Note: This training was originally offered in a semester format in 2017.
Why have some antiracism and multicultural efforts been successful in some congregations and not-so-successful in others?
Each of us has culture–conscious and unconscious ways of being in the world. To become a truly multicultural faith, we need leaders who can build relationships effectively across difference including ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender, and more.
Learn about a model of understanding cultural competence which will help you learn these skills.
This training is helpful for both congregations that have racial and ethnic diversity and congregations who perceive themselves to be homogenous.
Note: This training gives more detail of the model described in the training Co-Creating Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in our Congregations.
- a model of understanding how people engage with difference at different developmental levels, and how to meet them where they are
- what people at different developmental stages need
- how to begin to coach your congregation into intercultural capacity
- how to start with the difference already in the room
Rev. Rob Keithan is the Minister for Social Justice at All Souls UU Church in Washington, D.D. He is also a faith organizing and training consultant specializing in reproductive health, rights and justice issues as well as congregational social justice programs. His current focus is working on faith engagement with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. He recently served as Director of Public Policy at the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, where he led a program that provides training to religious leaders on offering pastoral care related to reproductive decision-making and loss. Previously, Rev. Keithan served as a consulting minister at two Unitarian Universalist congregations and Director of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Washington Office.
In addition to leading programs on intercultural communication and conflict resolution, Rob has helped to develop and lead countless programs on advocacy and organizing, and trained hundreds of facilitators to lead the junior high and high school portions of the Our Whole Lives comprehensive sexuality education curriculum.
