RAPP

RAPP is based off of the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. In this model:

• Leadership is about making change on behalf of others and society.
• Leadership is viewed as a collaborative process, and not a position.
• Leadership should be values-based.
• All students are potential leaders, including those who do not hold formal leadership positions.
• Service is viewed as an effective tool for developing leadership skills.

Values are emphasized throughout the RAPP experience. RAPP's program values are based off of the "7 C's for Social Change": 

• Consciousness of self: Articulate the beliefs, values, identities, and personal experiences that motivate one to take action.
• Congruence: Behave with consistency, genuineness, authenticity, and honesty towards others.
• Commitment: Demonstrate motivational energy to serve in the community as a change agent. 
• Collaboration: Collaborate appropriately and effectively with others in a common effort. 
• Common purpose: Identify shared values when working with others on a common effort.
• Controversy with civility: Respond to controversy with civility. 
• Citizenship: Demonstrate a commitment to being an inclusive leader who will create social change within their home, campus, and/or community.
• *Change: This is the "8th C"; the outcome of the program. 

However, RAPP is different from other Social Change programs because it intentionally emphasizes a 9th C:

• Challenging biases: Challenge personal biases, prejudices, and stereotypes about people who are not like them. 

• Meeting 1: Wednesday September 18, 2024, 6-9PM
• Meeting 2: Wednesday October 2, 2024, 6-9PM
• Meeting 3: Wednesday October 23, 2024, 6-9PM
• Meeting 4: Wednesday November 13, 2024, 6-9PM
• Meeting 5: Wednesday December 4, 2024, 6-9PM
• Meeting 6: Wednesday January 15, 2025, 6-9PM
• Meeting 7: Wednesday February 5, 2025, 6-9PM
• Meeting 8: Wednesday February 19, 2025, 6-9PM
• Meeting 9: Wednesday March 5, 2025, 6-9PM
• Meeting 10: Wednesday March 26, 2025, 6-9PM

End of year celebration: Wednesday April 23, 2025, 6-9PM

Our attendance policy requires participants to attend all 10 RAPP meetings, and if needed, they can miss no more than 3. Participants who miss more than 3 meetings will be removed from the program.

Fall 2024 field trips include: 

1. On-campus field trip to the Bearcat Promise Career Studio (tentative): September 25, 2024, 4PM-5PM
2. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center:  October 5, 2024, 10AM-12:30PM (9:30AM-1PM if you need transportation)
3. Holocaust and Humanity Center: October 26, 2024, 10AM-12:30PM (9:30AM-1PM if you need transportation)
4. Serpent Mound: November 8, 2024, 11:30AM-4:30PM (takes 1.5 hours to get there, tour is from 1:30-3PM, 1.5 hours to return to campus)
5. Krohn Conservatory:  November 16, 2024, 10AM-12:00PM (9:30AM-12:30PM if you need transportation)

Spring 2025 field trips include:

1. Visit to the site of Sam DuBose's shooting:  February 17, 2025, 4-5PM (3:30PM-5:30PM if you need transportation)
2. A TBD intercultural field trip, February of 2025
3. Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati: March 1, 2025, 1PM-3PM (12:15PM-3:30PM if you need transportation)
4. Black Brigade of Cincinnati Monument and the Marian Spencer Memorial (Smale Riverfront Park) and the Theodore M. Berry International Friendship Park: March 29, 2025, 10AM-12:30PM (9:30AM-12:30PM if you need transportation)

• You may go on your own DIY RAPP-approved field trip using the list of sites included on our RAPP Intercultural Learning Guide. Students must receive approval for their DIY field trips in advance, and brief reflections must be turned in after going on the field trip. 

Events sponsored by UC offices and departments: 

AACRC events

• AACRC events are listed on GetInvolvedUC.

Ethnic Programs and Services events: 

• Ethnic Programs and Services events are listed on GetInvolvedUC. 

Center for Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation events: 

• The Center for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation posts events to their website.

Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice events:

• The Jones Center events are listed on GetInvolvedUC.

LGBTQ+ Center events: 

• LGBTQ+ Center events are listed on GetInvolvedUC .

Women's Center events:

• Women's Center events are listed on GetInvolvedUC. 

Other intercultural learning resources: 

• RAPP Intercultural Learning Guide: This resource contains a list of local intercultural experiences, including university activities, personal interactions, media, travel, and cultural sites. 
• RAPP Supplemental Media Guide: This resource contains books, movies, TV shows, and podcasts on the following topics: ability/ neurodiversity, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ ethnicity, class, national origin/ immigration status, and body type.