I attended a multi-cultural infusion workshop today at work. It was actually a lot better than I thought it would be. I usually have a hard time sitting through hour long meetings let alone a meeting from 9-2.
Anyway, the purpose of this training was to make the employees of my work aware of the multi-cultural aspect of and the world at large so that we can make the appropriate accomodations or act in the most appropriate way and have an inclusive model for the people we work with or come across in our every day lives. We discussed age, race, religion, sexual-orientation, gender, nationality, disabilities and other multi-cultural areas.
The good news is they served lunch to the participants. The bad news was there wasn't any kosher food. Ironic? I think so.
Posted by peninah at September 19, 2006 07:30 PM | TrackBackYou think that's bad? I was in class, and we were learning about cultural awareness, etc. My teacher was going around giving people friendly taps on the shoulder and slaps on the back. When I explained to her that as an Orthodox Jew I can't touch females and they shouldn't touch me, she wanted to know how I could be an OT. I explained that when it was for therapeutic purposes and I'm helping a client hands on, it is ok. She responded by giving me a slap on the back and saying, "oh, well that's great then!"
Posted by: aishel at September 19, 2006 08:48 PMOy, some people just don't get it.
Posted by: Sara K at September 19, 2006 09:53 PM