This diagram gives concrete visuals to often abstract terms. Concepts like justice, equity, and equality often get blurred together in discourse and mistaken for the others. This is largely due to the fact that are overlaps in these definitions. Equality is often assumed, equity is required for equal opportunity, and justice is the ultimate goal. Yet, justice achieved feels nearly impossible and utopian. I think these goals are meant to encourage and challenge us while we continue to press on in this kind of work.

Points like this remind us that what we consider as "right" or "proper" or even kind can come across as offensive or blatantly wrong to others. What does it look like for us to be humble and open enough to the fact that our conceptions of what is acceptable may not be as objective as we think?

This reading reminds me of a statement I heard during a diversity training from Baylor's Dean of Intercultural Engagement: "Diversity is a fact, unity is a choice, inclusion is an action, belonging is the outcome, and justice is the reason."

During that training one of the main emphasis was on the power of reconciliation through willingness to encounter difference. We wrote down our own identities (i.e. eldest daughter, musician, college student, etc.) and considered the impact those have had on our opportunities, treatment, and experiences. From that lecture and today's reading alike, I am encouraged to lean into difference and encounter discomfort in order to learn what shapes struggle around me that I may never see otherwise.

Each system listed includes "access and/or barriers," clearly marking the reality of institutions' abilities to both advance and impede certain groups of people. What does it look like to view daily encounters with this "and/or" mindset that is constantly sensitive to the dual, often disparate effects these societal systems can inflict?

When reading this list what struck me was the inclusion of the modifier "Institutionalized" in front of Religion. While I understand why it was included to differentiate it from what might be other engagement with religion that are not restricted to particular programs, processes, and policies, I am led to wonder why the term is not in front of any other category on this list. Maybe it is because they are already implied as "institutionalized" by nature? I also feel it by default carries with it a negative connotation; as a Christian myself, I often consider the ways we are called to faith beyond institutionalized religion.