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class="comp-main-content comp-main-content--count-1 comp-main-content--layout-content" data-group="0332829"> <div class="comp-main-content__intro "> <h2 id="activating-bystanders-to-address-workplace-microaggressions-consultations-trainings">ACTIVATING BYSTANDERS TO ADDRESS WORKPLACE MICROAGGRESSIONS CONSULTATIONS & TRAININGS</h2> </div> <div class="comp-main-content__sections"> <div class="comp-main-content__section"> <div class="comp-media-item comp-media-item--type-image comp-main-content__section__media comp-main-content__section__media--position-right"> <figure> <div> <div class="image" data-focus="center"> <img src="/Images/Microagressions_mosquito_tcm18-335079.jpg?w=l" alt="Microaggressions: They're a Big Deal graphic with a mosquito." /> </div> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="comp-main-content__section__content"> <div class="comp-main-content__section__content-inside"> <p>The UMass Lowell Center for Women & Work invites you to participate in its workshops to develop an organizational strategy for addressing microaggressions in the workplace through peer-to-peer bystander activation using CWW鈥檚 distinctive <em><strong>Get A Collective GRIP庐</strong></em> approach. The Center also provides consultation in implementing the approach and conducting workplace climate assessments to achieve a deeper understanding of the microaggressions that employees encounter in the workplace. <br /></p><p>For more information please visit our <a title="Get A Collective GRIP" href="/research/cww/get-a-grip/">Consultations and Trainings聽webpage</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comp-news-item-list comp-news-item-list--count-4 comp-news-item-list--layout-blocks" data-group="352089"> <div class="comp-header"> <div class="comp-header__content"> <h2 id="news">News</h2> </div> <div class="comp-header__more"> <a href="/research/cww/news.aspx" title="" aria-label=""> More News <uml-icon class="comp-header__more__icon" name="arrow-right-1"></uml-icon> </a> </div> </div> <uml-slider> <div class="comp-news-item-list__items"> <ul> <li> <article class="comp-news-item comp-news-item-list__item"> <div class="comp-news-item__image"> <img alt="Assoc. Prof. Urmitapa Dutta facilitates a digital storytelling workshop with Miya community workers on the riverine island of Majidbhita Char." src="/Images/Urmi-Miya-2-cropped_tcm18-357675.jpg?w=s" data-focus="center" /> </div> <div class="comp-news-item__text"> <h1 id=""> <a href="/news/stories/2022/dutta-miya-research.aspx">Psychology Professor: Miya People Losing Indian Citizenship, Facing Mass Detentions</a> </h1> <footer> <span aria-hidden="true">10/3/2022</span> <time class="visually-hidden">Monday, October 3, 2022</time> <span>Featured Story</span> </footer> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="comp-news-item comp-news-item-list__item"> <div class="comp-news-item__image"> <img alt="Portrait of Psychology Assoc. Prof. Stephanie Block" src="/Images/Stephanie%20Block-cropped_tcm18-353501.jpg?w=s" data-focus="center" /> </div> <div class="comp-news-item__text"> <h1 id=""> <a href="/news/stories/2022/child-sexual-abuse-research.aspx">Professors Study Aids and Barriers to Prosecuting Child Sexual Abuse</a> </h1> <footer> <span aria-hidden="true">6/23/2022</span> <time class="visually-hidden">Thursday, June 23, 2022</time> <span>Featured Story</span> </footer> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="comp-news-item comp-news-item-list__item"> <div class="comp-news-item__image"> <img alt="The original Making WAVES leadership team will continue to guide the ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity at UML" src="/Images/ADVANCE-Bond-2-cropped_tcm18-345017.jpg?w=s" data-focus="left" /> </div> <div class="comp-news-item__text"> <h1 id=""> <a href="/news/stories/2021/advance-faculty-equity.aspx">New ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity Aims to Improve Campus Culture</a> </h1> <footer> <span aria-hidden="true">11/30/2021</span> <time class="visually-hidden">Tuesday, November 30, 2021</time> <span>Featured Story</span> </footer> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="comp-news-item comp-news-item-list__item"> <div class="comp-news-item__image"> <img alt="Montage of women's faces" src="/Images/womens-history-rev1%20%284%29_tcm18-336118.jpg?w=s" data-focus="center" /> </div> <div class="comp-news-item__text"> <h1 id=""> <a href="/news/package/herstory-in-the-making.aspx">Herstory in the Making</a> </h1> <footer> <span aria-hidden="true">3/8/2021</span> <time class="visually-hidden">Monday, March 8, 2021</time> <span>Featured Story</span> </footer> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </div> </uml-slider> </div> <div class="comp-main-content comp-main-content--count-1 comp-main-content--layout-featured" data-group="1307371"> <div class="comp-main-content__intro "> <h2 id="cww-waves-covid-19-update">CWW & WAVES COVID-19 Update</h2> </div> <div class="comp-main-content__sections"> <div class="comp-main-content__section"> <div class="comp-main-content__section__content"> <div class="comp-main-content__section__content-inside"> <p>All of us at the Center for Women & Work hope this finds you and your family safe and healthy. First, we wanted to reach out to our campus community to offer our thoughts of care and concern to all members of UMass Lowell. During these unprecedented times, we have all had to make adjustments in our work and personal lives. We are on an uncharted journey together: we know that the next chapter will look different from what we have seen before, but our research and outreach continues.</p><p>CWW's Making WAVES initiative continues to move forward with equity initiatives, but with modifications necessitated by our current environment. We offered our first virtual bystander training workshop on April 17, 2020. We are continuing our work with departments around equity action planning, meeting virtually with action teams, and launching electronic data collection for those involved. If your department is interested in partnering with WAVES in 2020-21, please let us know. We also continue to be mindful of the ways in which we are able to communicate you with, our larger community. For an overview of our current work, please refer to our Splash newsletter.</p><p>As a research center, CWW's core mission is to examine issues of inequity - and challenge them. While these issues may sometimes seem quite abstract, they have become increasingly concrete and visible during this crisis. Daily, we see reports of how the coronavirus has exacerbated the existing inequalities in our society: professional care workers lack support and resources ; the balance between work and parenting responsibilities has become increasingly difficult to manage; resource allocation often reflects broader social disparities; and people who have proven to be essential workers (grocery workers and custodians) often lack adequate protection. We also see how these inequities affect our own students - some of them are struggling with food and housing, as well as with access to technology, and the lack of a paycheck.</p><p>We are dedicated, as a Center, to deepen our commitment to our research as the crisis continues. 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