IBWSC 2017 GAT Project Summary You will be working with your group to complete this for submission on Thursday; there are helpful questions included to guide you and the group through this. Make sure they answer these questions. Project name: UNIT-E GAT Name/Leader: MAXWELL/POWERS There are misconceptions in Background: Mission & Objectives: every region of the world that Highlight the needs identified What you want to achieve contribute to anxiety, distrust and being addressed by the (aims)? and which promote to project (link to themes and |Our goal is to draw others to deteriorating mental health. content of conference) meet and discover that there is This may include the following; more to them than meets the tribalism, racism, ignorance, eye. This community group’s religious discrimination and aims are to change negative or gender bias. This project erroneous perceptions of addresses these issues by others. creating communities and sharing our personal stories, celebrating our cultures but finding ways to find our oneness and commonalities. The group’s activities serve as a Activities (objectives): Collaborators: platform for people of different How the project will achieve What groups are important in races, sexual orientation, etc. to your goals? the development and interact to decrease tension implementation of the project? caused by these (within the organization) At this misperceptions. Group activities moment there no organizations will begin at schools but expand we would align with but will to local communities and then consider this in the future to globally. Activities include create an umbrella organization digital sharing of stories, that deals with this issue. meeting to create art pieces, and listen to cultural music from different countries.
IBWSC 2017 GAT Project Summary You will be working with your group to complete this for submission on Thursday; there are helpful questions included to guide you and the group through this. Make sure they answer these questions. Project name: UNIT-E GAT Name/Leader: MAXWELL/POWERS Background: Highlight the needs identified and being addressed by the project (link to themes and content of conference) There are misconceptions in every region of the world that contribute to anxiety, distrust and which promote to deteriorating mental health. This may include the following; tribalism, racism, ignorance, religious discrimination and gender bias. This project addresses these issues by creating communities and sharing our personal stories, celebrating our cultures but finding ways to find our oneness and commonalities. Mission & Objectives: What you want to achieve (aims)? |Our goal is to draw others to meet and discover that there is more to them than meets the eye. This community group’s aims are to change negative or erroneous perceptions of others. Activities (objectives): How the project will achieve your goals? The group’s activities serve as a platform for people of different races, sexual orientation, etc. to interact to decrease tension caused by these misperceptions. Group activities will begin at schools but expand to local communities and then globally. Activities include digital sharing of stories, meeting to create art pieces, and listen to cultural music from different countries. Collaborators: What groups are important in the development and implementation of the project? (within the organization) At this moment there no organizations we would align with but will consider this in the future to create an umbrella organization that deals with this issue.
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