Creating a Belonging Story
Resource Description
“A Belonging Story is a short story about a challenge that a person encountered in their academic or professional career and that made them worry about the extent to which they belonged, or fit in, in a particular context, and how they resolved or lessened that concern over time by using agentic strategies, like connecting with resources, to improve their experience.”
This resource offers practical steps for creating a belonging story to share with students.
Additional/related resources to resources include:
Effective Social Belonging Messages and How Sharing Our Stories Builds Inclusion