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COMMENTS
FROM PARTICIPANTS
I have attended a lot of
trainings and workshops during my career and I must admit that
I am now often "bored" or not "challenged"
during some trainings/workshops. I often feel as if I have
perhaps "wasted" my time because I take away no new
information and or no new ideas to enhance my existing methods
of practice or knowledge base. When I registered for the
Anti-Racism workshop I did believe that I would again leave a
training with no new information and let me tell you right
away that the assumption I made was 100% wrong. After about 15
minutes I realized that the Anti-Racism training had already
impacted me and my mind was racing with anticipation of what
was to come during the next couple of hours. I saw the
awareness level grow in the room minute by minute, and also
the anxiety level, which was wonderful to experience and
observe.
This is a training that
everyone will benefit from whether they want to or not. The
format of your curriculum, especially the application pieces,
forces the participants to think and encourages dialogue. For
many it may have been the first time that they truly realized
and discussed in a open diverse forum that they had
prejudices, and for others it may have been the first time
that they realized how prejudices truly impact people of
color.
I look forward to
attending the two and a half day training in May 2008.
Thank you so much for
developing and hosting this training.
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