April 30th 2012
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Diversity Action Team of Rock County
We are here to help make Rock County a more welcoming place for ALL people regardless of ethnicity, race, economic status or abilities.
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
- Inscription on the Statue of Liberty
Our regular meetings for business and sharing are now held on the second Thursday of each month at 5:30 pm, just before our monthly educational community meeting. Both meetings are held at UW Rock, Hyatt Smith Meeting Room, 2909 Kellogg Avenue, Janesville, 53546
Becoming Allies in the Midst of Change
Friday, May 11, 2012
8:00 a.m. to noon
Mercy Health Mall
1010 North Washington Avenue
Janesville, WI 53548
Facilitators:
Santo Carfora and Bob Baldwin
Focus:
By examing the hidden role of race in daily life, it helps create a more realistic understanding of racial issues. This seminar is an opportunity to share scenarios and strategies for stepping beyond one's comfort zone in order to build productive bridges with other people.
Registration fee is $10. Please register by Friday, May 4 and make check payable to Diversity Action Team. Mail to Barbara Fett, 548 Bostwick Avenue, Janesville, WI 53545. Questions: contact Barbara Fett, bmfett@charter.net or call 752-7982.
Co-sponsors: Diversity Action Team, American Association of Women, and YWCA of Rock County
A Free Community Lunch and Learn Workshop
Silence is Acceptance
Responding with Respectful Communication
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Time: 12:00-2:00p.m.
Location Rock County Job Center,
1900 Center Avenue, Janesville53545
Facilitators: Jane McCauley and Santo Carfora
Questions: Jane McCauley, YWCA 608.752.5445 x 214
This is a skills based workshop offering ideas about how to interrupt discriminatory language and behavior. Bring your lunch and come share a time to listen, talk, and learn together.
Event is free and the public is welcome!
Cosponsored by DAT, YWCA, and AAUW
Let's stand against racism together!
April's Meeting
A Fresh Look at Iran's Culture
Speaker & Guitarist: Nima Salami
Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012
Networking: 6:30-7:00 p.m.
Program: 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Location: University of Wisconsin, Rock County
Hyatt Smith Meeting Room
2909 Kellogg Avenue, Janesville 53546
Program is free and the public is welcome!
Reservations for Free Childcare: Please contact
LBrunsell at 608-752-2100 or lrbrunsell@aol.com
About the speaker:
Nima Salami was born in Iran and is attending UW Whitewater to obtain an MBA. He has traveled in several countries and enjoys sharing his experiences. Nima is also an accomplished guitarist and will be sharing his musical talents as well!
Through Their Eyes:
High School Students' Views on Diversity at Their Schools
Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012
Program: 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Location: University of Wisconsin, Rock County
Hyatt Smith Meeting Room
2909 Kellogg Avenue, Janesville 53546
Program is free and the public is invited
Reservations for Free Childcare:
Contact Jeanne Carfora, jcarfora@sbcglobal.net, 608.756.1815
Courageous Conversations about Race
Our conversations are now from 4 pm - 5:30 pm every Wednesday.
We're beginning a new study, using the book: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander.
Copies available to buy or to borrow.
We gather at the YWCA, 1735 S Washington St, off Conde
(turn west from US 51 at Walgreens)
Call for information and to confirm that we're meeting.
Neil Deupree, 752-8342, deupreen@charter.net
Through Their Eyes:
The History of African Americans in Beloit, Wi
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012
Program: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Screening of Through Their Eyes
Facilitators: Barbara Hickman and Walter Knight
Life long residents of Beloit
Question and Answer Opportunities
Location: University of Wisconsin, Rock County
Hyatt Smith Meeting Room
2909 Kellogg Avenue, Janesville 53546
Program is free and the public is welcome!
Reservations for Childcare:
contact Jeanne Carfora, 608-756-1815
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration
Acting Today on our Dreams for Tomorrow
Saturday, January 14th, 2012
3:00-5:00 p.m. at Blackhawk Technical College
Keynote speaker:
Minister Kenda Roman, New Covenant Church
Music by the Beloit Gospel Choir
Art Exhibit by Students from Janesville and Beloit Schools
YWCA Peace and Justice Award Presented
UAW Local 95 Civil Rights Service Award Presented
Ethnic Food Festival
This event is free and open to the public! Please join us!
Questions: Contact Veronica McMahon (608) 743-6806
Sponsored by
Blackhawk Technical College
School District of Beloit
School District of Janesville
Diversity Action Team of Rock County
Hedberg Public Library
UAW Local 95
YWCA
Ethnic Holiday Traditions
Yours, Mine, and Ours
Please bring
Family/Friends
Ethnic Dish for dinner
Traditions to share
Dress in your ethnic garb, if you wish!
Bring a game or items to show, if you wish!
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011
Time: Dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Informal sharing from 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Location: University of Wisconsin, Rock County
Hyatt Smith Commons Area, 2909 Kellogg, Janesville 53546
Questions: Jeanne Carfora, jcarfora@sbcglobal.net
This is a free event and open to the public!
