Tunnel of Awareness: An Interactive Tour Through Social Justice Concepts
Tunnel of Awareness is an immersive experience that brings awareness to contemporary social justice topics impacting the TTU community and our local and global communities. It aspires to develop engaged citizens and leaders, in the TTU community, in the region, and in the world who serve as engaged representatives for social change.
When & Where:
TBD
About the Tunnel
The Tunnel is a campus grassroots diversity program that originated in 1993 at the Western Illinois University. Using the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, California as a model, the Tunnel strives to give people a way to experience oppression in a hands-on way. By engaging the emotions of the participants, it allows for the accounts expressed in the program to be truly effective. People may have never been placed in these types of situations, and they obtain a sense of what it may feel like to experience discrimination or oppression. While the Tunnel may evoke strong emotions, it can be an effective tool used to teach people about how it really feels to be in the various situations. After the incredible response and positive feedback we received after the last several years, the Tunnel has now become an annual event.
Tour the Tunnel
Participants are guided through a series of exhibits that are designed to introduce
participants to concepts around identities, power, privilege and diversity. Also guide
participants through ways to think more deeply about a variety of topics regarding
social justice concepts.
We encourage participants to experience the tunnel as a group, whether it be a class
or student organization. Individual participation is also highly encouraged!
Tunnel of Awareness is made possible in part by the efforts and passions of volunteers from various student orgs, TTU departments, and community members.
Resources
Campus Offices
- Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center
- Military Veterans Programs
- Office of Community Engagement
- First Generation Transition and Mentoring Programs
- Office for Student Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct (Title IX)
- Risk Intervention & Safety Education (RISE)
- Women's Studies Program
- Requesting Accommodations at Colleges/Universities
Campus Clubs and Organizations
Have a club or organization you would like to add? Email Anna Burton at anna.burton@ttu.edu.
General Civil Rights Organizations
- Association of People with Disabilities
- Alliance for Full Acceptance
- American Indian Movement
- Anti-Defamation League
- Consortium of Higher Education LGBT
- Congress of Racial Equality
- Day of Silence Project
- Diversity Inc.
- Gay-Straight Alliance Network
- Genocide, Holocaust & Democide
- Human Rights Campaign
- Human Rights Watch
- In These Times
- Interfaith Youth Core
- Love Is Respect
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- Slavery Footprint
- Social Justice Training Institute
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- Students and Teachers Against Racism
- Teaching Tolerance
- The Leadership Conference of Civil Rights
- UD Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights
- UD Department of Justice
- US Department of Education
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Voices of Hope, Lubbock Rape Crisis Center
- Women's Protective Services of Lubbock
- 1 is 2 Many
Contact Us
Do you have questions? Would you like more information about supporting Tunnel of Awareness at Texas Tech University? Please email the Manager for Social Justice and Civic Engagement Andrina Jackson at Andrina.jackson@ttu.edu.
University Student Housing
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Address
Wiggins Complex, 3211 18th St., Box 41141, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
(806) 742-2661 | Fax: (806) 742-2696 -
Email
housing@ttu.edu