Roger Williams University Sustained Dialogue

Dialogue for Diversity

Inclusive Leadership Training
February 7-8 2014

Day 1 - 5:00-9:00pm
Materials

4:30-5:00

Arrival and
Setup

5:00-5:20

Introductions

-Welcome
-Brief welcome & intro from RWU planners
-Brief introduction of Rhonda and Jess
-Expectations/goals of our time together
1. Increase your leadership skills for inclusion on
campus and beyond
2. Explore what valuing civil discourse looks like to
you and RWU
3. Identify how to apply your learning to make a
difference after the weekend
-Who is in the room (stand up, high energy activity)
-Set the framework: train the trainer (everyday leaders
= you!)
-SD - dual agenda of transforming relationships and
addressing needs in community. When you notice
community need issues, write one idea per post-it
note. Well collect these at the end of the night.
-Dyads-5 minutes (groups of 4):
1. Why did you apply to attend this workshop?
What youre hoping to take back to the broader
campus (in terms of improvement or skills/tools)?
2. What youre hoping to take back to the broader
campus (in terms of improvement or
skills/tools)?

5:20-5:45

Lava Pit

- Materials: space, 20 sheets of paper

-3 groups of 11 ppl (tracks?)
-5 min plan w/team; 10 minutes to get across the lava;
10 minutes to debrief:
How would you characterize your leadership

5:45-6:45

Dinner with
NESSE Data +
dialogue about
our RWU
experience

6:45-8:05

Big 8
Monologues
(30min)

8:05-8:50

Walk a Mile

style?
How did you communicate with your team?
What types of conversations were there? (use
as a lead-in to dialogue vs. debate and
discussion)
How did you communicate with your team?
What types of conversations were there? (use
as a lead-in to dialogue vs. debate and
discussion)
-20 minutes to break/grab food
-15 minutes talk through NSSE data/SD/SDCN ppt
- 15 minutes conversation
What parts of RWU would you like to see
changed?
What need do you see for SD at RWU?
What are you excited about this workshop?
What have been the challenges of
implementing facing social change at RWU?
Why should other students do this?
How does SD relate to life after RWU?
- 10 minutes group reflection
Time to talk about things that NSSE is showing were
not talking about.
Monologues
Castania slide
Go deep with processing: reflective writing, pair/share,
potentially bring up identity spectrum
Dialogue (25min) - after silent reflection
a. Setting the framework (2 min)
The past few activities probably gave you a
better sense of this group, the individuals in the
room. Now were going to have a dialogue that
gives you the opportunity to listen and share
your experiences (rather than practicing
moderating or question asking). This is for you
to get a taste of what SD moderation can look
like. Its your last hurrah of participating rather
than moderating dialogue, so take advantage of
it! Weve done a lot in the past few hours and
we want to give you a chance to process it all.
b. Dialogue with Sample Prompts (18 min):
What surprised, challenged or stuck out to you? How
did Walk a Mile change the way you think about this
group/community? What questions do you have for
someone else in our community based on the

activities of today? Where are you unsure about how

you feel about these Big 8?

8:509:00pm

Closing

Post-it notes: what issues should be addressed in your

community?
-Students bring post-it notes and put within topic. If
other student has similar topic, come up, too.
-Topics: Increased effective cross-cultural Interactions
on campus, Addressing Bias Incidents, Building
knowledge of other cultures/cultural competency,
sustainability

Day 2 - 9:00am-1:00pm
900.-9:20

Speed Dating

-Break group into concentric circles, each facing a

partner. Each person will have 30 seconds to answer
each question. I will tell you when to switch speakers
and when to switch partners.
Show Strong Questions Pointers
Take a Stand

9:20-10:00

Take a Stand w/
Questions/Dialo
gue

10:0010:20

Break

10:2010:50

The Privilege
Ship

Debrief with what are the holes in the RWU ship

10:5012:30

The 5 Stages

12:30-1:00

Next Steps,
Evals,
Certificates, and
Closing

Teach content (10 minutes) framed for all decision

making, not just SD
Group based on what they want to do
Go for it (4 people per group)
1. Stage 1 10min
2. Stage 2 - 10min
3. Stage 3 - 20min win lunch!
Stage 4 - 20min
Post-It activity from SLR: write down one thing that
you want to do in the next week/month. Put it up as
high as you can. Write post its with your initials and
put under the ideas that you want to help
with/support.
Mods: get sign ups here!

Have the definition of dialogue up the whole time

Non-moderator Segment Ends