2009 Tri-College Multicultural Winter Institute
Sponsor: Office of Multicultural Affairs
2009 Tri-College Multicultural Winter Institute
Building Cross Cultural Leadership Skills for Students, Staff and Faculty
When: Tuesday, January 13 through Friday, January 16, 2009
Where: Swarthmore College
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 3½ days of intensive experiential workshops focused on issues of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic class, gender, religion, and sexual orientation and privilege
Program Objectives:
To provide a safe place 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 intergroup and intragroup conflicts
To develop skills and to build coalitions of students, staff and faculty committed to building multicultural change on camps.
Activities:
Small and large group discussions
Simulation games
Cultural sharing
People of color caucus/white people caucus
The deadline is 4:00 PM November 13. Email or return a hard copy to Betsy Durning (edurnin1@swarthmore.edu ) in Parrish 140. See link to application:
If you have any questions regarding the Institute please contact Darryl Smaw, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Parrish 140, dsmaw1@swarthmore.edu or 610–690-4823
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