Discussing Differences - A Dialogue for Detroit’s Future
This dialogue series asks 20 people from diverse backgrounds and experiences to gather together for 3, three-hour sessions to discuss issues of race, religion, sexuality and ethnicity, along with other cultural and social issues. The sessions are lead by trained facilitators.
Each session has a different objective. The first helps participants explore how personal values, beliefs, assumptions and experiences affect individuals’ attitudes and behaviors about their self and others. The second helps participants gain a greater understanding of subtle ways in which prejudice and discrimination take place in institutional settings. It will also help them identify forces that inhibit the building and/or maintaining of an inclusive, respectful environment. The third helps participants to identify and reach common agreement on the elements of an inclusive, respectful atmosphere. They will also develop initial action steps to remove the barriers and build support for an inclusive respectful community.
If you are interested in helping yourself and others become enlightened and work together to create "One City" for future generations, then please join us!
We are currently taking volunteers for future sessions. To get on the list, please e-mail Brenna, Yednesh or Mary at discussingdifferences@detroitsynergy.org. Please note that due to the small size of the group, we cannot guarantee a spot in the next group of sessions. You will, however, be added to the list to participate in a future group of sessions.
2009 sessions to be announced soon!
For more info on the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, please visit http://www.miroundtable.org/
Another Way to Participate in Discussing Differences!
Discussing Differences has a Yahoo! Group where we periodically post a topic to discuss on diversity-related issues. Think of it as an on-going Coffee Talks session in an online format...and anyone is welcome to join! To subscribe to the group you must register or have an existing Yahoo! account and then send a message to DiscussingDifferences-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. If you want to check it out before joining, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DiscussingDifferences/
Join us at CCSS on Saturday, March 6!
