify necessary staff competencies & approaches to
staff intercultural competence capacity building
0 Introduce leadership development model focused on
promoting social change
0 Identify models for implementing programs on
different campuses

4. Professional Competencies:
Intercultural Competence
0 The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) competency
area includes the knowledge, skills, and attitudes
needed to create learning environments that are
enriched with diverse views and people. It is also
designed to create an institutional ethos that accepts
and celebrates differences among people, helping to
free them of any misconceptions and prejudices.
ACPA/NASPA Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs
Practitioners; July, 2010

5. Reframing the Concept
Diversity
All difference as equal
Difference in cultural norms
Multiculturalism
Interculturalism
Social Justice
Promotes dialogue and exchange
Power, privilege, entitlement:
Internalized oppression and
dominance in order to create equity

6. Social Justice Lens
Adams, Bell and Griffin (2007) define social justice
as both a process and a goal.
“The goal of social justice education is full and equal participation of
all groups in a society that is mutually shaped to meet their needs. Social
justice includes a vision of society that is equitable and all members are
physically and psychologically safe and secure.”
Reference: Adams, M.E., Bell, L.A., & Griffin, P. (2007). Teaching for diversity and social justice, Second edition. New
York: Routledge.

8. What Influences the Process?
0Identities

10. Race
Specify
Ableness
Class
Big 8
Gender
Sexual
Orientation
Nationality
Age
Religion

11. What Influences the Process?
0Identities
0Dominant & Subordinate Identities
0Privilege
0Triggers
0Intent vs. Impact

12. Tools to Foster Inclusion
0 PAN: Pay Attention Now
0 RAPS: Relate, Ask, PAN, Share
0 Avoid dialogue traps
0 PLEs
0 Yes… but…
0 Cumulative impacts
0 Be open, be present & be willing to take risks!

13. Leadership & Social Change
0 Our goal is “… to prepare a new generation of leaders
who understand that they can act as leaders to effect
change without necessarily being in traditional
leadership positions of power & authority.”
Reference: Leadership for a Better World: Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership
Development (instructor’s guide) (2009). Wagner, Ostick, Komives & Associates. National
Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs, Jossey-Bass.

14. Social Change is…
0Foundational
0Systemic
0Collaborative
0Serves the common good
0Not simple

15. The SevenCs
Group Values
Individual
Values
Society /
Community
Values

16. Collaboration
0 Collaboration is a central value in the model that
views leadership as a group process. It increases
group effectiveness because it capitalizes on the
multiple talents and perspectives of each group
member, using the power of that diversity to generate
creative solutions and actions. Collaboration
underscores the model’s relational focus.
Collaboration is about human relationships, about
achieving common goals by sharing responsibility,
authority, and accountability. It is leadership for
service.

17. Common Purpose
0 A common purpose develops when people work with
others within a shared set of aims and values. Shared
aims facilitate group members’ engagement in
collective analysis of the issues and the task to be
undertaken. Common purpose is best achieved when
all members of the group build and share in the vision
and participate actively in articulating the purpose
and goals of the group work.

18. Controversy with Civility
0 Controversy with civility recognizes two fundamental
realities of any group effort: first, that differences in
viewpoint are inevitable and valuable, and, second, that
such differences must be aired openly and with respect
and courtesy. Disagreements are inherent in almost any
social interaction or group process. They bring valuable
perspectives and information to the collaborative group,
but eventually, they must be resolved. Such resolution is
accomplished through open and honest dialogue backed by
the group’s commitment to understand the sources of the
disagreement and to work cooperatively toward common
solutions.

19. Consciousness of Self
0 Consciousness of self means knowledge of yourself, or
simply self-awareness. It is awareness of the values,
emotions, attitudes, and beliefs that motivate one to
take action. A person with a highly developed capacity
for consciousness of self not only has a reasonably
accurate self-concept but also is a good observer of
his or her own behavior and state of mind at any given
time. Consciousness of self is a fundamental value in
the Social Change Model of Leadership because it
constitutes the necessary condition for realizing all
the other values in the model.

20. Congruence
0 Congruence is thinking, feeling, and behaving with
consistency, genuineness, authenticity and honesty
toward others. Congruent persons are those whose
actions are consistent with their most deeply held
beliefs and convictions. Being clear about one's values,
beliefs, strengths, and limitations, who one is as an
individual, is essential.

21. Commitment
0 Commitment implies intensity and duration in relation to a
person, idea, or activity. It requires a significant
involvement and investment of self in the object of
commitment and in the intended outcomes. It is the energy
that drives the collective effort. Commitment is essential to
accomplishing change- It is the heart, the profound passion
that drives one to action. Commitment originates from
within. No one can force a person to commit to something,
but organizations and colleagues can create and support
an environment that resonates with each individual's heart
and passions.

22. Citizenship
0 Citizenship names the process whereby the self is
responsibly connected to the environment and the
community. It acknowledges the interdependence of all
involved in the leadership effort. Citizenship thus
recognizes that effective democracy requires individual
responsibility as well as individual rights. Citizenship, in
the context of the Social Change Model, means more than
membership; it implies active engagement of the individual
and the leadership group in an effort to serve the
community. It implies social or civic responsibility. It is, in
short, the value of caring about others.

23. Is it Citizenship?
0 Volunteering for a local park clean-up
0 Singing in your church choir
0 Reading the newspaper
0 Leaving a comment on a political blog
0 Providing pro bono financial record-keeping for a local
homeless shelter
0 Providing pro bono financial record-keeping for your
church
0 Not shopping at a business because you disagree with their
practices & policies
0 Buying brownies from a student organization bake sale
0 Being a vegetarian

24. Assessing Leadership
0Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership
0Socially Responsible Leadership Scale

25. What Can You Bring Home?

26. Two Examples
0Inclusion Conversations
0Cornell Leadership Certificate
Program

28. Resources
0ACPA: College Student Educators,
International
0Social Justice Training Institute
0National Clearinghouse for Leadership
Programs