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Tibetan/Chinese Friendship Group Working with the Tsogyaling Meditation Center of Evanston, students from the University of Illinois at Chicago have established a friendship alliance between Tibetan and Chinese students for fun and for roundtable discussions. Tsogyaling Meditation Center is looking to find Tibetan and Chinese participants who hold diverse views, various education levels, and an equal ratio of male and female participants. The format of the roundtables will be a one and a half-hour long session with the first fifteen minutes for introductions and establishing ground rules. Believing that a potentially successful dialogue can stem from personal narratives, the structure of the narratives is that each participant will be asked to complete their own narrative. Then at the beginning of the session, their counterparts will read each others' narratives: The Tibetans will read the Chinese participant narratives and vice versa. We hope that participants will come to the table with an openness and acceptance of new ideas. Through narratives, participants can constructively share their experiences rather than focusing on each other’s differences The top three learning objectives used to guide and facilitate the roundtable discussion are: Participants will gain community empowerment through community interest and support. Participants will share their own perspective and respect other perspectives through non-violent and culturally sensitive verbal and non-verbal communication. Participants will verbalize at least one cultural perspective of the other cultural party. Join the Tibetan/Chinese Friendship Group For more information or to join the group, contact Nancy Floy at 847-491-1122 x11 or click here to email. Resources Hessler, Peter (February, 1999). Tibet Through Chinese Eyes [Electronic Version]. The Atlantic Monthly, 283(2). Retrieved June 3, 2009 from http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99feb/tibet.htm. Nies, Mary A. ( 2007). Resource Tool 7a, Chapter 7 Community Health. Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations, 4th edition. Retrieved on June 4, 2009 from UIC Blackboard Course website. Sarrica, Muro and Contarello, Alberta (2004). Peace, War and Conflict: Social Representations Shared by Peace Activists and Non-Activists. Journal of Peace Research. 41(5), 549-568. Retrieved June 4, 2009 from SAGE Journals Online. Our thanks to Scott Alamar and Melissa Salgado from the University of Illinois at Chicago for their work on getting this project started. Thanks also to Darice Linares and Julie Leung for continuing work on the project.
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Tibetan/Chinese Friendship Group

Working with the Tsogyaling Meditation Center of Evanston, students from the University of Illinois at Chicago have established a friendship alliance between Tibetan and Chinese students for fun and for roundtable discussions.

Tsogyaling Meditation Center is looking to find Tibetan and Chinese participants who hold diverse views, various education levels, and an equal ratio of male and female participants.

The format of the roundtables will be a one and a half-hour long session with the first fifteen minutes for introductions and establishing ground rules. Believing that a potentially successful dialogue can stem from personal narratives, the structure of the narratives is that each participant will be asked to complete their own narrative. Then at the beginning of the session, their counterparts will read each others' narratives: The Tibetans will read the Chinese participant narratives and vice versa.

We hope that participants will come to the table with an openness and acceptance of new ideas. Through narratives, participants can constructively share their experiences rather than focusing on each other’s differences

The top three learning objectives used to guide and facilitate the roundtable discussion are:

Participants will gain community empowerment through community interest and support.
Participants will share their own perspective and respect other perspectives through non-violent and culturally sensitive verbal and non-verbal communication.
Participants will verbalize at least one cultural perspective of the other cultural party.

Join the Tibetan/Chinese Friendship Group

For more information or to join the group, contact Nancy Floy at 847-491-1122 x11 or click here to email.

Resources

Hessler, Peter (February, 1999). Tibet Through Chinese Eyes [Electronic Version]. The Atlantic Monthly, 283(2). Retrieved June 3, 2009 from http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99feb/tibet.htm.

Nies, Mary A. ( 2007). Resource Tool 7a, Chapter 7 Community Health. Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations, 4th edition. Retrieved on June 4, 2009 from UIC Blackboard Course website.

Sarrica, Muro and Contarello, Alberta (2004). Peace, War and Conflict: Social Representations Shared by Peace Activists and Non-Activists. Journal of Peace Research. 41(5), 549-568. Retrieved June 4, 2009 from SAGE Journals Online.

Our thanks to Scott Alamar and Melissa Salgado from the University of Illinois at Chicago for their work on getting this project started. Thanks also to Darice Linares and Julie Leung for continuing work on the project.

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