In "The Power of a Community Pact" Part 2, Christina Thompson and Kory Saunders discuss their approach to creating a community pact for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging workshops. Key principles include sharing lived experiences, creating a Brave Space for courageous sharing, maintaining confidentiality and encouraging learning, balancing participation with the mantra "make space, take space", engaging in constructive conversations ("calling in" not "calling out"), disregarding titles and hierarchy, and inviting personal growth ("come as you are, but don't leave as you came").

Compear.org was founded in response to an evident disparity in global education. We observed a world where certain narratives were favored, where the rich tapestry of global histories and marginalized voices was too often silenced. This led us to realize that to achieve authentic diversity, equity, and inclusion, it wasn't enough to merely adjust the system in place. We needed to revolutionize it. That was when we embraced the approach we now call 'respectful disruption.' This approach is also the basis of my doctoral research and framework that we use for our educational programming and coaching.

These resources were compiled in support of the panel discussion highlighting professionals from the AAPI community working in global higher education who came together to share their individual experiences and work to synthesize a tool kit to better support AAPI and BIPOC professionals in the higher ed system who have been historically underrepresented. The resources highlight themes of identity (both self-imposed and one imposed by others) within the Asian community, and collective action.

These resources were compiled in support of the panel discussion highlighting Black Men working as Global Educators & Scholars, addressing various topics around how we succeed in the face of abject adversary and surviving a euro-centric system that is hostile to Black men. Panelists will share their personal narratives on self-empowerment through global experiences, organizational approaches, and ways we disrupt the current approaches that continue to contribute to gaps in the participation of Black men.

Resources on combating global anti-blackness in international education and beyond

Review our growing list of DEI Resources by BIPOC professionals that feature to International Education, JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) and more. Email us (info@compear.org) to suggest a new resource and we will add it to the list!