Allyship Versus Accompliceship: Our Ethical Duty as Counselors

This presentation provides counselors in various levels of development and in various areas the tools to advocate for Black clients and communities. Being an accomplice is an anti-racist strategy and will improve our level of advocacy for communities experiencing racism. The authors will discuss allyship and how it is grounded in white privilege and white fragility. The authors will discuss how counselors can move from being an ally to being an accomplice

Ethical Reasoning and Cultural Humility

As the demographics of our country change, counselors and counselors-in-training will have more opportunities to counsel clients who are from marginalized communities. The ACA Code of Ethics directs counseling professionals to be culturally sensitive and inclusive. Using cultural broaching (Day-Vindes et al., 2011) and the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (Ratts et al., 2005), the presenters will highlight interventions to help counselors-in-training develop cultural humility

Ethical and Effective Cross-Cultural Mentoring

As Counseling programs become more diverse, cross-cultural mentoring will occur, leading to better student outcomes. This presentation details the experiences of three Master\u27s students who have been mentored by a faculty member who is culturally-different and will give the participants ways to support students through cross-cultural mentoring. Sections F.8. and F.11.c. of the ACA Code of Ethics will be discussed