Choose Cultural Inclusion as the team’s focus, the Including YOU! team wanted to spread the message that regardless of your background, gender, sexualities, or accessibility, you are still you and you have your own unique identity.
Bachelor of Business (Digital Business) student and team leader Dang Nhat Ha said, “we hope RMIT can be an ideal community where everyone’s individuality is respected and valued”.
“We want to include everyone and no one will be left behind just like the name of our team - Including YOU!.”
While overcoming a lot of challenges along the way, including workload management, collaborating with new people and perspectives or working under time pressure, each team member has gained a better understanding of diversity and inclusion, and has gained friendships for a lifetime.
As a freshman who has recently joined RMIT, Bachelor of Business (Management) student Chau Hoan Thien has had a better understanding of RMIT’s culture and values through ELP.
“The project gifted me with wonderful people who I believe to be the most talented and enthusiastic people that I’ve ever met,” Thien said.
“I’ve been able to learn so much about Diversity and Inclusion, and why it is important to promote those values at RMIT.
“ELP 2022 was such a great opportunity for me and my team to contribute our effort and ideas towards making RMIT a wonderful place that we are so proud to belong to.”
What are your pronouns?
Addressing Diverse Genders, Sexes, and Sexualities (DGSS) topic, the team with the most engagement on social media – The Alphabet Mafia is looking forward to a brighter future in which people can freely express their gender identity and be themselves.