PROJECT
SUMMARY:
The Dallas Dinner Table provides an opportunity to hear and to share
diverse perspectives about the impact of race on the daily lives of
Dallas residents. The dinners are designed to:
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Encourage
communication about race relations and the impact of ethnicity on
relationships
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Educate participants about perspectives held by others related to
race relations
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Empower
citizens to develop relationships with people from a variety of racial/ethnic
groups.
Dallas Dinner Table
2003 will be held on the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday—Monday
evening, January 20, 2003 at 6:00pm. The dinners will be held
in private homes or restaurants with each dinner attended by multi-racial
participants. Participants will be discouraged from focusing on institutional,
political or community-level "solutions." Rather, the dinners
encourage cross-cultural communication and focus on personal action,
personal growth, and personal advantages from building cross-racial
relationships.
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Host Responsibilities: Hosts volunteer to provide
the location and food for 8-10 people on the evening of January 20th.
They may invite up to 3 people of their choosing in addition to those
assigned-but must provide registration forms for their guests by January
3, 2003. They will distribute gifts provided by LDAA to the dinner
guests.
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Facilitator Responsibilities:
Facilitators will attend a two-hour orientation prior to the event.
At the dinners they will introduce the icebreaker, lead a guided discussion,
and provide qualitative feedback.
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Participants Responsibilities:
Participants are assigned a dinner table. The evening includes an
icebreaker, dinner, and discussions centered on questions that the
participants select and provide a response. The questions focus on
values, beliefs, fears, needs and goals. Each participant will have
several minutes to share thoughts and reactions, with limited inquiry
from other participants.
Facilitators lend
structure to the program and utilize established techniques designed
to minimize debate and maximize understanding among people representing
different backgrounds and cultures. The program design allows for 90
minutes of discussion with a target completion time of 9:30 p.m.
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FOLLOW-UP:
Participants, hosts and facilitators will all be asked to complete feedback
forms prior to leaving the dinner. There will also be a gathering planned
where the people who participated can "debrief" the experience.
A full program report will be published promoting the broader applications
of the program for other communities.
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REGISTER:
If you would
like to:
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Host a dinner
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Facilitate a dinner, or
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Participate
in a dinner
with Dallas Dinner
Table 2003 ,please register
and follow the procedure until you receive a confirmation of your registration.
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QUESTIONS:
Please contact the
Registration Coordinators at info@dallasdinnertable.com
if you have questions that cannot be answered on our FAQ
page.
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