“What is Privilege” Experience

Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital, 100 Michigan Street NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503


ANCC Contact Hour(s) (1.00 hours)

For many members of the majority culture in the United States, being made aware of one’s classification as linked to privilege is likely not a common or welcomed experience. Recognizing that you have privilege does not require feeling guilty for your privilege. Rather it is an essential step toward understanding how that privilege might shape your views or negatively affect others, even unintentionally, and what steps we can take to break down barriers created. A Privilege Walk looks at social privileges that benefit some individuals over others. The Privilege Walk activity helps develop self-awareness and improve the ways participants relate to others — while encouraging them to consider how empathy and inclusivity can create positive changes in their club or district.

1. Discuss privilege and identify areas of privilege in our own lives.
2. Describe the ways that we can have both privilege and oppression simultaneously.
3. Examine the false hierarchy of human value perpetuated in the US culture and how it can impact the way that we treat each other and patients.
4. Practice discussing and listening to others as we examine our identities together.

Corewell Health West is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Corewell Health West Michigan adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Corewell Health West Michigan adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.