UCAR partners with an outside coach to offer additional professional development to help UNEION program alumni have more effective conversations with colleagues, friends, and family about DEI topics. This is framed as coaching conversations that help participants to ask good questions that encourage deeper thought and promote curiosity and exploration around currently held beliefs.

Coaching for Social Justice

Coaching is the skill of using impactful questions to inspire deeper thought, visioning, and change. When applied to situations of social (in)justice, coaching questions can be used as a tool for intervention and upstanding. They can also facilitate the introspection necessary to become a better ally through inspection of personal biases and perspectives on social justice. In this full-day workshop, participants will learn basic coaching techniques and apply them to diversity and inclusion topics, with the goal of becoming better prepared to stand up against microaggressions and other challenging situations. 

This program is only available to UNEION 101 alumni and is generally offered annually. Staff can sign up through Workday when the program registration is open. For more information, please contact odei@ucar.edu.