Webinar, Mindfully Resolving Cross-Cultural Conflicts in the Classroom (National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, NCORE)

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Date/Time:Wednesday, 01 Sep 2021 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Location:Registration Full - On Demand viewing post-session
Cost:Free
URL:https://ncore.ou.edu/en/webinar-series/on-demand/
Contact:
Phone:405-325-3694
Channel:Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Categories:Diversity Training, development
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So often, our educators, counselors, and administrators want to learn how to mindfully resolve cross-cultural conflicts, but are stuck in trying to answer some very familiar questions, "How do we create an atmosphere where every member is seen and valued? What if a cross-cultural conflict escalates and polarizes everyone in the room? What if I'm part of the problem?

If I don't even know about my own culture, how can I help someone else discover and celebrate theirs?" What if it starts to get really emotional, what should I do? It's time we move beyond the simplicity of thinking that diversity awareness can only be expressed through our foods, costumes, and dances, to understanding that it is our spiritual, emotional, and traditional differences that are the untold and uncharted territory begging to be honored, valued and integrated into our classrooms, counseling and administrative practices.

We need to develop a relationship with each other by taking the time to hear each other's journey and learning about the myriad of perspectives that we each bring to the table--perspectives that are not only precious, but essential, if we everyone is to truly feel 'seen and valued'. We also need to learn how to value and make use of and value our differences, not just our similarities.

Presenter: Lee Mun Wah, M.A. Special Education, M.S. Counseling Executive Director, Master Diversity Trainer, StirFry Seminars & Consulting

Lee Mun Wah is an internationally renowned Chinese American documentary filmmaker, author, poet, Asian folk teller, educator, community therapist, and master diversity trainer. He is the Executive Director of StirFry Seminars & Consulting, a diversity training company that provides educational tools and workshops on cross-cultural communication and awareness, mindful facilitation, and conflict mediation techniques. His first documentary film, Stolen Ground, about the experience of Asian Americans, won honorable mention at the San Francisco International Film Festival. His most famous film about racism, The Color of Fear, won the Gold Medal for Best Social Studies Documentary and in 1995, Oprah Winfrey did a one-hour special on Lee Mun Wah's life and work that was seen by many.

This event is coordinated by the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE)
The Southwest Center is a department within the Public and Community Services Division of the College of Continuing Education at the University of Oklahoma. Formed in 1961, the Southwest Center is devoted to the study, understanding, and resolution of human conflict and to promoting understanding and cooperation among people of different racial, ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds. One of the major programs of the Southwest Center is the Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE), which serves as the leading national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in American higher education.

Thomas L. Hill Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity (ISCORE)
Iowa State University's comprehensive forum on issues of race and ethnicity at Iowa State University and beyond. The local conference* is designed to model the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE). Interested in learning more about ISCORE? email iscore@iastate.edu.

This NCORE event is promoted by The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

**Registration has met capacity. This can be viewed On Demand approximately one week after the live session.