Cultural Awareness & Sensitivity Seminar

Culture is defined as the dynamic and multidimensional context of many aspects of the life of an individual (Wells, 2001). It includes gender, faith, sexual orientation, profession, tastes, age, socioeconomic status, disability, ethnicity, and race. Cultural competency, or cultural awareness and sensitivity, is defined as, "the knowledge and interpersonal skills that allows one to understand, appreciate, and work with individuals from cultures other than their own. It involves an awareness and acceptance of cultural differences, self-awareness, knowledge of individual cultures, and adaptation of skills" (Fleming, 2001).