Training Opportunity

Tuesday, March 11

Intercultural Awareness and Practices
Join us for a Campus Visit with Eric Law.
Co-sponsored by
Companions on a Journey at the College of Saint Benedict,
Intercultural Directions Council,
and Human Resources

Eric Law is a leading author and practitioner for promoting intercultural awareness and practices of inclusion.  As the Executive Director of Kaleidoscope Institute, Eric is committed to “developing competent leadership for a diverse and changing world.”  A Chinese-American Episcopalian priest, author, presenter and consultant, Eric offers a unique gift for mixing theory and practice in relevant ways in order to address pressing questions related to diversity and intercultural practices.  Eric’s visit offers our campuses an opportunity to engage these pressing topics and practices. 

We invite you to attend one or both of the sessions listed below, which are open to the entire campus community—students, faculty, staff, monastics.  Ideally, the sessions build upon one another, but you are welcome to attend one or both sessions.  Please consider joining us for this community-wide experience.

9 a.m.-12 p.m.  Introductory Session, Intercultural Awareness
                      Alumnae Hall, Haehn Campus Center, CSB—Open to Campus
                      Community

• Cultural Make-up
• Iceberg Analogy of Culture
• Table Exercise
• Bennett’s Stages of Ethnocentric Relativity
• Band-aid Role Play & Debriefing 

2 p.m.-5 p.m.   Intermediate Session, Intercultural Practice 
                     Alumnae Hall, Haehn Campus Center CSB—Open to Campus
                     Community

• High/low Context Communication Styles
• Self-assessment, small-group sharing
• Power Distance Presentation/Power Analysis
• Inclusive and Exclusive Boundary Functions 

To register, visit the online form at:

https://www.csbsju.edu/journey/everyone/event%20registration.aspx

Choose from “Eric Law—Introductory or Intermediate Sessions”
on the drop-down list.  For questions, contact Christine Munger at
extension 5940 or cmunger@csbsju.edu