The Building a Community of Equity (BaCE) Program is for WSU Vancouver staff, graduate students, faculty, supervisors and administrators. Established in 2018, the BaCE program is an essential educative strategy in WSU Vancouver's imperative to promote an ethical and socially just society through an intentional commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. Since its inception, more than 50% of faculty and staff (including academic leadership, campus police and the chancellor's cabinet) have participated in BaCE.
BaCE Mission
The BaCE program has a mission and vision to provide WSU Vancouver staff, graduate students, faculty, supervisors and administrators:
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A robust schedule of BaCE enrichment workshops and offerings each semester
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Theoretical and practical frameworks for equity, intercultural development, antiracism, diversity, inclusion, belonging, love and justice
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Brave, healing, inclusive and safe holding space for self-reflection, intergroup dialogue, skill-building and equity lens expansion
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Culturally sustaining resources and equity-minded tools to build a community of equity, and impact policy, process, practice, pedagogy and people
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Empowerment to activate advocacy and advance equity as a change agent
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Opportunity to earn BaCE certificate with completion of at least 12 hours of program offerings including the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®)
Participate in the BaCE Program
To earn the BaCE Certificate, your first step is to take the IDI pre-assessment to see how you make sense of and respond to cultural differences. Most BaCE workshops have a prerequisite of IDI pre-assessment completion. If you want to receive your individual results, you must schedule a debrief meeting with IDI qualified administrator, Elisha Hardekopf. Register for the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Pre-Assessment (1 hour towards certificate)
Take a total of at least 10 hours of BaCE workshops. You must have at least one workshop from Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4. You may view current BaCE offerings here.
After taking at least 10 hours of BaCE workshops from groups 1, 2,3 and 4, request your IDI Post-Assessment.
Request BaCE Certificate
Have you completed at least two BaCE Accessibility and Universal Design courses?
Request the BaCE Accessibility and Universal Design Certificate.
Have you completed BaCE Safe Zone and BaCE Supporting Pronouns in the Classroom, Workplace and Everyplace?
Request the BaCE LGBTQ+ Advocate Certificate.
Have you completed the IDI pre-assessment, 10 hours of BaCE workshops from all 4 groups and the IDI post-assessment?
Request your BaCE Certificate.