30-Day Bias Buster Challenge

In September 2021, the �� kicked off its 30-Day Bias Buster Challenge. Throughout the month, we encouraged members of the �� community to self-reflect on what diversity, equity and inclusion means to them. The daily prompts or questions included in the challenge calendar were used to guide discussion and conversation within your home, classroom or workplace.

Download the complete 30-Day Bias Buster Challenge Calendar.

Day 1: What’s your first language?
Day 2: What traditions do you celebrate with your families?
Day 3: What stories have your older relatives told you about your family?
Day 4: What do people see when they meet you? What do you want people to see?
Day 5: What kind of advantages or disadvantages have you experienced?
Day 6: In a group, who do you listen to most?
Day 7: Do you interact with people who have different ideas or experiences than you?
Day 8: Have you ever helped someone out in a difficult situation?
Day 9: What does being fair mean to you?
Day 10: Think about a time when someone addressed unfairness. What did they say and what did you learn from it?
Day 11: What does a leader look like to you? Write or draw adjectives to describe this person.
Day 12: Who do you know the least in your classroom or job? How are they different from you?
Day 13: How would you describe the people you interact with?
Day 14: Have you ever prejudged a person or situation? Were you right or wrong?
Day 15: Count how many times you hear the term “guys” today. List alternatives.

Day 16: How do you treat people who are older or younger than you?
Day 17: Count how many times you hear disability related terms negatively today (crazy, paralyzed, dumb, etc.)
Day 18: Have you ever had conversations with other people that made you think and feel differently afterward?
Day 19: When you see something you don’t like or disagree with, how do you respond?
Day 20: How do you respond to failure (facing adversity)?
Day 21: What does diversity mean to you?
Day 22: What does inclusion mean to you?
Day 23: What does equity mean to you?
Day 24: How does your body react when you are in a situation you’re not comfortable with?
Day 25: How does your body react when you meet someone new or different from you?
Day 26: How do you show appreciation and respect for the differences in other people?
Day 27: How do you bring about change?
Day 28: To be an ally is to be...
Day 29: What makes you uncomfortable about diversity, equity, inclusion?
Day 30: How will you take what you’ve learned about yourself from this challenge and move forward?