{"id":27560,"date":"2019-11-26T19:18:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2019\/11\/27\/explore-your-biases-dec-2-4-at-necc\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:21:24","slug":"explore-your-biases-dec-2-4-at-necc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/11\/26\/explore-your-biases-dec-2-4-at-necc\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Your Biases Dec. 2-4 at NECC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\"><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/11\/bias.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-21875 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/11\/bias-300x136.jpg\" alt=\"Unconscious bias word cloud\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\"><\/a>Northern Essex Community College will celebrate Unconscious Bias Week, Monday, December 2 through Wednesday, December 4 with three events that will help create a better understanding of equity on campus and help bridge gaps in our community.\u00a0\u00a0 The events are being organized by Daniel Keating of Groveland, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/business\/business-transfer\/\">business transfer major<\/a> at Northern Essex, as part of an honors project, and sponsored by Northern Essex\u2019s Counseling and Psychological Services.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0All events are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone has biases,\u201d says Keating.\u00a0\u00a0 We want to provide a safe space to talk about something we all have in common.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what\u2019s planned:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Identity in the Workplace Panel Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Monday, December 2, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Spurk Building, Room 209, Haverhill Campus, 100 Elliott St.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/explore\/explore-northern-essex-community-college\/faculty-profiles\/#jennifer-mezquita-2\">Dr. Jennifer Mezquita<\/a>, NECC\u2019s assistant vice president of student affairs, will moderate a panel featuring Clynton Caines, startup advisor and full stack engineer; Detective John Moses, Haverhill Police Department; Deborah Crafts, NECC chief of police\/director of public safety and risk management; and Kristi Arford, NECC professor of anthropology.\u00a0 The discussion will focus on identity and inequality in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Confirmation Bias and Goal Setting Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, December 3, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Spurk Building, Room 201, Haverhill Campus, 100 Elliott St.<\/p>\n<p>We all have biases, and, in this presentation, you\u2019ll learn to use them to create positive outcomes.\u00a0\u00a0 Entrepreneur mentor Adriana Acosta will share how we can change our tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of existing beliefs or theories.\u00a0 Bring a notepad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Group Bias Yoga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, December 4, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Behrakis Student Center Lobby, 2nd Floor, Haverhill Campus, 100 Elliott St.<\/p>\n<p>Through the use of movement, you will learn to better understand your biases.\u00a0\u00a0 NECC\u2019s Gabriel Garcia and Carian Diaz will give an introduction on group bias and Melissa Alexis will facilitate the workshop.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, Daniel Keating at <a href=\"mailto:00253522@student.necc.edu\">00253522@student.necc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Essex Community College will celebrate Unconscious Bias Week, Monday, December 2 through Wednesday, December 4 with three events that will help create a better understanding of equity on campus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":27562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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