Experience with diverse cultures participating in OST?

[Funda Oral]

pre-meetings with the representative group, getting their opinion about the 
wording, preparation and handing out of the invitations and about timing of 
the meeting can be helpful
funda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phelim McDermott" <phelim at mac.com>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: Experience with diverse cultures participating in OST?


> On 29 Jan 2006, at 17:36, Phelim McDermott wrote:
>
>> This makes me think on one of the issues which came up around our " 
>> devoted and disgruntled what are we going to do about theatre?"   open 
>> space event.
>>
>> One of the issues was that despite having targeted all sectors of  the 
>> theatre community there was a very small representation from  the Black 
>> Theatre Community.....
>>
>> this prompted one disgruntled person at the end of first day news  to 
>> say..
>>
>> "where are the black people here?   It's a case of Whoever turns up  is 
>> the WHITE people! " although I viewed this as a representation  of the 
>> landscape of the uk theatre world it was hard not to feel  criticised, As 
>> we had made a big effort to make sure the invitation  went to a wide 
>> audience. It also got the debate happening because  they weren't there 
>> but brought up lots of questions about the next  event. Any thoughts 
>> anyone?
>>
>> phelim
>> On 29 Jan 2006, at 13:37, Harrison Owen wrote:
>>
>>> From: ORT MARIA [mailto:ptnrsmrt at mindspring.com]
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 6:53 PM
>>> To: hhowen at verizon.net
>>> Subject: Re: Experience with diverse cultures participating in OST?
>>>
>>> . . . Make sure the space is open and folks will take care of 
>>> themselves.
>>>
>>> Thank you Harrison. I'm an old hand at facilitation but relatively  new 
>>> to
>>> OST. My intuition told me that would be the case but it's  reassuring to 
>>> hear
>>>
>>> it from you.
>>> By the way, I was new to the listserv last month when you talked  about 
>>> OST
>>> emerging over a martini. Made me laugh. My former business partner  and 
>>> I
>>> wrote our first "business plan" on a cocktail napkin while drinking
>>> martinis. We made a great go of it for 10 years before I was  called to 
>>> this
>>> profession. More important, we're still the best of friends.
>>> Maria
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at verizon.net>
>>> To: "'ORT MARIA'" <ptnrsmrt at mindspring.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 4:20 PM
>>> Subject: RE: Experience with diverse cultures participating in OST?
>>>
>>>
>>> This may seem a little short -- but having worked in a number of 
>>> similar
>>> environments I suggest that you not worry about the cultural  details. 
>>> First
>>> off, you will never get them right -- but mostly, if you make sure  the 
>>> space
>>> is really open, everything just takes care of it self. The space  is 
>>> theirs
>>> and it is open. If they need to pray, be with, not be with,  certain 
>>> people
>>> -- they will take care of that. Make sure the space is open and  folks 
>>> will
>>> take care of themselves.
>>>
>>> Harrison
>>>
>>> Harrison Owen
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of  ORT 
>>> MARIA
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 5:21 PM
>>> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>>> Subject: Experience with diverse cultures participating in OST?
>>>
>>> Hello OST Listserv Guru's,
>>>
>>> Happily, I have the opportunity to OS with the Arizona Refugee 
>>> Resettlement
>>> Program next month. It will be my first opportunity for a 2-day OS  (the
>>> other three have been just 1 day events, so I am fairly new at  it). The
>>> State Agency is hosting a retreat for 30 representatives from both 
>>> state &
>>> federally funded Arizona organizations as well as volunteer groups  that
>>> serve specific refugee ethnicities or cultures.  Somalis, Sudanese,
>>> Bosnians, Muslims and Jews will be participating. All speak and write
>>> English fluently.
>>>
>>> My question: Are there adaptions required to the OS process? In 
>>> general, I
>>> know that Muslims prefer to separate men and women in meetings 
>>> (example: if
>>> there are any "juicers/energizer" activities, Muslim women can  hold 
>>> each
>>> others hands, but not a males hand). I'm aware of dietary  restrictions 
>>> for
>>> meals served at the retreat. However, I am ignorant of any  adaptations 
>>> to
>>> the OS process that might be required to make it a welcoming and 
>>> appropriate
>>>
>>> space.
>>>
>>> Many thanks, Maria Ort
>>> Scottsdale, AZ
>>>
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