Total time for the section "What Does Bias Look Like?": 2 hours and 45 minutes
Introduction: Up until now in the Food Dignity® Institute, we’ve been talking about big ideas. We learned about how food (in)security is defined, what hidden hunger is, and imagined what Food Dignity® might look like in your community. In this next set of modules, we are going to turn inward and reflect on our own perspective, including what bias or assumptions we might bring to this work.
Exploring our own assumptions can often be an uncomfortable process. The ideas and opinions we hold affect how we treat each other or even ourselves. We don’t mean to make mistakes, miscommunicate, or hurt people’s feelings, but sometimes it happens. We encourage you to come to these next modules with a desire to listen and learn, to remain open, and to approach these topics with humility. We are also learning alongside you.
Course Components:
- TEDx video with the researcher, professor, and founder of the Voices Project, an award-winning, empirically-supported program to reduce stereotypes of stigmatized social groups
- Food Dignity® podcast with the founder of the Voices Project on why we judge.
- Opening activity to enable you to participate in research and training on our biases.
- 2 Group or individual activities to practice acknowledging and assessing our biases.
During the course, you will:
- Identify assumptions or biases.
- Learn the importance of asking “why,” not just “what” or “how much?”.
After this course, you will:
- List biases or assumptions associated with convenient food items.