1. An Introduction to the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) Workshop for G.R.A.C.E. Summit with Meck Groot, Justice Ministries Coordinator CLARA BARTON AND MASSACHUSETTS BAY DISTRICTS May 18, 2013

2. Culture: “the way we do things around here” Navigating Difference in the Beloved Community

3. Layers of Culture Dress, food, housing, artifacts, etc. Purpose, meaning, cosmology, interpretation, theories, why, relationships, notions of the sacred Words, “frames,” naming

4. Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) Denial Misses difference Polarization Judges difference Defense Reversal Minimization De-emphasizes difference Acceptance Deeply comprehends difference Adaptation Bridges across difference Milton Bennett

5. Denial Primary emotion: indifference

6. Polarization: Reversal Them Wrong Others Us Right Self Primary emotion: fear / anger

7. Polarization: Reversal Them Right Others Us Wrong Self Primary emotion: shame

8. Polarization: Reversal As manifested in a marginalized group

9. Polarization: Reversal As manifested in a dominant group

10. "We Are All One” by Dawn Jones Minimization Humanist? Atheist? Jewish? Pagan? Muslim? Taoist? Christian? Buddhist? Of course! You’ll LOVE Unitarian Universalism! There’s a place for everyone. Primary emotion: tolerance

11. Acceptance Primary emotion: curiosity

12. Adaptation Primary emotion: flexibility / tolerance for ambiguity

13. StageDescriptionIntervention/Skill DenialSticks with the familiar Get exposed to difference Defense: Polarization Reversal Puts everyone in camps Us vs. Them Them vs. Us Look for commonality MinimizationDevalues difference because everyone’s like us Increase awareness of the particularities of one’s own culture AcceptanceRecognizes cultural difference Exercise curiosity about culture-specific information AdaptationShifts perspective & behavior depending on goal Clarify goals Exercise empathy Shift frames

14. Acceptance Denial Adaptation Minimization Polarization

15. Acceptance Denial Adaptation Minimization Polarization Exclusive “the Club” Symbolic Identity Change Structural Change

16. …the ability to create and maintain relationships across cultural difference communicate with minimal loss or distortion collaborate in order to accomplish something of mutual interest or need Dr. Alvino E. Fantini Intercultural Competence is…

17. Key Intercultural Skills Cultural self-awareness Empathy Curiosity Tolerance for ambiguity Flexibility Courage Resilience PLATINUM RULE: Do unto others as they would have done unto themselves.

18. Consider some differences of culture present in your congregation: What developmental stages are represented in your congregation’s responses to those differences? Where are you in that? What strategies for increasing intercultural competency might be most effective in your congregation? Navigating Differences of Culture