15 Minute Session delivered to a gathering of thought leaders at John Burroughs School. Thought fodder for developing an institute for experienced diversity and global education veterans.

1. John Burroughs Institute Design Retreat
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School
Missing From the Conversation:
Storytelling, Intra-Group Competency,
and Growth Mindset in Cultural Competency
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2. In the Conversation:
Key Elements of Cultural Competency
• Value Orientation
• Diversity as Value Added
• Respect
• Relationships
• Equity
• Thought Orientation
• Knowledge
• Awareness
• Systems Thinking
• Action Orientation
• Consciousness Building
• Capacity Building
• Assessment
• Adaptation
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3. Missing From the Conversation:
Storytelling
• Advisory Curriculum
• Affective Curriculum
• Community Building
• Classroom Practice
• Home Visits
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4. Missing From the Conversation:
Intra-Group Competency
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5. Ladder of Empowerment for
Marginalized People
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Ladder of Empowerment for
Marginalized People
Empowerment and Liberation
Community of Resistance
Collective Action
Challenging
Self Awareness & Investigation
Exclusion and Immersion
Rage/Depression
Not dominant
Internalized Oppression
“***Ism”
pushes us
down
Resistance,
awareness,
education
empowers us

6. Ladder of Allyship for
Members of Dominant Groups
National Association of Independent Schools
Ladder of Allyship for
Members of Dominant Groups
Allyship and Liberation
Community of Resistance
Collective Action
Challenging
Awareness & Investigation
Distancing Own Group Members
Dissonance and Resistance
Ignorance and Passivity
Internalized Supremacy
“***Ism” limits us
and separates us
from others
Allyship,
awareness,
education
liberates us
Done in
conjunction
and
relationship
with members
of oppressed
group
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7. Missing From the Conversation:
Growth Mindset
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8. Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
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9. Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
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10. Challenges
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11. Obstacles
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12. Effort
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13. Criticism
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14. Success of Others
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15. Long Term Impacts
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16. Our Charge as Practitioners
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17. Presenter
Information
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Outreach Specialist
Seattle Girls’ School
2706 S Jackson Street
Seattle WA 98144
(206) 805-6562
rlee@seattlegirlsschool.org
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18. Resources
• Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, Nurture
Shock
• Carol Dweck, Mindset
• Janet E. Helms, “White Racial Identity
Development”
• Claude Steele, Whistling Vivaldi
• Western Resource Center, Dismantling Racism
• National Coalition Building Institute, Reducing
Prejudices Workshop
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