<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from My IPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Lee Martin <lches@sbcglobal.net><br><b>Date:</b> October 24, 2021 at 8:14:20 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Lee Martin <lches@sbcglobal.net><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Building a culture of Belonging Within an Organization, Fighting Social Injustices of Marginalization and Oppression</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Building a culture of Belonging Within an Organization Fighting Social Injustices of Marginalization and Oppression<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The NFB Diversity Equity & Inclusion committee of Indiana extends an invitation for your participation in our first conference session. This educational and informative session is open to all and will be conducted by our NFB-Indiana affiliate members Dr. Ruby Cane and Dr. Evette Reed of Ball State University. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Date: Saturday, October 30, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Time: 10:00a.m. to Noon Eastern.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Description: This workshop will introduce the concept of "belonging." We will discuss cultural identities within a culture of marginalization and oppression. Participants will distinguish between bridging and breaking dialogues and develop strategies for building a culture of belonging.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Learning Objectives:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoListBullet" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1. Definitions of Marginalization, Oppression, Belonging, Inclusion,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Equity, Liberation, Bridging, and Breaking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoListBullet" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">2. Cultural Identities within a Culture Fighting Social Injustices of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Marginalization and Oppression<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoListBullet" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">3. Dialogues of Belonging: Bridging and Breaking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoListBullet" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">4. Strategies of bridging people and society towards one another, and into belonging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoListBullet" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">5. Development of personal action plans to apply these concepts to achieve belonging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><a href="https://zoom.us/j/9908141333"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0563C1">Join us via zoom Conference, Saturday October 30 from 10a.m. to Noon Eastern</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Meeting ID: 990 814 1333<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><a href="tel:+16468769923,,9908141333#,,"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0563C1">One Tap Mobile</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Phone: 646 876 9923<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Pin: 990 814 1333 followed by Pound or # key twice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt">Best<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The NFB Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote></body></html>