FBIC Retreat Notes

FBIC Retreat Notes:

Group Norms:

Ouch/Oops

Respect

Step up/ Step back

Safe space

Speak for yourself

No assumptions

I statements

Honesty

"Yield" Issues:

American Identity

Sexual Identity Judged Incorrectly

Same Sex Mariage

Single out for extra security checks

Growing up with 50+ books in the house

Sports because of gender/ethnicity

Religion based on appearnce

Excluded and other-ed at organization

Single parent household

Ridiculed because of gender/ethnicity

Roles degrading on TV

Job because of family member

Mistrusted because of race/class

Police: trust them?

Session Ideas:

For session 1:

Define interculturalism

Target audience- specific groups

New word/phrase about communities

For other sessions:

Goals/purpose

***Big issues on penn's campus

Survey monkey

Interculturalism beyond family *

Discussions could lead to proseminar topics

Education **

Panels

Google groups

Interracial couples/familes

Sessions:

1 Define Interculturalism/ target audience (find specific groups on campus), New word/ phrase for our project

2

Retreat:

3

4

5

Event Planning:

Target audience

Goal of the actual event

Our identity

Discussion topics

For next week:

1. Personal Profile of Organizations

2. 2-3 Ideas of interest

(On the FBIC Google Spreadsheet)

You all seem pretty interested in defining interculturalism for yourselves: what are some thoughts you fellows have on the definition of the word? Sharing your own definition on this blog will be very helpful for our thursday meeting when we define the word as a group. -- Jeremy