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PRACTICING INCLUSION: Icebreakers and Team builders for Diversity The Office of Intercultural Affairs Stonehill College When we do not actively include, we actively exclude. L. Talusan What does it mean to actively exclude? For years, I have worked with professionals and students to talk about how our very first activities usually in the form of Icebreakers and team builders send a message about who does and does not belong in our group. Many of us see our roles as building community; yet, we sometimes facilitate activities that marginalize others. Let s change that. Let s challenge ourselves to do better, think harder, and work to actively include the many experiences and identities that come to our groups. When folks struggle with an activity that does not actively include many experiences, identities, and abilities that participants bring to the session, the facilitator s reaction might be to say, Well, let s just not do that activity.
diversity@stonehill.edu and we‟ll include it on our website! In the summer of 2012, I was hired as an Intern to the Director in the Office of Intercultural Affairs at Stonehill College, and was given the task of editing and compiling icebreakers and
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