Faculty Voices January 21, 2009 APU Dialogue on Diversity Kim Denu, PhD & Mary Rawlings, PhD

Introduction Target Goal Increased understanding (Interpathy) of faculty experiences of diversity in order to build unity and respect on campus. Themes Race & Ethnicity, Gender, and Faith Traditions

Sharing Our Stories Why stories? –Understanding before intervention Norms of Collaboration Attitudes of humility, reconciliation, and openness, seeking accurate understanding of each others experiences. Considerations

Activity Overview Select someone from your table that is diverse from you in some way: Race/Ethnicity, faith tradition, gender. Guidelines: The first person talks for 4 uninterrupted minutes, for 1 minute the listener reflects back what they learned/heard, for 1 minute other clarifies any misunderstandings, then switch. Feel free to take a moment to organize your thoughts before you begin. Listen to each other using the following questions as a guide.

Guiding Questions for Dyads What is your ethnic/racial background and your faith tradition? What is it like to be you and what has your experience been like as a person with your background (in terms of race, gender, faith tradition)? What are the advantages you associate with being you? What are the challenges or disadvantages you associate with being you? What has your experience been like at APU (in terms of your race, gender, or faith tradition)? ***You only have 4 minutes to reflect on all these questions***

Table Reflection 1. What impacted you the most about the story that you heard? 2. How can this knowledge be used to build unity and respect among faculty on campus?

Closing Thoughts Key Themes… Next Steps…. Facilitators to summarize responses for each table.

Campus Resources Kneeland Brown, ext Director of Diversity Initiative Kevin Mannoia, ext Faculty and Staff Chaplain Jamie Noling, ext Associate Campus Pastor of Community Care Christopher Adams, ext Associate Campus Pastor