2010 Tri-College Multicultural Winter Institute: Building Cross-Cultural Leadership Skills for Students, Staff, and Faculty
When: January 13-15, 2010
Where: Swarthmore College
Deadline: November 16, 2009
Who can apply: Students, Faculty, and Staff from Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges. Space is limited to 45 participants. (15 per campus)
Program Description: This program will consist of 2 1/2 days* of intensive experiential workshops focused on issues of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic class, gender, religion, sexual orientation and privilege.
Program Objectives:
- To provide a safe space for open and frank discussions
- To develop a common language to discuss diversity issues
- To promote personal learning about inter/intra-group dynamics
- To encourage cross-cultural dialogue
- To explore inter-group and intra-group conflict
- To develop skills and to build coalitions of students, staff, and faculty committed to building multicultural change on campus
Activities:
- Small and large group discussions
- Simulation games
- Cultural sharing
- People of color caucus/white people caucus
If you have any questions regarding the Institute please contact Frederic MacDonald-Dennis, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Stokes 111, fmacdona@haverford.edu or 610-896-1263.
Visit Swarthmore’s Intercultural Center or Bryn Mawr’s Office of Intercultural Affairs.
* Must commit to participating the full 2 ½ days.