The Diversity Action Team invites you to attend
Making Diversity Personal: Interactive Dialogue
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2011
Time: Networking 6:30 p.m.
Program 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Location: University of Wisconsin, Rock County
Hyatt Smith Meeting Room
2909 Kellogg, Janesville 53546
Questions: contact Jeanne Carfora,
jcarfora@sbcglobal.net
A Time of Peace
and Healing
Remembering
and Looking Forward
Sunday, September 11, 2011
4:30 – 6:30 pm
Peace Park
Rockport Road
Janesville
Join the Diversity Action Team of Rock County as we remember the events of 9/11/01 and work toward continued healing and world peace.
This event will include meditation for peace, Native American drums, a memorial for the victims of 9/11 and their families, interfaith prayers for peace, a rededication of the Peace Pole and a discussion of how we can move forward in unity with diversity.
Please bring a lawn chair and a dish to pass.
If you have questions, please contact
Mike Coogan (608-295-4724) or René Bue (608-201-8727).
This event is sponsored by the Diversity Action Team of Rock County.
‘Peace and healing’ event planned Sunday
Peace Park to host remembrance program
By Anna Marie Lux amarielux@gazetteextra.com
JANESVILLE The Diversity Action Team of Rock County will remember the events of 9/11 during “A Time of Peace and Healing” on Sunday at Peace Park. Organizer Michael Coogan said faith and community leaders and members of the public are invited. “We will sincerely honor the lives that were lost,” Coogan said. “One way to do that is with an interfaith prayer service. We have invited Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other faith leaders to see what we can share together.” The event includes a disc ussion of how the community can advance together with diversity. “What is it that we need to go forward in a healthy way from this terrible thing that was done to us?” Coogan asks. “I don’t have an answer. But I trust in the goodness of people coming together.” In addition, the event features Native American drumming and a re-dedication of the peace pole with the word “peace” in different languages on the pole. Coogan, a longtime emergency room doctor, admires firefighters and paramedics. “They walk into danger when so many run away,” he said. “It moves me to see how they serve. We won’t forget the innocent people who were attacked. But it is also important to honor police, fire and public officials who sacrificed themselves.” Coogan has been key in organizing Janesville events to understand Islam. One of the issues since 9/11 has been mistrust of Muslims, Coogan said. “They have been vilified unfairly because of what a few extremists from their community did,” he said. “It makes me sad that the actions of a few people can make so many others suspicious of each other.” Coogan hopes the 9/11 gathering can be the first of an annual event to celebrate the International Day of Peace. The Diversity Action Team works to eliminate racism and discrimination in Rock County. Since it began more than a decade ago, the volunteer group has attempted to bridge racial and ethnic divides by bringing together people of all backgrounds and offering learning events.
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Cultural Competency and
Culturally Appropriate Service Delivery
Presented by
Marc Perry
Director of Planning and Development
Community Action, Inc. of
Rock & Walworth Counties
September 16, 2011
9:00am to 2:30pm
Rotary Botanical Gardens
This workshop will define the difference between a culturally competent service provider and good hearted/well intentioned service provider; explore the importance of infusing culturally competent practices into service delivery to enhance outcomes, and present strategies to implement culturally competent policies, procedures and
practices in your organization.
Agenda
9:00
Registration
9:30
Welcome/Overview
Mutual Respect
Definition of Terms
“The Platinum Rule”
Why This Matters
What Are the Consequences for
Ignoring Cultural Competency
Video “When the Bough Breaks”
Small Group Discussion
Microaggesssions
Small Group Discussion
Cross The Line
12:00
Lunch On Your Own
1:00
Incorporating Diversity and
Inclusion in Your Organization’s
Daily Practices
Best Practices
2:00
Q/A
Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. 'Culture' refers to integrated patterns of human behavior that include the language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. 'Competence' implies having the capacity to function effectively as an individual and an organization within the context of the cultural beliefs, behaviors, and needs represented by consumers and their communities.
Cultural competency is one of the main ingredients in closing the disparities gap in human services. It’s the way participants and providers can come together and talk about concerns without cultural differences hindering the conversation, but enhancing it. Simply, services that are respectful of and responsive to the beliefs, practices and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse participants can help bring about positive outcomes.
Culture and language may influence: belief systems; how issues and their causes are perceived by the consumer; the behaviors of consumers who are seeking services and their attitudes toward service providers; as well as the delivery of services by the provider who looks at the world through his or her own limited set of values, which can compromise access for clients from other cultures.
Registration Fee—$10
Make Check Payable to: ECHO-HITF
Send to:
ECHO, Inc
Attention Jessica
65 S. High St.
Janesville, WI 53548
Registration Deadline: September 9, 2011
Register Early—Limited Seating.
Rock County Homeless
Intervention Task Force
Courageous Conversations about Race Continue
Each Wednesday
Discussions based on the book
by Glenn Singleton.
Led by Bob Baldwin.
Wednesdays, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Books available for $30 or to borrow.
Location: YWCA, 1735 S Washington St, off Conde (turn west from US 51 at Walgreens)
Call for information,
Neil Deupree, 752-8342
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