Dialogue sessions are designed to provide conference attendees with genuine opportunities for dialogue and exchange. These sessions will be facilitated by persons with expertise and experience in each topic area. Facilitators will provide a suitable structure and ground rules for discussion and will work to enable constructive dialogue, exchange, sharing, and learning around the session topic.
Saturday, May 31 — 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Affirmative Regression: Questioning How Colleges and Universities Might Sabotage the Best Qualified
For more than 30 years, civil rights laws and affirmative action guidelines have attempted to eliminate the racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination that prevented qualified women, people of color, and others from access to employment and education. Yet, as we entered the 21st century, we find that colleges and universities often use complex strategies to prevent the best qualified from succeeding. The convening panel for this dialogue session, seek to explore participants' experiences with this kind of regressive practice. The framework will be to explore the experiences of panelists and participants in these areas, identify the strategies that colleges and universities have used to avoid hiring or promoting the best qualified, and look at the indicators that such sabotage was occurring. The goal is that participants in this dialogue to educate each other, not just about the destructive patterns they have experienced, but also about effective strategies. While we all continue to work toward change, we must avoid unconscious collusion with these patterns.The Honorable Cynthia D. Carlson, Judge, Lane County Circuit Court-Eugene, Oregon
Dr. Cristine Clifford Cullinan, Training and Development Administrator, Human Resources, University of Oregon-Eugene, Oregon
Dr. Carla Gary, University Advocate and Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, University of Oregon-Eugene, Oregon
Dr. Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Professor of History, and Director, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University-Providence, Rhode Island
Dr. Tim McMahon, Faculty Development Consultant, Academic Learning Services, University of Oregon-Eugene, Oregon
Saturday, May 31 — 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Arabs and Muslims in America and the World: Culture, Politics and Current World Crisis
Through a multimedia presentation and dialogue, this session will discuss such topics as: Islam, the relevant political issues up to the most current world crisis, and highlights of Arab/Islamic culture, which sits on highly desired natural riches and which has continued for thousands of years from the point of the origin of world civilization until today. A packet of materials to guide teachers will be distributed.Dr. Fadwa El Guindi, Professor of Anthropology, University of Southern California--Los Angeles, California
Ms. Helen Hatab Samhan, Executive Director, Arab American Institute Foundation-Washington, D.C.
Saturday, May 31 — 8:30-11:30 a.m. and
continuing 2:00-5:00 p.m.
The "Real" Minority Meets the "Model" Minority: A Black-Asian Dialogue Across Color, Class, and Religion
In this experiential dialogue, we encourage members of the African, African American, Black, Asian-American, and Asian Pacific Islander identity groups to come together for honest discussions about our similarities, differences, and the possibilities for coalition and alliance. We will examine how stereotypes of both groups held by the dominant culture create divisions which obscure our commonalities. Using a combination of identity-based "caucus" groups and intergroup dialogues, we will explore these and other questions such as: (1)what are the sources of tension and difference between Blacks and Asians, (2) how can issues of class, color and religion be a bridge between these two groups, (3) what do we need to know about each others' histories in order to come to better understanding, and (4) how can we work together on issues of reparations for slavery, economic justice, religious freedom, and liberation? Participants will receive resources which will help them to develop future dialogues. This dialogue will be useful to those who want to develop resources on ethnic group relations, dialogue facilitation, and coalition building.Ms. Andrea Monroe, Multicultural Resources Librarian and Project Director, Central and South Florida Diversity Coalition, Barry University-Miami Shores, Florida
Dr. Pamela Motoike, Coordinator, Introduction to Service Learning Instruction, Service Learning Institute, California State University-Monterey Bay, California
Dr. Biren (Ratnesh) Nagda, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, and Director, Intergroup Dialogue, Education and Action (IDEA), Training & Resource Institute, University of Washington-Seattle, Washington
Saturday, May 31 — 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Building Inclusive Communities Through Dialogue and Action — Student Dialogue
