| We asked those who would like to participate to bring in recipes from their country of origin, or a recipe that was near and dear to them for whatever reason. We then placed them into cookbook format, and each person in our office received a copy of the cookbook. | |
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Bodily engaging the audience in diversity | Using a roomful of parents, children and grandparents, divide them into four-five major groups. Give them paper and art supplies and the instruction to cut out the shape of a specific major part of the human body like hands, head, legs and midsection. Every group should have only one type of body part to cut out and should not tell the others. They may add color or shapes to enhance features.
Finally, invite every group to start putting the pieces together to make a whole person. Facilitator then allows for observations on the differences and similarities. | |
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| Have each staff wear an outfit from their own country and bring a special dish. | |
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| I believe that as people grow as unique persons...they begin to respect others uniqueness...&& the people that are growing up right now are [[obviousely]] the kids...so lets let them know that instead of making fun of people that are "different", lets celebrate it. So have kids make posters and put them up in their school celebrating diversity. | |
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| With a group or a class, select novels that represent various cultures. Each person will select and read a novel of a culture that they do not belong. After reading the novel, each person researches the culture presented and brings back what they have learned to discuss in a book talk/reading group. To spice up the group, bring along a dish that represents the culture that you are discussing for a "cultural pot luck."
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| Perhaps having an open mic event for songs, art, poetry, stories, memories, and so on to function as a platform for the diverse voices and expressions that are contained within each person to be heard. | Sam | Bilingual Benefits Representative, Target Corporation, TMSC, Brooklyn Park |
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| As Flag Day approached on June 14th, we asked those of our team members (who wished to participate) to provide our diversity team with their country of origin. Then we used Clip Art to create flags for the countries. We used fishing line to hang the flags over the team members desk cube; and we included the country name, hanging below the flag on fishing line. It brings alot of color into our department and sparks conversations about individual ancestry. | Mary | HR Manager, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Have a group of people of various natonalities come together for a luncheon or this could be done at the start of a multicultural team's meeting. Ask each person to prepare to tell a joke or a humorous story that depicts the humor in his or her culture or country of origin. | |
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| A world map placed in a common area and employees are invited to place a pin in their country /location of origin. | |
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| Invite employees to participate in a "Music of the World" event.
Invite them to participate performing the music of their generation or culture or country. | |
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