There may be no
greater challenge to us as human beings than learning to live creatively
and constructively with our differences.
The Challenge:
Will diversity divide us? Or will it be the special ingredient
that gives us our competitive edge
We Face This Challenge
with
our increasingly diverse work force when
mergers and acquisitions bring together organizations with differing
cultures when neighborhoods, cities and
nations attempt to create harmony out of the diversity of their citizens
Can
we find the levers for creating community -- in our organizations
and elsewhere in the world -- in which all of us feel full membership
in the whole, and in which our differences are recognized, valued
and used in the service of the business of the whole?
Methods:
You will participate in an intense societal simulation
which will enable you to experience clearly and dramatically the dilemmas
and possibilities of creating community in the face of difference.
This activity highlights the key role dominance plays in organizational
and societal life, and on the special challenges faced by the "Dominants"
and the "Others".We will engage in a variety of exercises
and conversations to deepen our understanding and ability to work
with dominance, difference and the process of creating community.In
the final phase of the program we will construct a road map for creating
robust systems. We will develop action plans for bringing community
into our organizations and institutions.
What
Participants Say About Their Creating Community Experiences:
"Content, presentation, facilitation and materials
were uniformly excellent. All of the presenters are marvelous facilitators,
highly skilled, and motivated to do this work. My reaction was extremely
positive."
Helen
Bishop
District Administrator
Unitarian Universalist Association
"A transformative
experience. Safe, flexible, respectful."
Lara
Weitzman
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