Barbara Radke
University of Minnesota Extension
Cloquet Regional Center
179 University Rd.
Cloquet, MN 55720
(218) 726-6476, (218) 879-0857 fax

Dawn Newman
University of Minnesota Extension
Cloquet Regional Center
179 University Rd.
Cloquet, MN 55720
(218) 726-6474, (218) 879-0857 fax

Cultural diversity is an opportunity for new partnerships to be formed and new programming to be developed. The workshop will provide an opportunity to hear and learn from the Native American perspective when partnering, developing, and delivering program to a Native American audience. The Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College and University of Minnesota Extension have partnered together to learn from one another and share expertise around cultural competency, community development and leadership programming in the areas of data collection from Native American focus groups, development of leadership training enhancements for a leadership curriculum to be inclusive and respectful when Native Americans are participants in a community development initiative, and relationship building to work together successfully as a community coach and co-team leader for the RCCI project. This workshop takes the partnership experiences of the presenters around relationship building and program development and delivery and incorporates it into a useful workshop which shares approaches, tools and practical information and resources in working with Native American audiences. Although this workshop focuses primarily on the Native American culture, participants will gain insight into partnering and programming that can be beneficial when working with other culturally diverse audiences.

This workshop will include an opportunity for experiential learning by incorporating into the workshop tools developed and approaches used when working with a culturally diverse audience. Objectives of the workshop include enhancing the understanding of participants of the cultural values of the Native American and providing suggestions for creating inclusive and respectful programming.