Kayla Herron
Assignment #3-Personal Work Plan for Culturally Competent Practice Before starting this class, I honestly had no idea about the depths of diversity. My concept of diversity was basically the state of being diverse and that’s solely what it meant to me. My cultural stance and understanding was clearly very slim compared to what I have learned and know now. I have taken away many concepts in this course. Specifically I gained a sense of knowledge about diverse people, in all aspects of life regarding their color, culture, disability, ethnicity, family structure, gender, national origin, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. I learned how each of the categories play into our social and cultural context of life. I gained insight on some major events historically that have influenced people who are apart of a diverse community. I have also really gained an appreciation of how my parents raised me and recognize that I have been extremely blessed financially. My heart was opened up to the impact that poverty has on people and how it completely affects their lives. I also gained a desire to take a stand and fight for those who are being discriminated or oppressed against. I think above all else, this is the most important thing that I took away from this class. With the absence of awareness of the negative impact that people continue to go through because they are diverse, only makes me want to help. As a social worker, I definitely think this is not going to be an easy thing to do however, I do think that it has to start somewhere. I was able to take a look at myself and my own personal impression on diversity and see how I can make a difference. I would love to continue to learn more about each culture, race, disability, ethnicity, family structure and sex orientation individually. I think its imperative to know these subjects inside and out in