Reflect
Examine what ideas and values are most important to you. Can you identify
experiences, family stories, or traditions that shape these values? How do you speak
about these ideas and values? What makes you feel like these ideas and values is
being threatened? What is your culture and background that helped to shape them?
Ponder how the following quote from American author and minister, Edward Everett
Hale, might apply to you right now: "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything,
but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the
something that I can do."
Learn
Remain committed to engage in conversations with others who have had different
experiences, ideas, and values. Listen not to refute or challenge but rather to understand.
Embrace feelings of discomfort as growth and learning opportunities.
As our country and the world continue to make important decisions about the future,
we support critical thinking, respectful dialogue, and inclusive practices that promote
equity. Together, we are Northcentral University, and part of our mission directs us to
become contributors to our communities. This is best achieved when we feel responsible
to, and for, each other.
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