Ryan White 2012 Grantee Meeting

The Cultural Interactions workshop 301 will enable participants to create a training using the principles explored in the Cultural Interactions workshops 101 and 201 to address the specific educational needs of their organizations. We will provide two examples of how the training modules previously reviewed have been adapted for a Prison System and an AIDS Service Organization. In addition to providing participants the tools to adapt and offer the training, participants will learn to use the workshop to motivate their staff to connect with agencies that can assist them in making the necessary structural changes to achieve real and lasting improvements in cultural interactions within their organization.

Learning Objectives:

• To create or adapt an interactive workshop using the training modules presented in workshop 101 and 201 for various organizational settings.
• To recognize that concepts such as self-awareness and empathy which are thought to be personality traits can be developed through active learning.
• To utilize the workshops to motivate those organizations trained to connect with agencies that can assist them in making necessary structural changes to achieve cultural awareness.