BaCE workshops registration

Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)

BaCEBe sure to complete your IDI pre-assessment prior to participating in any BaCE workshop below. Measuring both mindset and skillset, the IDI pre-assessment allows you to see how you make sense of and respond to cultural differences. It will only require 15 – 30 minutes of your time to complete!

Register for the IDI pre-assessment

Faculty and staff may register for BaCE sessions on Percipio by using the WSU Vancouver BaCE Channel. Click "Attend" to see a list of available sessions.

Group 2 workshops


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Register for We Love Reading with Obie and Renny!

The reading group, We Love Reading Group with Obie and Renny, is a welcoming, supportive and brave space that features books with themes on equity, antiracism, justice, healing, belonging, joy and love. The spring 2024 book selection is “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism” by Safiya Umoja Noble.

“In Algorithms of Oppression,” Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities and activities. "[Her] central insight—that nothing about internet search and retrieval is political neutral—is made…through the accumulation of alarming and disturbing examples. [She] makes a compelling case that pervasive racism online inflames racist violence IRL.”—Los Angeles Review of Books

  • Facilitators: Renny Christopher and Obie Ford III
  • Prerequisite: IDI pre-assessment
  • A Group 2 workshop
  • Location: Zoom
Who can participate:
WSU Vancouver graduate students, faculty, staff, supervisors and administrators

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Register for Building the Vasa: Our Connections to the Blue Continent

The indigenous peoples of the Pacific have profound historical and cultural ties to Southwest Washington. Delve into the connections of the island nations in the largest continent on the globe and experience a live cultural performance with cultural foods. Explore representation in post-secondary education, fostering conversations and discussions on how to cultivate opportunities for communities from the Blue Continent to come together on the vasa to WSU Vancouver.

  • Facilitator: Felix Braffith
  • Prerequisite: None
  • A Group 2 Workshop
  • Location: Firstenburg Student Commons
Who can participate:
WSU Vancouver graduate students, faculty and staff

Group 4 workshops


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Register for BaCE Safe Zone LGBTQ+ Advocate Training

Engage in information gathering, discussion and activities to recognize and support LGBTQ+ and gender variant communities. Receive tools to create spaces of safety and advocacy, as well as explore their own identities and relationship with queerness. A Safe Zone Placard will be awarded to participants who complete this session. This session recognizes Transgender Day of Visibility.

  • Facilitators: Bari Boyd and Elisha Hardekopf
  • Prerequisite: IDI pre-assessment required
  • A Group 4 Workshop
  • Location: Zoom
Who can participate:
WSU Vancouver graduate students, faculty, staff, supervisors and administrators