Awakening the Intercultural Self Workshop

JTW-Intercultural-Workshop Facilitated by Nehrwr Abdul-Wahid, Founder/Lead Consultant, One Ummah Consulting
Saturday, October 2, 2010 - 8:30 am to 4 pm
First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego, Hillcrest Campus
Contact Person: Jan Carpenter Tucker
How do we create an environment where everyone who walks through our doors feels included, engaged and valued?

• We begin by addressing our assumptions and unpacking our biases.
• We strengthen our foundation of core values by understanding why the work of racial justice and healing is important for all of us to engage in.
• We broaden our focus to include all of the ways people are oppressed or marginalized.
• We ask: What does being inclusive and diverse really mean?
• We recognize that we all participate in a variety of cultures (family, community, male, female, LGBTQQ, church, age group, etc.). These cultures are created and perpetuated by the people who participate in and interact with them.
• In order to interact in positive ways with cultures that are not part of our own personal identity, we learn strategies for interpersonal interaction.
• We are willing to take risks, and accept the reality that we will make mistakes on this journey and learn from them.
• In this way, we become more confident as intercultural beings.

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