You are facilitating a support group for college students returning to campus after being online through the most challenging period of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The group’s purpose is to support students who are feeling stressed about being back on campus so soon. The group consists of 12 undergraduate students: 8 female and four male, ranging in age from 20 to 24; five identify as Black or African American, two identify as Cuban American, one identifies as Puerto Rican, and four identify as White, not Hispanic.
The group is in its second week, and students are upset over a recent incident in which a the word “BLACK” in a “Black Lives Matter” mural on campus was painted over with the word “ALL”
How would you incorporate an anti-oppressive framework in facilitating a meaningful conversation with the group?