1. President Obama's Race Speech.
2. Courageous Conversations Group:
- What is racism? What is prejudice? How do I understand this better? (Powerpoint with info)
- How do we feel about racism? (see some reporting)
- Why should I have a Courageous Conversation about racism in JHMS?
- Norms - and why they are necessary: Stay engaged, Expect to experience discomfort, Speak your truth, Accept and Expect a lack of closure,
- 7 Steps to having a Courageous Conversation:
- Step 1) Choose someone you don't feel 100% wonderful or complete with, but would like to.
- Step 2) Identify the truth/core of what you want to express. If you were to die today, but could pass a message to each person you know to clean up anything left incomplete, what would that message be? I suggest you list the people you have the strongest feelings about (positive or negative), and write down next to each name the message for them. (Working with a coach can help you get to the core of this, and ensure you are taking responsibility instead of blaming.)
- Step 3) Identify the worst outcome you can imagine
- Step 4) Accept that possibility (Let go of the thing you were holding on to e.g. money, being right, staying out of prison, not upsetting someone)
- Step 5) Remember it's OK to feel uncomfortable - even terrified. Your vocal chords will probably still function. The greater the fear, the more you have to gain. The chances of you dying are normally quite low.
- Step 6) Remember it's actually possible to have fun with this. After all - it's better than any rollercoaster you can imagine. You are truly living....
- Step 7) Pick up the phone, share honestly, and take what you get.
After the Conversation? What then? The possibilities are endless:
- Research project coming out of two stories. Can we link our stories to this one? What do we need to research and why? How will our stories build toward a more tolerant and ACCEPTING JHMS?
- Peace Monument at JHMS? See this link
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