COMMUNITY QUEST
You are receiving this message because AAML, AFCC-MN, and the Family Law League have all come together to support a major initiative for our community. Community Quest is a unique growth opportunity for members of the family law community in Minnesota to develop and deepen intercultural competence - both personally and professionally. We believe that ongoing growth and skill development can better support our ability to navigate conflicts and unintended impact, and to proactively create an even more inclusive professional environment for people who work in this field.
You may have heard a bit about Community Quest from members of our Pilot Group, or at Divorce Camp. Registration is now open, and we encourage you to sign up as soon as possible. If you're ready to register, CLICK HERE
Keep reading to learn more...
What is the Quest?
To help ensure our community of family law professionals in Minnesota is welcoming, respectful, and safe for practitioners from different disciplines, cultures, and perspectives.
To support introspection and self-awareness within individuals and organizations in our professional community, and to encourage awareness of how our own actions, attitudes and beliefs affect others and affect our community overall
To continue to develop individual and institutional skills to engage curiosity about ourselves and others to be more intentional and effective our work with one another as well as with our clients
To promote ongoing exploration of ways to improve our collective ability to bridge difference, and to enhance a sense of dignity and belonging within the family law community.
Who should participate?
You! Particularly if you are:
Invested in helping make our professional community better
Curious about how to be more effective at bridging differences of all kinds
Ready to learn more about yourself and how you show up for others
Eager to build new skills to support better outcomes with people who have experiences and perspectives that are different than yours.
Why is this program different than other DEI things I've done?
Here's what members of the pilot group have to say:
“After so many trainings/presentations I left with the feeling of wow that's amazing and insightful, but now what? What can/should I do to change me/things? This didn't leave me that way, I had actions to do.”
“This has something to offer no matter where you are in your journey. It has actionable content. It gives you ways to advance your skills no matter where you are in your skill building.”
“Because sometimes it’s rare to have an opportunity to be genuinely part of the solution.”
“We have done work around implicit and explicit bias, and this takes us to the next level – a deeper dive, another way to understand, a new perspective on your implicit bias.”
What is the commitment?
Short answer:
You complete the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), and participate in a confidential 1-on-1 debrief to review the results and discuss strategies for ongoing development, about 1 hour
Option to join a Peer Accountability Learning group (PAL) to support individual learning and application, varies
Participate in four 1/2-day experiential learning seminars, about 16 hours
What is it going to cost me?
Short answer:
$310.00, and about 17 hours of your time
That's it. This covers the cost of the IDI and the one-on-one confidential debrief. AAML, AFCC-MN, Family Law League and Our Family Wizard have all made generous contributions to cover all other program costs.
This curriculum has been offered by another sponsoring agency, and has been approved for 11 general CLE credits, and 4.5 Elimination of Bias credits. We are also investigating the process to be approved for continuing education credits for mental health providers.
Dates to Remember
#1: November 22,2024, 8am-12:30pmFoundations of Intercultural CompetenceThis workshop will introduce participants to cultural self-awareness frameworks and models to deeply explore the complexity of their identity and the ways that can have unintentional impacts on intercultural competence and inclusion and belonging goals.
#2: January 10, 2025, 8am-12:30 pmIntercultural Communication Tools to Support Belonging and InclusionHaving tools to be curious and rebound across cultural differences is vital to effectively engage and communicate in multicultural settings. Participants will gain intercultural communication tools and practices to approach challenging topics. Additionally, participants will learn how to take responsibility when intentions do not equal the intended impact.
February 7, 2025, 9-10am (Virtual)Launch of Intercultural Development Plan Peer Accountability and Learning (PALs)60 minute virtual session to formally set up trios, quad to work through their Intercultural Development Plan (IDP) that is received during their IDI debrief.
#3: March 7, 2025, 8am-12:30 pmIntercultural Conflict Dimensions and StylesParticipants will gain a deeper understanding of judgments made in their culture and how those differences may manifest in other cultures, within and across racial and national groups. Additionally, stereotyping and bias will be addressed.
#4: April 25, 2025, 8am-12:30 pmPower, Privilege, and AdaptationParticipants will explore concepts of power and privilege to more deeply understand how their lived experience may implicitly perpetuate dominant cultural values at the individual and systems levels of racial equity. Additionally, participants will better understand the impact of assimilation and the distinction of adaptation.
On behalf of AAML, AFCC-MN, Family Law League, and our community as a whole, we ask you to join us in Community Quest to help ensure our family law community continues to do the work of co-creating a safe, inclusive and nurturing environment for everyone who practices in this area. Registration closes on Friday October 18, 11:59 pm.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for Community Quest
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION about the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)