Prejudice

PREJUDICE REDUCTION WORKSHOP--HENRY MARTYN INSTITUTE

1. Introductions

2. Group Caucus Exercise

3. Prejudice in the US
     a. African-Americans
     b. Hispanics
     c. Asians

4.Grass-Roots Efforts to Reduce Prejudice in the US
a. Community Projects

Martin Luther King Celebrations
Diversity Project Competition for Teachers
Ombudsteam
Study Circles

   b. Conflict Resolution Techniques
Negotiation and Mediation Training
Peer Mediation in Schools, Colleges, Universities
Alternative Dispute Resolution Centers

5. Power Exercise
6. Curricular Threads for Teachers
    a. Reducing competition in the classroom
    b. Projects which create empathy and understanding
    c. Ethnic encounter as an adventure in "world travelling"
    d. Common goals/shared resources
7. Coalition Building Exercise
    a. Gandhi's Khilafat Movement
    b. Sharing Organizational Goals
    c. Partner Project I: Realizable Steps
    d. Partner Project II: Using People to Create Change
8. Closing Exercise and Evaluation