On December 1, 2014, Lisa Hager of UW-Waukesha presented a training and led a discussion for the Cooperative Extension Civil Rights Leadership Team on the issues and needs of people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender. Her workshop consisted of a PowerPoint presentation, a handout, discussion questions and a question and answer session. In addition to learning the information Lisa shared, the team discussed with Lisa how she might provide similar workshops for other Cooperat
None of us would say that we are biased for or against certain groups of people. We know that stereotypes are bad, and we work hard everyday to further Extension’s mission of inclusivity.
But sometimes we may not even know we have bias or believe in stereotypes about groups because it occurs outside of conscious awareness and control; that’s an implicit bias. So for example, even if you say that men and women are equally good at math, it is possible that you associate math with