[Commadv] Intergroup Dialogue on Race & Ethnicity

[Melissa Scheid Frantz]

Hello Community Advocacy Student Staff -
please consider signing up for this intergroup dialogue on race & 
ethnicity and help spread the word!


Have you ever wanted to have important, meaningful conversations about 
race and ethnicity, but were not sure how to get them started?

Would you like to find a safe and honest place where to discuss 
difficult topics?

Would you enjoy a place where to have facilitated conversations with 
people from different backgrounds, and where to develop skills in dialogue?

Are you willing to dedicate six afternoons this Spring to your personal 
growth?

Then you want to attend Hampshire College's Spring Intergroup Dialogue 
Program on Race and Ethnicity.

Intergroup dialogues are facilitated, face-to-face conversations between 
students from two or more social identity groups that have a history of 
conflict or potential conflict. In this program, we will have no more 
than sixteen people participating, and the conversations will be 
co-facilitated by a pair of very experienced graduates from the UMass 
Social Justice Education Program.

Conducted by specially trained facilitators, Intergroup Dialogues have 
been found to allow participants to make significant gains in their 
understanding of themselves and others, in their ability to create 
positive relationships and identify with others, in their understanding 
of the complex social world around them, and in their willingness to 
work toward a more diverse democratic society on campus and off.

Here are some of the details. You can also contact Jaime Dávila 
(jdavila at hampshire.edu, or extension 5687) for more information.

How do you register? By filling out the form at
https://intranet.hampshire.edu/forms/viewForm.php?id=763

When will these dialogue sessions meet? Six consecutive Mondays, 
starting March 22, from 3-5:30 PM, followed by dinner.

Do I have to attend all sessions, or are these sessions a repeat of each 
other? These sessions build upon each other. The expectation is that 
people that sign up for this program will attend all sessions. This 
allows for the creation of an environment conductive to dialogue, 
learning about our differences and commonalities, exploring :hot 
topics,” and then developing action planning and alliance building.

Who is organizing this dialogue program? The Office for Diversity and 
Multicultural Education.

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Jaime J. Dávila
Special Presidential Assistant for Diversity
and Associate Professor of Computer Science
Hampshire College
jdavila at hampshire dot edu
http://helios.hampshire.edu/jdavila
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Melissa Scheid Frantz 
Director, Multicultural & International Student Services
-- International Student Advisor
-- Coordinator for Multicultural Academic Support


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