1. New York 2010 EXPO Mercy College Counseling Department Drs. Esther E. Mulnix, Carolyn Cullen, Fernando Cabrera and graduate students Juliann Snyder, Kelly Nilsson and Santos Cancel

2. Interactive Theater Needs assessment Team members’ roles Skit presentation Engaging the community Director’s debriefing with the community Data collection Debriefing with team members

3. Needs assessment Assess the community’s needs Talk to school personnel Talk to students Decide and define the problem to be addressed Bullying: cyber-bullying Discrimination Exclusion

4. Counseling Team Write 5’ skit Make sure to depict only the problem Perform the skit Remain in role through out the experience Do not lecture, speak within your role Do not explain the behavior away, explain the reasons behind it

5. Community participation Director asks the community to participate Ask questions of the cast members Actors remain in character Actors voice the rationale of the character they are playing Director thanks the community and actors for participating Director requests the community answers survey

6. Survey Demographic characteristics Age Gender Education Ethnic or racial group School group of reference Staff Graduate student Survey Content Format Overall assessment

7. TO SUM IT UP: Needs Assessment Skit Writing Engaging Community CHANGE or Learned Skill

8. References López-Mulnix, E. E., & Mulnix, M. W. (2006). Models of excellence in multicultural colleges and universities. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. Vol. 5, #1. Sage Publications. López, E. E., and Mulnix, M. (2004). Educating the next generation: Culture centered education for school-aged children. In Saracho, O., and Spodek, B. (Ed.) Contemporary Perspectives on Language Policy and Literacy Instruction in Early Childhood Education. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing Inc.