[GSC-Diversity-All] GSC/DP2P Dinner and Discussion on Cultural Identity

[Elizabeth Clay]

Dear Friends,

Please 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 group but born  
in different countries.

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

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