Submitted by: Tom Murphy

We continued our DEI work.

• I posted the titles for discussion that Kalil gave to us in our department chair meeting.
• We voted and settled on our top two choices: Decentering dominant narratives and Facilitating inclusive discussion.
• We divide into two groups each focusing on one of the prompts.
• Both groups then had a five-minute silent discussion posting their ideas under their respective prompts.
• After reviewing the posts each group had a ten-minute conversation.
• We then switched the prompts and repeated the process.
• When both groups were done we finished with a quick round of takeaways. Each member of the department shared their key insight.
• Everyone in the department was on time and the discussion was lively and informed.