Beyond Diversity 101 breaks from the vicious cycle of guilt, blame and victimhood, both in its curriculum and underlying philosophy. BD101 participants, regardless of background, are asked to engage with models that challenge traditional notions of how oppression operates. Workshop participants learn to identify, then to begin dismantling, the subtle ways in which apparent victims and apparent oppressors can both perpetuate the classist, sexist, racist and homophobic status quo.​

 

In addition to the original Intensive, BD101 Basic launched in 1999, BD101 has continued to develop and offer a variety of multi-day intensive workshop experiences including BD101 RACE, BD101 YOUTH, and BD101-Remember, Resist, Renew.