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Cultural Wealth Walk to show the capitals many students already have. This prompted conversations
around power and privilege.
Participants of the MLI filled out pre- and post- assessments. The following tables focus on three of the
10 questions. 100% of students demonstrated overall increase in development of their sense of self,
knowledge of theoretical concepts, and ability to advocate for themselves or others. The question on
comfort-level to advocate for those outside of own racial/ethnic community, we saw a 10% decrease in
students in “agree” response, which speaks to some trepidation due to feeling a desire to learn more;
however, the overall comfort-level in that category increased, as those who responded “strongly agree”
increased by 15.96% and “strongly disagree” decreased by 6.67%.
Q: As a leader, I can recognize and speak to concepts of power and privilege.
MLI Pre-Assessment MLI Post-Assessment
Strongly Agree 53.33% 75.00%
Agree 43.33% 25.00%
Disagree 3.33% 0.00%
Strongly Disagree 0.00% 0.00%
Q: I feel confident advocating for those within my racial/ethnic community.
MLI Pre-Assessment MLI Post-Assessment
Strongly Agree 50.00% 57.14%
Agree 40.00% 42.86%
Disagree 6.67% 0.00%
Strongly Disagree 3.33% 0.00%
Q: I feel comfortable advocating for those outside of my racial/ethnic community.
MLI Pre-Assessment MLI Post-Assessment
Strongly Agree 23.33% 39.29%
Agree 60.00% 50.00%
Disagree 10.00% 10.71%
Strongly Disagree 6.67% 0.00%
The overall assessment of the MLI proved that students are wanting more spaces to discuss their racial
and ethnic identities, and build a supportive collectivist student community. A student wrote, “I