Minnesota Campus Compact has curated a series of experiential workshops aimed at helping students develop intercultural competency and civic agency through strategies and skills related to "Self", "Us" and "Now". The resources are available on the MN Campus Compact website for free https://mncampuscompact.org. See Terms of Use below.
Theme: Self
Starting with Values: Knowing who you are and what you’re about
What’s in Your Fish Bowl? Discussing the cultural factors and experiences that shape who we are
Public Narrative: Story of Self Harnessing the power of your Story of Self to advance change
Circles of My Multicultural Selves: Intersecting social and cultural identities in different aspects of our lives
The Self in Conflict: Developing self-awareness in conflict
Theme: Us
Assets & Deficits: Using a deliberately asset-based approach to change
The Danger of a Single Story: Reflecting and developing strategies for inclusive leadership
Reflective Listening: Deepening your communication through listening strategies
One to Ones: Expanding our collective capacity to get things done through relationships
Where Do You Stand? Fostering communities with room for difference and dissent
Deciding Together: Exploring models for group decision making
Constructive, Intentional Feedback: Practicing effective feedback in collaborative work
Bridging Divides: Developing the capacity to examine our own beliefs and listen across differences
Too Many Balls in the Air: Leadership in Systems: Reflecting on change and shared leadership in complex systems
Dialogue and Deliberation: Selecting and planning a dialogue approach to suit your goals.
Theme: Now
What’s Happening Here? Preventing judgment and assumptions from distorting your understanding of social issues
Introduction to Research Justice: Recognizing and utilizing sources of knowledge from the people most impacted by the issues.
Participatory Data Collection: Gathering input and information in ways that position participants as the experts of their own experience
Action Star Framework: Understanding the role of power, history, message, relationships, and resources in addressing social issues
Social Change Wheel: Exploring the many strategies for social change — download the social change wheel here
Spectrum of Allies: Developing allies for social change, one step at a time
Building Allies & Support: The Elevator Speech Communicating your issue clearly and succinctly to meet allies and build support
Power Mapping: Understanding power dynamics and the importance of networks to motivate change
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The following sites provide frameworks, training materials, and/or assessment tools related to civic leadership development.
+Acumen: Online, often free, courses in social change strategies
Asset-Based Community Development Institute, DePaul University: training resources, podcasts, and toolkit
Bonner Program Resources: An array of resources including an extensive training and enrichment curriculum
Building Regular Interfaith Dialogue through Generous Engagement (BRIDGE): Free downloadable modules that equip campus professionals to train their peers and student paraprofessionals on interfaith cooperation.
Community Commons: Data sets and mapping tools for supporting community change
Community Tool Box: Free toolkits on 16 distinct stages of enacting a community-based initiative
Imagining America: Civic Professionalism white paper and draft rubric
Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, Tufts University: Facilitating Political Discussions guide
Institute of Applied Human Excellence: 60 free “Finding Your Flow” tools
IUPUI’s Civic-Minded Graduate Scale
Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota: “And Who Is My Neighbor?” Curriculum and Leader Guide
The Merrimack College Center for Engaged Democracy: “Core Competencies in Civic Engagement” report
Public Achievement: program guides, lessons, and activities, plus the University of Denver Public Achievement Curriculum
Seeing Things Whole: Resources for organizational leadership
Sustained Dialogue Institute: campus dialogue training information and issue sheets
UCLA Higher Education Research Institute: “A Social Change Model of Leadership Development”
