{"id":27082,"date":"2021-04-22T13:34:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T13:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27082"},"modified":"2021-04-22T13:34:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T13:34:04","slug":"a-message-from-ono-faculty-dr-racheli-hillel-avraham-on-diversity","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/news\/a-message-from-ono-faculty-dr-racheli-hillel-avraham-on-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message from Ono Faculty: Dr. Racheli Hillel Avraham on &#8220;Diversity&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Rachel-Hillel-Avraham.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Rachel-Hillel-Avraham.jpeg 778w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Rachel-Hillel-Avraham-228x300.jpeg 228w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Rachel-Hillel-Avraham-768x1011.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><figcaption>Dr. Racheli Hillel Avraham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone who works in the academic community knows that every day is \u201cdiversity day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a representative in the academic branch of the organization \u201cIsraeli Hope\u201d founded by President Reuven Rivlin, my job is easy: on every issue we deal with, whenever I engage in academic roundtables, decision-making, brainstorming sessions, etc. I am sure to be surrounded by representatives of a wide range of cultural groups that make up Israeli society. The diversity is inherent and their voices and importance are equal. It&#8217;s complex &#8211; but the process promotes quality.<\/p>\n<p>As director of Ono Academic College\u2019s BA degree in Education and Society, I strive to prove that there is no dichotomy between excellence and accessibility which is a covert conception that still exists in academia.<\/p>\n<p>As a lecturer in classrooms, I see how diversity emerges from the voices of the students.\u00a0 The minority voices are addressed and welcomed.\u00a0 While the debate is sometimes painful and challenging, it is worth it.<\/p>\n<p>As a woman who came from a community which was seen as &#8220;other&#8221;, I made sure that my voice was heard. Today, I have the privilege of working to make room for more and more voices and have the motivation to make sure this happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who works in the academic community knows that every day is \u201cdiversity day.\u201d As a representative in the academic branch of the organization \u201cIsraeli Hope\u201d founded by President Reuven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":86,"template":"","class_list":["post-27082","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}