FAC Planning & Hosting Community Conversations

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Description:

 

Building relationships within your community takes time and intentional effort. That’s why dialogue is key to building a strong community that serves all its members. Hosting community conversations is a critical component of strengthening community connections and building change.

 

Successful community engagement is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Creating a positive impact in deaf communities requires knowledge and skills to facilitate conversations, invest in and strengthen relationships, and develop action plans that prioritize and centralize deaf people’s needs.

 

In Planning & Hosting Community Conversations, you will learn community-centered practices and leadership skills to make intentional and meaningful systemic change — from local grassroots initiatives to institutional transformation while partnering with deaf communities.

 

Learning Objectives:

 

By the end of this course, participants will possess the knowledge and skills to:

 

    • Identify and develop goals and strategies for conversations with key individuals within their local community

    • Identify key players for the planning team to host community conversations

    • Design potential action items and build in accountability

    • Examine strategies to strengthen authentic relationships and resource sharing to enhance and support changes in their community

Course Facilitators: This course will be facilitated by NDC staff and/or in partnership with seasoned professionals in the field.

 

Anticipated Time to Complete Course:

 

This facilitated course will require a 15-hour commitment over four weeks. Engagement will be primarily asynchronous, and there will be two (2) 2-hour Zoom meetings scheduled for the second and third weeks.

 

*Sign language interpreters and CART will be provided for each meeting. To request additional accommodations, please email learn@nationaldeafcenter.org.

 

Dates: Please express your interest by signing up for our waiting list. We will contact you when we are ready to begin a new cohort.

 

Prerequisites:

 

To enter the next cohort, you must complete the following prerequisite modules before the beginning of the course:

 

 

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Course Category: Facilitated Courses, Deaf Awareness
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals, Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals

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