Office of DEI Hosting Pride Event on June 27 Featuring Diego Garcia Blum

2024-06-24T12:56:23-07:00

Join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for an event commemorating Pride Month on Thursday, June 27 at 12 p.m. PT | 3 p.m. ET.  Register for Event   Diego Garcia Blum The event will feature Diego Garcia Blum, the Director for the Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University. His presentation is titled, “Dispelling Myths: The Key to Understanding and Supporting LGBTQI+ Communities.”About the PresentationIdentifying and dispelling myths, misconceptions, and misunderstandings about LGBTQI+ individuals are crucial for fostering a more inclusive and supportive society. These myths often peddle the dangerous [...]

Office of DEI Hosting Pride Event on June 27 Featuring Diego Garcia Blum2024-06-24T12:56:23-07:00

BSA Hosting Juneteenth Event Centered on Optimal Psychology, Art Showcase

2024-06-12T05:47:24-07:00

The Fielding community is invited to attend the Black Student Association’s “Cultural Trauma: Breaking the Psychological Chains Using an African-Centered Approach” on June 17, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. PT | 7:30 p.m. ET. BSA is hosting this event at a time in history when there is a desire to rewrite and, in some cases, erase Black history, it is crucial to recognize the freedom of our ancestors. To understand the partial weight lifted off their backs on June 19, 1865, two and half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Our ancestors began their most significant challenge of freedom, [...]

BSA Hosting Juneteenth Event Centered on Optimal Psychology, Art Showcase2024-06-12T05:47:24-07:00

Join the Office of DEI for the 2024 Juneteenth Celebration on June 18

2024-06-10T08:54:49-07:00

Join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the 2024 Juneteenth Celebration event on Tuesday, June 18 at 8 a.m. PT | 11 a.m. ET. Speaker Dr. Lenneal Henderson will host a special presentation entitled, “Juneteenth and Beyond: Celebrating Three Great Moments in Civil Rights.” Dr. Henderson will share insights regarding the three most decisive moments in Civil Rights history: Juneteenth, Brown V. Board of Education (1954), and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Fielding’s offices will be closed on June 19 in observance of Juneteenth. Fielding is also a sponsor of Joy for the People Juneteenth Block Party [...]

Join the Office of DEI for the 2024 Juneteenth Celebration on June 182024-06-10T08:54:49-07:00

Sowing Change: A Personal Journey in Pursuit of Environmental Impact

2023-08-21T17:47:52-07:00

by Elena I. Nicklasson  When the President’s Sustainability Advisory Council announced 2023 as Fielding’s Global Ecological and Social Justice Service Year, it ignited a spark within me to contribute. The urgency of environmental issues, especially in the face of a changing climate that will affect my eight-year-old's future, couldn't be ignored. I wanted to make a contribution that counted, and the perfect opportunity unexpectedly presented itself through my son's school and its annual science fair.  The alarming statistic that half of the world's topsoil has vanished over the last 150 years, losing a shocking 3.4 tons annually for every individual [...]

Sowing Change: A Personal Journey in Pursuit of Environmental Impact2023-08-21T17:47:52-07:00

50 Actions for Global Social/Ecological Justice Service Year: Social Impact Day

2023-08-18T08:23:26-07:00

[Editor's note: This story is part of Fielding’s Global Ecological and Social Justice Service Year in 2023, as designated by the President’s Sustainability Advisory Council. Learn more here.] Social Impact Day on Jan. 13, 2023, was a one-day, hands-on collaboration of eight Fielding Organizational Development and Leadership program students, alums, and faculty members. The group worked with Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF), a local nonprofit organization, on a strategic project.   This Fielding group of emerging and seasoned OD professionals learned to apply their knowledge to new situations, projects, and contexts. They helped the VCCF with a direct scholarship program that [...]

50 Actions for Global Social/Ecological Justice Service Year: Social Impact Day2023-08-18T08:23:26-07:00

50 Actions for Global Social/Ecological Justice Service Year: First Nature Ranch

2024-01-26T05:45:35-08:00

Go To Fielding's 50th Anniversary Site By Kerul Kassel, President of First Nature Ranch/First Nature Foundation  Every day is Earth Day at First Nature Ranch. The ranch is the facility where First Nature Foundation (FNF) programs take place. At FNF, we aim to foster what we call 21st Century leadership skills through our programming. That could be with veterans who have been struggling with PTSD, homelessness, substance abuse, and mental and behavior health issues through our Horse Wisdom for Heroes program. It could also look like women who have been working to overcome substance abuse issues in our Horses Healing [...]

50 Actions for Global Social/Ecological Justice Service Year: First Nature Ranch2024-01-26T05:45:35-08:00

Statement from the VP of DEI: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling

2023-06-29T16:05:47-07:00

Dear Fielding Community,  This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court released a decision to prohibit the use of race as a factor in college admissions. This setback against affirmative action may have wide-ranging impacts for communities already affected by disparate learning opportunities and will raise even higher barriers to educational opportunity and socioeconomic mobility. This decision overturns four decades of precedent. Sadly, the racial traumas from our nation’s past still linger, and it is only a generation or two that separates us from legal segregation in schools. “The recent gains of continued anti-racist work at many of our colleges and universities [...]

Statement from the VP of DEI: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling2023-06-29T16:05:47-07:00

Building UX Personas That Cultivate Empathy, Instead of Bias

2023-05-23T09:39:46-07:00

Personas have a long history in digital products and services. In fact, you’ve probably built a few yourself. They come in varying levels of fidelity and traditionally document key demographic information about your average or likely users. Personas can be incredibly helpful for teams, especially newly established ones, to help build context and guardrails around who they are building for. The problem with personas is they haven’t really changed much in the last few decades. If you run a basic search right now it will generate a hundred of the same templates with a standard array of demographic inputs; fake [...]

Building UX Personas That Cultivate Empathy, Instead of Bias2023-05-23T09:39:46-07:00

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