The NCBI/Emory Campus Affiliate provides diversity workshops that address discrimination and intergroup conflict. NCBI/Emory consults with department heads and/or supervisors to develop customized workshops based on department needs. These workshops can vary in length from half-hour meetings to day-long workshops and are guided by several core prinicples and key insights:

CORE PRINCIPLES:

• Every issue counts. NCBI/Emory addresses a wide range of diversity issues in the course of its programs, including race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic class, age, sexual orientation and religion.


• Personal stories change attitudes. Listening to accounts of discrimination can impart a new perspective on how devastating the impact and move people with prejudicial attitudes to become allies of those they have mistreated.


• Eliminating mistreatiment means ending "leadership oppression." Leaders often experience isolation and a lack of support, sometimes bordering on abuse. NCBI/Emory trains leaders to handle conflict and respond effectively to attacking behaviors.

WORKSHOPS:

• The Welcoming Diversity/Prejudice Reduction Workshop
  Differences among individuals need not lead to discrimination and divisiveness.. This workshop encourages participants to confront deeply-held misinformation about themselves and others, to tell their own stories of discrimination to build understanding among people and to learn skills for building bridges.


• The Controversial Issues Process
  Differences on issues need not divide communities. Rigid confrontational positions can be re-framed to take into account the profound concerns of both sides. This workshop provides people with the skills needed to identify common ground and create mutually acceptable strategies for handling difficult issues.


• Train the Trainer - 3 Day Workshop
  The 3 Day Workshop prepares participants to lead the Welcoming Diversity workshop modules under the guidelines of NCBI International.

Fall 2009 Workshops: Free and Open the Emory Community...
August 13 - Thursday, 1:30 - 4:00 p.m., ,Welcoming Diversity Workshop
September 10 - Thursday, 9:00a - 4:00 p.m., ,Full Day - Welcoming Diversity Workshop
November 12 - Thursday, 1:30 - 4:00 p.m., ,Controversial Issues Workshop
December 10 - Thursday, 1:30 - 4:00 p.m., ,Welcoming Diversity Workshop


Fall 2009 Training for NCBI Trainers...
October Train the Trainer, 3 Day Workshop,

NCBI/Emory welcomes the opportunity to train your group. For additional information, please contact:

Alex Christian, CWD Co-Director NCBI/Emory 404.712.1415 ajchris@emory.edu

Jordan Rose, MPH Co-Director NCBI/Emory 404.712.9242 jrose14@emory.edu

Visit the NCBI (National Coalition Building Insititute) Website at www.ncbi.org