AU Connects
Building community through conversation
Building community through conversation
AU Connects is a campus-wide inclusion initiative that provides trained facilitators who can help guide constructive conversations around issues of race and ethnicity.
Conversations about race and ethnicity are challenging and often uncomfortable. However, they can provide great opportunities for learning, community building, and increasing understanding across different identity groups.
Creating a constructive space for these conversations is a skill that not everyone has, and this often leads to a natural avoidance of these topics. Avoidance can easily result in misunderstandings, microaggressions, and a strengthening of stereotypes which breakdown our community.
AU Connects facilitators are here to help the campus engage in more regular conversations related to race and ethnicity to reduce this avoidance and build a stronger community. Read on for ideas about how AU Connects may be able to help you or your constituencies.
Graduate Student
International Peace and Conflict Resolution
Graduate Student
Intercultural & International Communication
Staff
Center for Teaching, Research & Learning
Graduate Student
Global Governance, Politics, and Security
Graduate Student
International Peace & Conflict Resolution
Staff
Office of Enrollment
Graduate Student
International Peace and Conflict Resolution
Staff
First Year Advisor, FYA/UEAS
Staff
Director of Special Events, CAS
Graduate Student
MFA Studio Art Student
Graduate Student
Intercultural and International Communication
Staff
Financial Aid
Staff
Coaching Administrator
Staff
Director of Budget and Personnel, CAS
Graduate Student
International Peace and Conflict Resolution
Staff
AU Central
AU Connects Program Assistant
Graduate Student
International Peace and Conflict Resolution
Graduate Student
Film and Media Arts
Staff
Web Developer, WAMU 88.5
Student
Ethics, Peace, and Human Rights
Staff
Office of Campus Life
Graduate Student
International Service
Graduate Student
International Peace & Conflict Resolution
Staff
Office of Enrollment
Graduate Student
Ethics, Peace, and Human Rights
Staff
SIS Graduate Admissions
Graduate Student
Intercultural & International Communications
Staff
Editor/Writer for University Communications & Marketing
Staff
Graduate Admissions Coordinator, SIS
Student
International Peace and Conflict Resolution
Staff
Office of Undergraduate Education
Staff
Administrative Assistant, FYA
Staff
Audio Engineer, WAMU 88.5
Staff
Career Center
Graduate Student
Ethics, Peace and Human Rights
Graduate Student
Film and Media Arts
Graduate Student
Global Governance, Politics, and Security
Graduate Student
Psychology
Staff
SIS Online Programs
Graduate Student
International Training & Education
Student
International Peace and Conflict Resolution
Staff
Development and Alumni Relations Office
Staff
SOC Academic Advisor
Contact us:
Email: auconnects@american.edu Phone: 202-885-1599