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Follow on Google News | Kaleidoscope Institute Offers Course In Electronic MediaCreating Audio-Visual and Electronic Media to Build Inclusive Communities
“In 2007, we added knowledge and skills in using audio-visual and electronic media to enhance interpersonal communication and to build respectful inclusive community to our six basic leadership qualities of a competent leader in a diverse, changing world,” said the Rev. Eric H.F. Law, executive director of the Kaleidoscope Institute. “Since we now have the capacity to use affordable technologies to create audio-visual media, we believe that a competent leader in today’s world needs to know how to use electronic media that will bring people of diverse cultures together and help build inclusive communities.” The new course will teach participants how to: + Enhance worship with audio-visual media + Create and use electronic media effectively to facilitate inter-group dialogue sessions + Use audio-visual media to support respectful dialogue on hot issues + Enter the World-Wide Web with audio-visual pieces that invite the viewers not to isolate themselves from others but to reach out and create human-to-human community + Be the presence of grace in cyberspace These issues will be addressed through a variety of audio-visual media with course modules on: + Understanding Visual Language and Its Impact in Interpersonal Communication + Exploring and Teaching Music for Building Inclusive Community + Using Dramas to Foster Dialogue + Making Room for Grace in the World-Wide Web + Creating Group Media: Photolanguage, PowerPoint Slideshows, Video The course begins on Monday, July 28 at Noon and ends Friday, August 1 at Noon. The course fee of $450 includes meals. Housing is available at the Cathedral Retreat Center at a cost of $45 per night. More information is available at www.ladiocese.org/ Sidebar -- What is competent leadership in a diverse, changing world? 1. Self-awareness— 2. Appreciation of differences as opportunities, rather than as problems 3. Commitment to pluralistic understanding of issues while being able to make faithful decisions 4. Active theological reflection on diversity issues as they relate to oneself, others, and one’s community and creation 5. Discipline in applying appropriately skills, models and theories that will increase the inclusiveness of various situations 6. Ability to guide and support a community to move toward change faithfully in response to its changing environment. 7. Knowledge and skills in using audio, visual and electronic media to enhance interpersonal communication and to build respectful, inclusive community. About the Rev. Eric H. F. Law After traveling all over the world giving workshops and trainings for churches in all the major denominations, the Rev. Eric H. F. Law founded an institute to continue the ministry that he started back in the late 1980s when he began a theological and practical journey through the landscape of diversity. His focus has always been: as a Christian, how can he follow Christ’s call to seek and serve Christ in every person and respect the dignity of every human being? What started out as a need to help himself, and others around him, address race and diversity issues in faithful and constructive ways has evolved into something much bigger and deeper. Over the years, many have found his writing and methods helpful for their ministries, as evidenced by the overwhelming number of requests f or him to give lectures and workshops across the United States, Canada, Australia, Asia, and Europe. He has written six books on the subject, ranging from individual spiritual practice to systemic transformational applications. His first book, The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb, also appeared in a Spanish translation in 2005. About the Kaleidoscope Institute The Kaleidoscope Institute is Eric’s effort to put his system of theories, models, theology, and skill sets all in one place, so that individuals and groups that want to gain a deeper understanding and practice of multicultural ministry may come together to learn and share their experiences. With increased demand for this kind of training, the Kaleidoscope Institute now hosts two intensive one-week institutes each year, in which participants can come and spend their time immersed in the learning and practice of being leaders in a diverse changing world, and further develop their skills in building more inclusive communities. The Kaleidoscope Institute is located at Cathedral Center of St. Paul’s, 840 Echo Park Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90026-4209. More information is available at www.ladiocese.org/ End
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