Students who attend this highly interactive session will come away with skills for building a community that includes people from a variety of races, beliefs, ethnic backgrounds, and other ways in which we identify ourselves. Participants will learn how to address issues and develop strategies for individual, cultural, and institutional change while engaging in an open and honest dialogue with other delegates. We will have one-on-one conversations, as well as small- and large-group experiences in this fun, eye-opening, and very involved session led by experienced professionals with a life-long commitment to issues of justice and inclusion. This dialogue session should particularly benefit students interested in developing a support network with students from other campuses to share successes and challenges with after you leaving the conference.Ms. Doris A. Kratt, Faculty Associate, Claremont Graduate University-Claremont, California
Mr. William E. Kratt, Associate Director, Office of Student Life and Cultural Centers, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, California
Saturday, May 31 — 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Talking Stories: Sharing Our Asian American and Pacific Islander Experiences
This interactive session is designed to focus on the unique experiences and voices of our Asian and Pacific Islander colleagues. Please join us to share your personal and family experiences, narratives, and stories! Our goal is to share and celebrate our Asian and Pacific Islander identities through oral tradition. We hope that by voicing our narratives from childhood, or of present day experience, we will weave ourselves into a stronger and more unified group at NCORE. These narratives are an integral part of who we are as Asian and Pacific Islanders and often drive us to join in the fight against racism. Our goals for this dialogue include: (1) building a vocal and visible API community supportive of NCORE, (2) creating regional and national networking opportunities for API caucus members, (3) celebrating the diversity among API identities and experiences, (4) increasing understanding of our own and other cultures, (5) combating stereotypes and anti-Asian racism, and (6) encouraging coalition building across ethnicities and races.Mr. Jason Minh Alt, Residence Coordinator and Coordinator, Human Intercultural Relations, State University of New York-Purchase College-Purchase, New York
Ms. Pamela Huang Chao, Professor, Sociology, American River College-Sacramento, California
Ms. Lorraine Chow, Professor, Early Childhood Education, American River College-Sacramento, California
Saturday, May 31 — 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Being White Allies on Predominantly White Campuses: Let's Talk About Motivations, Presumptions, Guilt, and Responsibility
This is a straight forward dialogue on being appropriate allies. Issues to be discussed will include misconceptions about being allies, common mistakes made by the well meaning, the need for examining your motivations, and the necessity of working with rather than doing for members of allied groups. Facilitators will speak from their own experiences in attempting to work for change, with others and with one another, and invite individuals to join the conversation, who would like to explore these issues and discuss how they work on their own campuses.Dr. Cristine Clifford Cullinan, Training and Development Administrator, Human Resources, University of Oregon-Eugene, Oregon
Dr. Carla Gary, University Advocate and Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, University of Oregon-Eugene, Oregon
Dr. Robin Holmes, Director, Counseling and Testing Center, University of Oregon-Eugene, Oregon
Ms. Gwen Jansen, University Counseling and Testing Center, University of Oregon-Eugene, Oregon
Dr. Tim McMahon, Faculty Development Consultant, Academic Learning Services, University of Oregon-Eugene, Oregon
Ms. Consuela Zumwalt, Academic Advisor, Office of Multicultural Affairs, University of Oregon-Eugene, Oregon
Saturday, May 31 — 2:00-5:30 p.m.
Got Dialogue? Frameworks and Tools for Inter/Intragroup Interaction on Campus
This interactive session will discuss the framework of using intergroup and intragroup dialogue on college campuses to promote understanding of intergroup relations and social justice education. This session will incorporate both presentation of theoretical material and interactive participation through relevant exercises. Participants will gain an understanding of how to use an anti-oppression model of dialogue, and will learn tools for using this model in their work with college students.Dr. Kelly E. Maxwell, Associate Director, The Program on Intergroup Relations, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ms. Monita C. Thompson, Co-Director, The Program on Intergroup Relations, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Michigan
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22, 2002
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