Centre for Excellence on Empathy, Equity and Diversity: Awareness Week Nov 13 - 17 2023

Title: Empathy, Equity and Diversity Awareness Week, 13 – 17 November 2023

Theme: Making it Inclusive: Moving Forward Together   @ YouTube.

Opening event: Conference: 13 Nov., Empathy, Equity and Diversity Awareness Week, 13 – 17 Nov 2023: (youtube.com)

Winding Seminar, Nov 17. @ Youtube.

Focus: This year the Week will focus on disseminating ideas and sharing experiences on how small or big actions of being inclusive, kindness and empathy in the work culture can bring positive results.

Workshops 

• 14 Nov. Forgiveness @ Youtube
• 16 Nov. Walk a Day in My Shoes @ Youtube
• 17 Nov. Film, the power of forgiveness, "Admissions" @ Youtube.

Opening event: Conference: 13 Nov., 

HIGHLIGHT:

Conference Nov. 13 at 11:00 AM EST

Welcome Speech by  John Pateman (former CEO and chief librarian of the Thunder Bay Public Library, Canada) & Dr. Mike Ghouse (social scientist, public speaker, thinker, newsmaker, and Interfaith Wedding Officiant).

Panel on mediation skills training (empathy/humility, and humanity based, spiritual, religious or secular perspective) via Zoom.  @ Youtube.

• Chair: Shahid Akhtar, an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practitioner and President and CEO of Conciliators Without Borders.
• Dr. Jennifer Irwin, Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western University
• Manjit Singh, M.Singh Law Professional Corporation

• Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Ph.D., is Commonwealth Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University

Kindness Intervention/Humility Intervention Sessuin (TBD)

Workshop 14 Nov, 10:00am EST (3 PM UK  | 4 PM Nigeria | 10 PM Indonesia | Nov 15 @ 12 AM Sydney): 

Topic: Forgiveness

• Bruce Ally PhD, Principal A Place for Mediation Inc, Instructor Lawyer as negotiator Course Osgoode Hall Law School, Mediator / Arbitrator Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program, Superior Court of Justice
• John A. Moran, Ph.D.’s Workshop presentation: *****

• Social science theory and research on how forgiveness is defined
• A model of key components for achieving intergroup forgiveness
• Factors which facilitate and impede the intergroup forgiveness
  
• Practical steps for promoting intergroup forgiveness. 

• Vanda Vitali, Ph.D.’s presentation on museum practice will focus on:

• From repatriation to repartions
• From reparations to social justice
• From social justice to restorative justice and empathy
  

John A. Moran, Ph.D. (Jack) is an American clinical psychologist with three decades of experience working with families in private practice, state and federal courts, and hospital settings. He has published two book, book chapters, and articles in professional journals about working with high conflict families. He has provided trainings to behavioral health professioals, attorneys, and judges at state, national, and international conferences. His current professional focus is psychological interventions to promote forgiveness. *****

 

Dr. Vanda Vitali is an international museum executive. She held various museum positions in Canada, US, New Zealand and France. Among the most recent are: Chief Executive of the Canadian Museum Association, Ottawa, Canada; Director and Chief Executive, Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand; Vice President, public programs and Director, content development, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, USA. By training, Vanda is a physicist and an art historian. The focus of her work is the preservation and interpretation of cultural heritage.

15 Nov, 7 PM EST., (16 Nov. 7 PM EST.,  9 AM Australia)

Keynote: Moving Forward Together

Peter Mousaferiadis, CEO, Cultural Infusion

Peter Mousaferiadis is a thought leader in the space of culture, and of utilising culture as a driver of peace, sustainability, and innovation. Peter began his career as a conductor, and has since conducted, directed and produced large scale international and intercultural productions for a range of clients including Parliament of World Religions, United Nations, and directed 9 Australia Day Concerts. *****

Empathy and equity are key to creating sustainable harmonious diverse societies. Most people think they understand the meaning of empathy, but this concept is highly culturally specific. The way different cultures frame core beliefs and values like empathy shows why intercultural competence is necessary for everyone today. A holistic data-driven approach is essential in today’s complex world, but data itself is lifeless without compassion and empathy to animate it.

