Beacon to Beacon

We are so lucky to have Ashraf on our team! He comes with a myriad of experience and expertise and is looking forward to sharing that with the UMB community. Come see Ashraf at office hours today 12-2 on Zoom:

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We love our team! Alejandra has been a vital member of Beacon-to-Beacon over the last two years. Alejandra is excited by the endless opportunities for resolving conflicts and would love to share some with you! Come by office hours today from 4-6 to talk through any conflicts you’re facing and get advice from Alejandra and other members of our team!

Zoom link for office hours: https://umassboston.zoom.us/j/4241348273

Starting this week!

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A few useful tools for approach this difficult, but important topic.

If we’re serious about solidarity, we need to redouble our efforts to challenge racism and bigotry wherever we see them. Here are some steps you can take when talking to someone you love.

Many aspects of our daily lives have moved online, but we’re still here to offer support with conflict. Beacon to Beacon is now fully virtual!

Beacon2Beacon Goes Virtual to Support Students Facing Conflict - University of Massachusetts Boston The oceanfront campus is minutes from downtown Boston and nationally recognized as a student-centered urban public research university.

Maybe, if we all look a little bit at our own selfishness, and as we begin to understand some of the unintentional reasons for selfish behavior in others, we’ll also begin to reach the goal described by Ramani Durvasula -- perhaps “we, as a world, may actually emerge from this a little less selfish, less entitled, and a little more willing to keep an eye out for each other.”

6 Ways to Deal with Selfish Behavior During Quarantine 2. People sometimes act selfishly but think they’re being caring.

We have a choice: we can succumb to the psychological pressure of the pandemic or leverage the opportunity to induce personal growth. You probably know from experience when things feel hopeless and times are tough, we wind up thinking, feeling, and doing things that we hadn’t considered or even thought possible during more prosperous times.

7 Ways Covid-19 Is Changing the Way We Think 3. Gaining clarity through simplicity.

Emotional Intelligence [EQ] can make navigating difficult situations easier.

" An emotionally intelligent individual is both highly conscious of his or her own emotional states, even negativity—frustration, sadness, or something more subtle—and able to identify and manage them"

Emotional Intelligence | Psychology Today Emotional intelligence refers to the ability to identify and manage one’s own emotions, as well as the emotions of others.

Are we all biased?

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

“the hidden race bias revealed by the Race IAT is unwelcome news to many who receive an automatic White preference result from the test, and it is probably also distressing to these same people to learn now that the Race IAT is a moderate predictor of racially discriminatory behavior. Included”
- Mahzarin R. Banaji, Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

Take a Test On the next page you'll be asked to select an Implicit Association Test (IAT) from a list of possible topics . We will also ask you (optionally) to report your attitudes or beliefs about these topics and provide some information about yourself.

We're excited to announce our Fall walk-in hours! Come see us in the Residence Hall, Room 166 on Wednesdays from 2-4 and on Thursdays from 3-5.

Welcome back UMass Boston!!