NCBI Newsletter

Recommendations

Info

Page 6 NCBI Newsletter NCBI’s Carolina Coalition in action: Bringing NCBI skills to campus Idella Glenn leading an NCBI workshop at Furman in December 2014 “The Coalition has sponsored NCBI trainthe-trainer programs to grow the teams and allow other colleges and universities to bring NCBI to their campuses” North Carolina State University hosted the 16th Annual NCBI Carolina Coalition Train-the- Trainer event in October 2016, bringing NCBI trained campus leaders from regional and national universities to prepare them to facilitate the NCBI leadership for diversity training. Overall, forty faculty, staff, and students from The Citadel, Wofford College, The University of Alaska at Anchorage, Presbyterian College and NC State participated. The training was led by NCBI Coalition leaders Idella Glenn and Beverly Williams, assisted by a leadership team from the participating institutions. The seeds for the NCBI Carolina Diversity Training Coalition were planted when three Student Affairs staff members at Clemson University participated in an NCBI 5-Day Leadership Training Institute in the fall of 1998. The three returned to Clemson University and applied for (and received) a University grant to fund a 3-Day NCBI Train-The-Trainer in the fall of 1999. This core group formed the NCBI Clemson Team, the first NCBI Affiliate in the state of South Carolina. There was also a person at nearby Furman University who was NCBI-trained and this person served as a member-at -large for the Clemson Affiliate until a team at Furman University was established. The Clemson Affiliate formed a partnership with several area schools and applied for an Alliance 2020 Grant to fund another 3-Day Train-the-Trainer in the fall of 2000. The purpose of this training was to assist these area schools in establishing their own NCBI affiliates. The additional schools were: Furman University, Tri-County NCBI’s team at NC State Technical College, Anderson College, and SC State University (an HBCU). Approximately 45 people attended this Coalition-building Train-the-Trainer. Since this initial training, the campus Coalition has sponsored NCBI train-the-trainer programs to grow the teams and allow other colleges and universities to bring NCBI to their campuses, like SC State University , Furman University, Piedmont Technical College, North Carolina State University , Greenville Technical College , North Carolina Central University. NCBI is growing on Campus through the Carolinas. Idella Glenn Carolina Coalition Director The University of Iowa hosts the NCBI Campus Conference “The training was incredibly wellreceived, even being declared the "most effective diversity training" As a strong believer in a community-policing philosophy and a true advocate for building meaningful relationships, Scott Beckner, the newly appointed assistant vice president and director of University of Iowa Public Safety, worked closely with Bria Marcelo, Director of the University of Iowa NCBI Affiliate to host an NCB Law Enforcement specific training i n S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 6 . The NCBI Law Enforcement and Public Service program, led by Police Chief (Ret.) Fabienne Brooks and Guillermo Lopez, Jr., held two training sessions with 45 officers, dispatchers, detectives, and security officers. There were representatives from four different areas surrounding the university including the University of Iowa Police, Iowa City Police, University Heights Police, and Coralville Police. All four chiefs were also in attendance. The training was incredibly wellreceived, even being declared the "most effective diversity training" folks had ever taken. The University of Iowa believes this is a good start - with no signs of stopping. Outside of working with the local police forces, the University of Iowa NCBI affiliate has planned a 2-day institute with Iowa City downtown business districts. The first day of the training will focus
Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 7 on the NCBI Leadership for Equity and Inclusion training. This initiative will take place in early January 2017 in coalition with the Chief Diversity Office, the Office of Outreach & Engagement, and the Iowa City Downtown District. This two-day event hopes to build better relationships with University of Iowa students and the businesses they utilize near campus. Participants will dive deeper into learning more about identity, bias, and strategies to have more inclusive customer service through a discussion-based review of case studies. What’s next for the UI NCBI Affiliate? We are about to plan the best NCBI Campus Conference yet, set f or November 1 6 - November 18, 2017. We hope to see you there! Dana Dominguez, University of Iowa Partnering to bring NCBI principles to the USDA NCBI, VTC, and USDA. This is a lot of acronyms, but they come together to mean a successful training and exposure to NCBI by many new participants. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has an office on the campus of NC State University in Raleigh, NC. A USDA staff member, Roberta Morales, who is also adjunct faculty and a member of the NC State University NCBI team wanted to bring the NCBI model to the USDA. One concern within the organization was that training is always held in certain locations preventing staff in more remote locations from participating. So the idea of video teleconferencing (VTC) was introduced. The VTC was setup to allow staff members in Raleigh, NC and Riverdale, MD to participate in a joint session. Each site had approximately 25 participants. Working through NCBI headquarter, a team of four facilitators (Beverly Jones Williams and Roger Callanan in Raleigh; Idella Glenn and Peter Cowen in Riverdale) planned and facilitated a 3-hour video session that allowed for both intimacy and for greater interaction across state lines. Feedback from the session revealed that 97% of participants rated the overall quality of the workshop as a “4” or “5” on a 5- point scale. In addition, 97% of participants indicated that the session increased their knowledge about diversity and would recommend the session to others. Evaluations included such comments as “Great workshop! Would like the longer version! Great job!”, “Good to have these conversations and permission to ask” and “Travelled 4 hours one way for workshop - it was worth it”. The workshop was well received by a huge majority of participants! . Beverly Jones Williams North Carolina State University “Travelled 4 hours one way for workshop - it was worth it”. “Great workshop! Would like the longer version!” The NCBI team at NSCC is moving “Healing into Action” The work of the National Coalition Building Institute is alive and well here at North Shore Community College (NSCC). Since June, we’ve offered 17 inclassroom workshops with a small team of active trainers. Our goal is to expand our pool of trainers. In keeping with that goal, we sent two staff members, David Bueno and Bonie Williamson, to the NCBI Leadership for Diversity Institute in Maryland in October. 2016. We look forward to having Bonie and David as an active part of our team. In addition to classroom workshops, we completed, with the help of our sister institution, Middlesex Community College, a One Day Training for faculty, staff, and students in June, primarily composed of new people to our College. It was a great success. Our Vice-President of Academic Affairs offered accolades to the team after the workshop. North Shore Community College is located in a very “blue” state, Massachusetts. The results of the Presidential election have brought up a lot of feelings particularly for those who supported Hillary Clinton or Jill Stein but also for those who supported President-elect Donald Trump or Gary Johnson. To help process those feelings, NCBI partnered with our college “We completed, with the help of our sister institution, Middlesex Community College, a One Day Training for faculty, staff, and students in June... It was a great success”
Page 1 and 2: January 2017 NCBI Newsletter 2017 I
Page 3 and 4: 2017 Issue 1 Police-Community Partn
Page 5: 2017 Issue 1 Page 5 NCBI in high sc
Page 9: Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 9 NCBI at th

NCBI Newsletter

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?