{"id":110,"date":"2019-02-18T23:55:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T23:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/diversitychampions\/?p=110"},"modified":"2019-02-19T00:31:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T00:31:40","slug":"february-6-2019-meeting-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/diversitychampions\/2019\/02\/18\/february-6-2019-meeting-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"February 6, 2019 Meeting Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

View the Meeting Slides here: 2.6.2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Hello, Diversity Champions!<\/strong>
\nThank you for your participation in our team meeting on February 6. We had over 30 people join us from all around the state for this second monthly meeting focused on race and culture.<\/p>\n

COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS FIELD GUIDE: PART 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part one of the Courageous Conversations About Race Field Guide (CCAR)<\/em> is centered around the idea that passion is an essential characteristic of racial leadership. The chapter provides guidance around how to have effective conversations about race: We need to exercise passion, practice and persistence. Courageous Conversations<\/em> offers a protocol and strategy for school systems to eliminate racial achievement disparities. By utilizing this strategy and learning the protocol, we will develop racial understanding, participate in interracial dialogue about race, and identify\/address racial issues in our systems. A courageous conversation is one that engages those who don\u2019t want to talk, sustains the conversation when it gets uncomfortable or diverted, and\/or deepens the conversation to the point where authentic understanding and meaningful action occurs.\u00a0We will exercise our use of the CCAR thorough our Diversity Champions journey, so please continue to read the book at your own pace.
\nDuring this session, participants shared their experiences with the concept of race around the following prompts:
\n1)\u00a0 How did you become aware that you had a race?
\n2)\u00a0 Describe your relationship with race in the past? More recently?<\/p>\n

TEAM COMMUNICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to commenting on this blog and participating in team meetings, we want to encourage all of you to connect with each other in your day-to-day work. The listserves below were made with this in mind, so please use them to share ideas, events and opportunities as you see fit!<\/p>\n