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.

KEY INSIGHTS:

• Differences among individuals need not lead to discrimination and divisiveness. The Welcoming Diversity/Prejudice Reduction Workshop, for example, 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.


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

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

Jody Usher, Ph.D.
Campus Director
NCBI/Emory
404.727.9545
jody.usher@emory.edu


Carol Flowers
Campus Coordinator
NCBI/Emory
404.712.1238
carol.flowers@emory.edu

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