Read the questions below. You might want to jot them down or keep them with you in some way so that you can refer back to them.
For about 10 minutes, engage in some kind of movement practice while you’re thinking about them: this could be taking a walk, taking a shower, doing yoga, stretching, lifting weights, or any other kind of movement that suits your body.
- What are your working definitions of equity and accessibility?
- How has the Teach@CUNY Summer Institute contributed so far to those definitions? How have your experiences at the Graduate Center contributed to them?
- Do you see intersections between equity and accessibility? Are they the same thing? How might equity and accessibility differ from equality, inclusion, diversity, or social justice?
- How might the online learning context worsen existing inequities and make spaces less accessible? What might the online learning context afford that the face-to-face context doesn’t offer?
- What in your personal and academic / intellectual experiences as a teacher, a learner, and a person who embodies many identity positions has prepared you to answer these questions?
If you feel comfortable, share something about the movement practice that you did on the #equity-and-access Slack channel. What did it feel like to reflect in this way? Please make sure to mention that you’re on Module 1, Part 1 since we might be working through the workshop at a different pace.

