Tunnel Of Oppression Report

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The Tunnel of Oppression was hosted by the University Student Housing, and it took about an hour for my group to complete the experience. We went through the “tunnel” quickly enough to visit about ten different rooms that each portrayed a different type of oppression through either acting or video. Some of the topics included: racism, relationship abuse, sexual assault, cyberbullying, body image, metal health disorders, ethnocentrism, homelessness, and LGBT issues. At the end of the “tunnel” there was a “hall of hope” that had several encouragement notes along the walls as well as pamphlets and other resource information for anyone to take home with them if they needed to. Lastly, my group circled up and had a debriefing with a counselor to

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