Unconscious Bias: Perceptions of Self and Others - Credit: Including Equity and Opportunity in your Lobbying Efforts

Have you experienced an optical illusion where you don't initially see all of the options? Was the dress blue with gold stripes? Were you team Laurel or Yanny? Can you see the rabbit and the duck?

Our lived experiences are the tools we use to interpret the world around us. This is why we may assume there is a monster in the garage when we haven't experienced an earthquake before - we literally don't have the experience to pull from to understand what is happening. We believe what we know - whether we know it or not.

Take some time to notice how you perceive yourself and others. The role of perception is directly linked to all that we are conscious of as well as all of the stuff we aren't! We must learn our habits to be able to be open to understand something we don't understand.

Speaker:

Jessica Pettitt, M.Ed.

FAQ

Credit Competency: Including Equity and Opportunity in your Lobbying Efforts

This is a mandatory competency of the State Government Relations Professional Certificate Program.

Competency Description: An organization is only as good as its culture, and creating that culture is not just a Human Resource Department responsibility. True diversity, equity and inclusion includes the representation of people from all backgrounds, abilities, age-groups, races, ethnicities, and identities. Sessions in this competency will address, promote, and support the development and advancement of diversity, equity and inclusion in the state government affairs industry. 

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