Day 31: Guest speaker

Thanks to our guest speaker from RMCS (R. Multicultural Community Services)

• Settlement services for new immigrants to the country.
• Helping new people with things such as SETTLEMENT aspects:transit/getting around, welcoming groups, 
• Harmony and community
• Finding work
• Fun activities such as trips to the pumpkin patch ("normal" activities that people here would do)
• DIVERSITY
• Activity #1: No talking.  Try to figure out what your partner had for breakfast
• Activity #2: Two go outside the room.  "Insider/outsider" - Come back in and try to figure out which of the two groups to be a part of (ex. laces, no laces).  Why is this the name of the activity?  Insiders - how did you feel when the two people came in?  Outsiders, how did you feel?
• Activity #3: What does diversity feel/look like?  Post it on the iceberg: visible/invisible/borderline.  Leads to the activity on the Diversity Wheel - and label your top 3.  Looking at power/privilege
• Activity #4: Dots.  No looking (dots on you) No talking.  How did you group yourself?  Did you group by colour?  Location of sticker?  Size of sticker?  

Debrief of 12 Years a Slave in groups.

New assignment handed out.