Co-Constructing Inclusive Organizations

3 credits · Peabody College - Professional

Historical and present-day structural inequality have created inequitable environments in multitudes of organizations. Inequitable environments within organizations interface with racial and social hierarchies, and historically excluded populations experience additional forms of subjugation within organizations. This class builds upon transformational leadership and agency. Students are invited to think critically about how power functions within organizations and how organizations may reify longstanding racial and social hierarchies. This course is divided into four parts and invites students to consider: (1)diversity, equity, inclusivity and belonging (DEIAB); (2) thinking beyond static notions of identity politics;(3) practices that invite a complex "leaning" into the work; and (4) explorations in transforming and sustaining organizational change. [3]