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• Each semester, the Cross Cultural Centers (the Jane Kopas Women's Center and the Multicultural Center) sponsor a number of small and large-scale events for the University community, seeking to raise awareness of topics related to identity, equity, and justice; help individuals develop a deeper appreciation of their own culture and identity; and engage in dialogue across difference to better understand others.  Signature large scale events include Love Your Body Day, Dia de los Muertos, Global Food Bazaar, Take Back the Night, and Festival of Nations.  Smaller events include film screenings, dialogues, and informal gatherings.  Please visit the respective websites for upcoming offerings. 
  
  
• The Office of Equity and Diversity provides training opportunities for students, faculty and staff on a variety of topics including sexual harassment and sexual misconduct, unlawful discrimination and harassment, equal opportunity hiring practices, search committee training, spotting issues for supervisors related to unlawful harassment and discrimination.  It also organizes lunch and learns as well as inclusive pedagogy workshops for faculty and staff, and works with faculty  and staff in providing training in the classroom and department setting.

• Intervene: Bystander Engagement -- Adapted from a program developed by Cornell University, Intervene is a one-hour workshop that presents video reenactments of risky situations common on college campuses.  Students then engage in facilitated dialogue about the scenarios in a way that allows them to develop skills in addressing or preventing harmful, risky, or difficult interactions.
  • Topics covered include potential sexual assault, racial bias, hazing, academic difficulties, sexual harassment/gender bias, intimate partner violence, and an alcohol emergency. 
  • Intervene can be scheduled for set groups by contacting the Director of the Cross Cultural Centers at jkwc@scranton.edu.  Open sessions are also offered.   
    
    
• PACT -- The PACT program was developed to assist students at the University with the transition between high school and college. This peer-to-peer program is facilitated in small groups to bring awareness to the challenges of transitioning to a new college environment. Focused on healthy relationships, communication, consent, sexual harassment and sexual misconduct, reporting options and resources, this program is delivered in the fall to all first year and transfer students. 
  
  
• Safe Zone --  This workshop is designed to create an awareness of personal ideas, stereotypes, and assumptions related to people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual, or with other marginalized genders or sexualities (LGBTIQA+) and increase a comfort level in and respect for addressing concepts and language related to LGBTIQA+ identities. Sixteen staff facilitators have trained over 360 members of the University community through Safe Zone.

• Start Smart Salary Negotiation Workshops -- Start Smart is a program developed by the American Association of University Women and facilitated by staff from the Cross Cultural Centers and the Center for Career Development. The workshop is designed to address the gender wage gap through education, and seeks to empower participants with the skills and confidence to successfully negotiate their salary and benefits packages.  Contact jkwc@scranton.edu for more information.

Vector Solutions Safe Colleges –is the University's online training platform that contains training videos on a number of topics, including diversity and discrimination awareness, and diversity and inclusion. The Office of Equity and Diversity sends out suggested trainings throughout the semester, and students, faculty and staff may access the on-line training portal to take any training.  

• Classroom Presentations -- Staff from the Cross Cultural Centers regularly partners with faculty and staff members to develop classroom presentations and co-curricular workshops that complement course content or other objectives and expand understanding of inclusion, equity, and justice. 
  
  • Cross Cultural Centers staff can be contacted directly to discuss needs and potential topics. 
    
    
• Diversity Initiatives Funding -- The University Administration and Board of Trustees seek to promote initiatives that energize the commitment to diversity, provide opportunity for inter-cultural engagement as well as expand opportunities for multicultural experiences for our community. The Office of Equity and Diversity oversees, supports and sponsors the development and growth of diversity awareness education programs through Diversity Initiatives grants. See guidelines and application for diversity grants.
  

• New Student Orientation Session -- All first year students attend a session during Summer New Student Orientation entitled "Fostering an Inclusive Campus Community." The session focuses on microaggressions and their impact. Students are asked to consider what type of community they would like to foster at the ÈÕ±¾Ò»¼¶Æ¬, while stressing that the University will not tolerate acts of bias, hate, or discrimination.