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Making Room at the Table

Making Room at the Table. Facilitators: Tina Olson & Patti Larsen. Making Room at the Table. Tina Olson Executive Director at Mending the Sacred Hoop www.mshoop.org 1-888-305-1650 Patti Larsen Program Coordinator at AICHO patti@aicho.org 218-722-7225. Making Room at the Table.

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Making Room at the Table

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  1. Making Room at the Table Facilitators: Tina Olson & Patti Larsen

  2. Making Room at the Table • Tina Olson • Executive Director at Mending the Sacred Hoop • www.mshoop.org • 1-888-305-1650 • Patti Larsen • Program Coordinator at AICHO • patti@aicho.org • 218-722-7225

  3. Making Room at the Table • Meet where others are at, because they may not have transportation to come to the Table • Bringing youth, and client • Listen • Identify • Build Relationships • Collaborating with others

  4. Making Room at the Table • Be Flexible, Be open • Your table should be able to move to the Community • Think “Picnic Table” • Learn new opportunities • Provide Resources/ Transportation/ Daycare

  5. Broaden the Conversation at the Table • Know points of access • Gender Non-conforming • Who are we “talking” about • Raise Voices • Know our Allies • Creating good policies that help • Hold Grassrootmeetings

  6. Broadening the Conversation • Create Space where People want to attend • Safe environment • Redefine the word “Table” if you need too • Use respectful Diaglogue • Build Relationships • Relate to Each Other • Stay at the Table • Invite people who don’t agree with your propostion

  7. Broaden the Conversation • Engaging people in broader issues • Know which issues are trending right now Domestic Violence is trending, more funds are available • There needs to be a conversation at the table as to when the next meeting is • Reframe difference • Make spaces more accessible

  8. Broaden the Conversation • How can you be more available • Be more diverse • Teach one/ reach one • Start blogging • Circulate contact list Notes (What this is)

  9. Making Room at the Table Session #2 • Share Concerns and how we can support each other • Considerations for things such as daycare so participants with kids can attend • Identify people as young as possible • Have people in the schools be educated about political positions • Make sure to connect with businesses with people of color

  10. M.R.T. S#2 • Include panelists as people • Going out and putting up flyers in diverse neighborhoods • Include rural areas and reservations • Educate yourself and be willing to take what some people from the table have to say and be willing to hear • Learn a language to communicate speaking

  11. M.R.T. S#2 • Tell a story, they are more powerful • Set some money and funds aside for women who can’t come to the table • Take responsibility for the movements • It’s okay to be angry in order for the movement to go forward but we need to have dominant culture to be with us. • Personal Experience is powerful • Need to be less inclusive

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