From eclay at MIT.EDU Sun Jan 7 10:55:03 2007 From: eclay at MIT.EDU (Elizabeth Margarette Clay) Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:55:03 -0500 Subject: [GSC-Diversity-All] Dinner/Discussion in a few weeks Message-ID: <20070107105503.xuaomaho9f1ckwsw@webmail.mit.edu> Happy New Year everyone! Hope you have had a nice break so far. I just wanted to check in with people about progress in your follow-up discussions with various individuals and groups about the discussion of identity across national boundaries that we have planned for Feb. 1. I have gotten feedback from some of the Diversity Peer to Peer Trainers who will facilitate the small groups. Can people share with me what they have heard and what you might need from me for us to move things forward in the next week. I'll be back at MIT next week and will make more of the logistical arrangements (rooms, food, flyers) and will build on the conversations that we have had with potential partners. Thanks everyone, Liz Master of City Planning Candidate, 2007 Department of Urban Studies and Planning Co-Chair, Diversity Committee, GSC Massachusetts Institute of Technology 617.699.1514 (Mobile) From eclay at MIT.EDU Wed Jan 17 15:25:09 2007 From: eclay at MIT.EDU (Elizabeth Margarette Clay) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:25:09 -0500 Subject: [GSC-Diversity-All] Div Com Event and Search for New Dean Message-ID: <20070117152509.n02iii624kkk0oog@webmail.mit.edu> Hi everyone, Time for the final planning for the dinner and discussion on February 1st. I have been out of town for a few days, so will be working on securing certain details over the next two days and will bring that information to our meeting on the 23rd. Until then, the key things are to do outreach to other student groups- they don't have to sign on as official co-hosts, but we want them to send the invitation to their membership; in addition- we'll need to work out a list of questions to get the conversation flowing in each small group and define volunteer tasks for each of us for that night. As we discussed, lets talk on the 23rd at 6pm on the 2nd Floor of Walker if that still works for everyone. Look forward to seeing you then- will send more information too. (Irene- please forward this to your friend who plans to facilitate- I will send this on to the DP2P people who want to be involved). Also, anyone want to get involved with this? *Dean for Graduate Students search* A search is beginning for the next Dean for Graduate Students. A variety of positions for graduate students are available, including on the search committee itself. If you are interested in participating, please contact the Nominations Committee chair: gsc-vice-president at mit.edu. Thanks Liz Master of City Planning Candidate, 2007 Department of Urban Studies and Planning Co-Chair, Diversity Committee, GSC Massachusetts Institute of Technology 617.699.1514 (Mobile) From eclay at MIT.EDU Mon Jan 22 15:53:52 2007 From: eclay at MIT.EDU (Elizabeth Clay) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:53:52 -0500 Subject: [GSC-Diversity-All] Meeting tomorrow Message-ID: Hi Everyone, The Identity Dinner and Discussion is a bit more than a week away and tomorrow we will meet to finish planning the event and define everyone's roles. Here are some of the items on the agenda: - Report back from conversations with groups and logistics (location, food etc.) - Discuss goals of the event - Facilitation guidelines - Advertising the event (flyers, emails) Bring your questions and ideas so we can make it a nice event. See you Tuesday evening at 6pm outside of 50-220. Thanks! Liz From eclay at MIT.EDU Tue Jan 23 19:55:56 2007 From: eclay at MIT.EDU (Elizabeth Clay) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:55:56 -0500 Subject: [GSC-Diversity-All] Tonight's meeting Message-ID: <0D88A886-A2FB-4507-928F-565DA7F2D2F0@mit.edu> Hey everyone, Thanks again for coming and the great ideas- I'm excited for next week! The notes from our discussion are attached- please respond if I missed something. Nakeischea and I will send out the public email tomorrow for us to forward around. Next meeting for facilitators is Monday, January 29th at 6pm. Thanks! Liz -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Dinner begins at 6pm Location: 50-220 (2nd Floor of Walker Memorial) When: Thursday February 1st, 6-8pm Some of the questions to be discussed include: - How do we build understanding, tolerance and trust within and across cultural groups? - How can we be more competent in our professional and social relationships across cultures? - How can we have a greater appreciation for multiculturalism without losing our identities? - What does it mean to be a ?person of color? or minority in MIT if that is not how I identify in my home country? - Should we expect solidarity (?brotherhood? and ?sisterhood?) between people just because their ancestors are from the same place? - What tensions or conflicts exist within our identity group? How can these differences be reconciled, particularly at MIT? There will be an Info table, so please bring flyers and posters of upcoming events for the spring semester. EVERYONE IS WELCOME- Please bring a friend or classmate with you! RSVP for dinner to eclay at mit.