Planting the SEEDfor Diversity,

Culture andInclusion

Colleen Godfrey

MnSaca

2013

People from diverse backgrounds are inherently able to work and live together with respect and harmony. Prejudices, fears and stereotyping about people who are different from ourselves are learned behaviors that often interfere with healthy communication and trust between individuals and groups of different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. National Multicultural Institute

The purpose of Cultural Competence Training

The purpose of diversity training is to help individuals and organizations examine their assumptions about diversity and assist them to become more culturally competent. Training goals are:

Increasing awareness of the participant’s own biases and experiences with difference.

Building specific professional skills in the area of diversity.

Expanding knowledge and competence to work effectively in a multicultural environment.

National Multicultural Institute

Purpose….

◦ Must focus on:◦ Awareness◦ Knowledge ◦ Skills

• Must occur at both the Intellectual and Emotional Levels.

• Uses a Synergistic learning which means that the use of valuable experiences of each participant must be tapped into.

Cultural Competence Training

**Most of the learning comes from listening and sharing thoughts, experiences, and feelings with one another. When doing a diversity training with your staff or students, always make the activity interactive and experiential.

**There are no experts in this training. “For the beginner there are many possibilities. For

the expert there are none” Old Buddhist saying

Training…cont.

Be open No dumping Confidentiality Self-Responsibility Participate at your own comfort level Take Risks “Ouch” then educate Listen deeply Have fun Remember people are entitled to their own opinion Remember people are at different stages. Don’t interrupt Be respectful of everyone’s time

Ground Rules

No…◦Shame◦Blame◦GuiltLearn from the “Ah Ha” moments

Ground Rules…cont.

For the purposes of this discussion the intent is to include all aspects of being culturally diverse even though some have more meaning than others to many people. The differences are:

Race Gender Ethnicity Religion National Origin Socioeconomics Age Sexual Orientation Physical and Mental Challenges

Cultural Diversity

This workshop will include:

Staff Activities

Student Activities

Video Clips

Resources

•Used to help build relationships with others

•Used to help build empathy and understanding

•Used to help build relationships with others

•Used to help build empathy and understanding

•Powerful messages to help people become more comfortable sharing their story

•Books, Videos, Articles and Websites

We need to have empathy and understanding. We need to be allies for our families, co-workers, family and friends and most of all our

children

on Indian

Andrew Windyboy Video Clip

Emmersion

Danger of a Single Story

Name Activity

Malcomb X

White Priveledge Activity

Peggy McIntosh and Colleen GodfreyNational SEED Project 26

San Anselmo, Calfiornia August 2012

Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack—Peggy McIntosh

I am pretty sure I can find flesh colored bandaids

I am pretty sure I won’t get stopped and frisked for wearing a hoodie

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