WORKSHOP1: The role of Mutuality in building inclusion, wellbeing and safety in a Digital World

Facilitator: Peter Mousaferiadis, CEO, Cultural Infusion

Workforce mutuality describes the extent to which the diversity of an organisation or a sector’s workforce reflects the diversity of the community. Workforce mutuality is mutually reinforcing for both the community and for health and community organisations. It increases the effectiveness of organisations to support consumers from diverse backgrounds, while improving social wellbeing by creating new employment pathways and greater engagement with community.  This interactive workshop explores the term, its benefits to both the organisation and the community, and incorporates our unique data-driven approach – offering practical tips for measuring mutuality, and incorporating mutuality in the organisation as a whole.mpathy and equity are key to creating sustainable harmonious diverse societies. Most people think they understand the meaning of empathy, but this concept is highly culturally specific. The way different cultures frame core beliefs and values like empathy shows why intercultural competence is necessary for everyone today. A holistic data-driven approach is essential in today’s complex world, but data itself is lifeless without compassion and empathy to animate it.

Workshop 2: Topic: Inclusion Safety and Wellbeing in a Digital World

Focus: "This workshop especially welcomes women's experiences."

In a world where we are encountering growing use and dependence on digital platforms, we run the risk of increased stress, fatigue and even trauma.

This workshop, Inclusion Safety and Wellbeing in a Digital World will help participants reflect on their digital lives and find avenues and off ramps to places of safety, self-care, and resilience. *****

Facilitator: Michael Rashid Taylor has experience that spans 30 years of frontline work on some of the most challenging places that people encounter through the lifecycle. From responding to children and families facing tremendous illness and loss at the Toronto Sick Kids Hospital, to crisis, death, dying, incarceration, violence and long term care.

Workshop 16 Nov, 10:00am EST (3 PM (UK)  | 4 PM Nigeria | 10 PM Indonesia | Nov 17 @ 12 AM Sydney)

Bridging culture and digital divides: Signifying everyday life

Topic: Walk a Day in My Shoes: Cultivating Cross-Cultural Understanding through Digital Literacy in Classrooms around the globe. ********

• Chair-cum-MC: Prof. Laura-Edythe Coleman.  Program Director of Drexel University's Arts Administration & Museum Leadership Online Graduate Program

 Dr. Laura-Edythe Coleman is an American researcher and culture leader who bridges the fields of museology and information science to further our understanding of cultural institutions in society. She earned her Ph.D. in Information Science with a focus on Museum Informatics from Florida State University. Dr. Coleman is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Responsible Cultural Leadership Certificate Program at Drexel University. Her areas of research and teaching include museum studies, cultural heritage informatics, social justice and inclusion, and research methods. As a forward-thinking interdisciplinary researcher, she performs quantitative and qualitative studies and frequently forms research partnerships outside the museum and library fields. Dr. Coleman is a Fulbright Specialist in Library & Information Science. She is the Associate Editor of Research and practice for Wiley’s Curator: The Museum Journal. Dr. Coleman is the author of the book Understanding and Implementing Inclusion in Museums.

Lane W. Clarke Ed. D. is an Associate Professor of Education at University of New England (USA)

Focus: In this presentation the presenter will share a digital literacy project where students ages 10-15 created stories about their lives in order to share these with other students in different countries. The goal was for students to learn about similarities and differences that unite us and to develop empathy and understanding about children their ages across contexts. It is also important that teachers address global citizenship in their classrooms and find ways in their curriculum to teach students about the lives of others in a positive and constructive way. After sharing this project, the facilitator will lead a discussion on how this could look in other contexts and brainstorm ways to improve children’s experiences with global understanding and empathy building through digital platforms and activities.

Presenter: Lane W. Clarke Ed. D. is an Associate Professor of Education at University of New England (USA). She teaches classes at the undergraduate level to pre-service teachers in literacy and global education. Her research interests include supporting striving readers, integrating reading instruction and social emotional learning, working with English Language Learners, digital literacy, technology, online teaching pedagogy, and interprofessional collaboration. She earned a B.A. Psychology at Dickinson College, an M.S.Ed. at Rowan University, and an Ed.D. in Literacy from University of Cincinnati. Prior to joining University of New England, Dr. Clarke taught literacy courses at Northern Kentucky University, was a reading specialist in Cincinnati, Ohio and a fourth-grade teacher in Rochester, New York and Williamston, South Carolina. She has published four books and has articles published in journals such as The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Journal of Literacy Research, English Journal, and Language Arts among others.

 Winding up, CEEED Annual Awareness Week 2023- Nov. 17 10 AM. EST.  view this on YouTube

• Keynote address by Dr. J. Cody Nielsen, Executive Director, Convergence Strategies.
• Film, the power of forgiveness, "Admissions." Facilitated by John Viscount, screenwriter, composer, author, and branding specialist.