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/gsc-diversity-all/attachments/20070124/711a8ce6/attachment.htm From eclay at MIT.EDU Mon Jan 29 15:05:25 2007 From: eclay at MIT.EDU (Elizabeth Clay) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:05:25 -0500 Subject: [GSC-Diversity-All] Tonight's Facilitator Prep session Message-ID: <9615E19C-E209-4354-A0F3-F77132F5655F@mit.edu> Dear Cultural Identity Dinner planners, We are looking forward to the event this Thursday- but still need a few more facilitators. For those of us on the planning team, anyone who is comfortable facilitating a small group should come to tonight's meeting where Abigail and Natalija of DP2P will give us some preparation. I think the small groups will probably only have 5-20 people in each, and we have come up with some questions to help facilitate conversation, so don't feel shy about playing this role. Tonight's prep meeting is at the GSC room (50-220) at 6pm. Pizza included. Hope to see you all there tonight, Liz From eclay at MIT.EDU Wed Jan 31 11:47:30 2007 From: eclay at MIT.EDU (Elizabeth Clay) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:47:30 -0500 Subject: [GSC-Diversity-All] Tomorrow! Cultural Identity Dinner and Discussion Message-ID: Hey planners- please send this back out to any groups you are contacting personally sometime today- we have about 40 RSVPs so far and people seem very excited! See you all tomorrow night! Liz Dear Friends, Please help spread the word! Join the GSC Diversity Committee and the Diversity Peer-2-Peer program for a delicious dinner and discussion on identity for international and US-born students. We will address stereotypes and expectations between people in "same" racial/cultural groups but born in different countries. Dinner begins at 6pm Location: 50-220 (2nd Floor of Walker Memorial) When: THURSDAY, February 1st, 6-8pm RSVP to: eclay at mit.edu EVERYONE IS WELCOME- Please bring a friend or classmate with you! We'll be talking about: - How do we build understanding, tolerance and trust within and across cultural groups? - How can we be more competent in our professional and social relationships across cultures? - How can we have a greater appreciation for multiculturalism without losing our identities? - What does it mean to be a "person of color" or minority in MIT if that is not how I identify in my home country? - Should we expect solidarity ("brotherhood" and "sisterhood") between people just because their ancestors are from the same place? - What tensions or conflicts exist within our identity group? How can these differences be reconciled, particularly at MIT? ....And other questions brought by YOU! There will be an Info table, so please bring flyers and posters of upcoming events for the spring semester. From eclay at MIT.EDU Wed Jan 31 20:33:23 2007 From: eclay at MIT.EDU (Elizabeth Clay) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:33:23 -0500 Subject: [GSC-Diversity-All] Schedule for tomorrow night Message-ID: <323A5326-8D6D-4DDD-AD38-7FFE76A212E5@mit.edu> Here is the schedule as we discussed if in the last few meetings- we'll have it printed out for us tomorrow. We'll be on campus tomorrow setting up from 4:30 or 5pm. Come help whenever you can! See you tomorrow- Liz and Nakeischea Cultural Identity Event- Proposed Schedule 6-6:15: People arrive, get food, sit in 50-220 6:15-6:30: Introduction (1-2min. each) Irene to introduce event and Diversity Committee Abigail to introduce DP2P Nakeischea to describe event, set tone, share experience Liz to mention different groups and make disclaimer about categories Natalija to ask if people have questions, pass out index cards 6:30-7:15: Small Group Discussions (45-60min) People who identify as being from the following places or cultural/ ethnic backgrounds 1. African/Caribbean/African-American (Liz) 2. South and Central American, Mexican, ?Latino?-American (Francis) 3. South Asia, South Asian-American (Abigail) 4. East Asia, Pacific-Island, South East Asian, Asian-American (Natalija) 5. European, Caucasian-American (Alia) 6. Additional Groups (Nakeischea) Back-up facilitator (Claudia) People can drop off index cards in box with facilitator upon coming to table Facilitator starts with rules of engagement: ROPE (Respect, Openness?) Name Game Icebreaker (where did your name/nickname come from?) 1st questions: what made you decide to come? What would you like to talk about (if little response, start looking through index cards) Then go to cheat sheet of questions As people talk, a piece of large paper in the middle for people to write key ideas Last 5 minutes, discuss what to report back, choose volunteer As people come back in- COOKIES and Hot Chocolate 7:15-8:00pm: Large group discussion (Facilitated by Francis) Report Backs from each group for 4-5 min. Open Discussion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/gsc-diversity-all/attachments/20070131/5fdb41e0/attachment.htm