National Coalition Building Institute - Missoula

1. National Coalition Building Institute - Missoula KINDLE LEWIS KIM SPURZEM DANNY HANISZEWSKI RILEIGH COLDIRON www.ncbimissoula.org

2. NCBI MSLA TRAINERS KINDLE LEWIS: • Administrative Assistant • Senior Trainer • Youth Programs Facilitator • kindle@ncbimissoula.org KIM SPURZEM: • AmeriCorps VISTA • Senior Trainer • Youth Programs Facilitator • kim@ncbimissoula.org DANNY HANISZEWSKI: • Former Respect Club member • NCBI Facilitator • Youth Forward Member • Respect Club Facilitator RILEIGH COLDIRON: • NCBI Facilitator • Youth Forward Member • Respect Club Facilitator • 1st National LGBT Summit

3. NCBI YOUTH PROGRAMS Building Bridges Workshop Building Inclusive Schools Workshop Controversial Issues Dialogue Workshop High School Train-the-Trainer High School Violence Prevention Initiative Making Montana Schools Safer Workshop Respect Club - Middle and Elementary Schools Youth Forward

4. NCBI’S YOUTH PROGRAMS: • Increase resiliency in youth and build a positive school culture • Create increased engagement in schools • Empower youth to build safer and more inclusive learning environments • Support increased graduation rates and academic success of youth.

5. 2010-2011 Schools Impacted • Alberton • Billings • Clinton • Drummond • Flathead • Great Falls • Havre • Kicking Horse • Lame Deer • Lodge Grass • Missoula • Polson • Pryor • Seeley • St. Regis • Wolf Point

6. 2010-2011 Educators Impacted • Montana Behavioral Institute Summer Conference • Montana Educator Association • Montana School Counselors Association • Office of Public Instruction staff • Office of Public Instruction – Advisory Council • Parent Teacher Associations • School Counselor Association Conference

7. Overall 2010-2011 Impact 997 EDUCATORS Participated in: • 3-day Train-the-Trainer • Building an Inclusive Schools Workshop • Montana Safe Schools Workshops • NCBI Conference Presentations • School Violence Prevention and Prejudice Reduction Workshop 2,166 STUDENTS Participated in: • 3-day Train-the-Trainer • Building Bridges Workshop • Controversial Issues Dialogue • NCBI Youth Programs such as Respect Club and Youth Forward • School Violence Prevention Prejudice Reduction Workshop

8. High School Violence Prevention Initiative Participatory workshop that helps students, educators, and administrators to: Identify types of bullying, mistreatment, and harassment Understand the root causes of violenceand oppression Identify ways to prevent violence, and practice non-violent intervention techniques when confronted with mistreatment

9. High School Violence Prevention Initiative 2007-2011: • 341 students and staff have been trained as trainers to lead Violence Prevention and Prejudice Reduction Trainings in the high schools • Over 90% of these leaders have helped facilitate trainings for their peers. • NCBI student, staff, and community trainers have led 49in-school workshops with over 2,985 student participants

10. High School Violence Prevention Initiative • School Disciplinary Data indicates that since launching the NCBI Violence Prevention Initiative violence has reduced considerably at Big Sky and Hellgate High Schools

11. RESPECT CLUB Assists youth to develop the capacity, esteem and skills to achieve a healthy identity Promotes overall wellness, and academic success Facilitates building relationships across group lines, developing esteem and leadership skills, and learning to take action to improve the safety of their own lives and their school environment.

12. MIDDLE SCHOOL RESPECT CLUB • Respect Club engages 30-50 youth annually • Yearly community action project: • Diversity Day • Non-Discrimination Ordinance • Who is your Neighbor? • Proud to Be… • Inside Out Documentary • InDifference

13. MIDDLE SCHOOL RESPECT CLUB

14. ELEMENTARY RESPECT CLUB Elementary Respect Club for 16 Lowell School for 3rd-5th graders. • NCBI high school and middle school leaders co-facilitate • Performed a play of the Dr. Seuss's The Sneetchesfor their entire school • School-wide anti-bullying poster campaign

15. ELEMENTARY RESPECT CLUB

16. YOUTH FORWARD Support group for youth ages 13 to 19 that identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer or are questioning their sexuality Decreases isolation and risk behaviors while promoting healthy identity and resilience Provides educational information, facilitates peer-to peer mentoring, increases skills to interrupt bullying and harassment, and provides positive role models.

17. YOUTH FORWARD: LGBT YOUTH STRENGTHS

18. YOUTH FORWARD: LGBT YOUTH CHALLENGES

19. NCBI ACTIVITIES AND SKILLS Up/Downs Frame of Reference Cycle of Oppression Teach and Learn

20. UP/DOWNS Chance to examine the similarities and difference about members in the room Take note of what it feels like to: Stand alone Stand with the majority/minority of group members Groups that are not present in the room

21. FRAME OF REFERENCE Gender Race/Ethnicity Education Age Class What are some of your most significant lenses? Ability Religion Travel Family Sexual Orientation Life Experiences Etc. How does your frame of reference impact the ways you see, experience and participate in the world?

22. DEFINING TERMS Prejudice: Biases, beliefs, values, stereotypes… =Internal Perspectives Discrimination: Segregation, degradation, mistreatment… = External Behaviors

23. DEFINING TERMS Systemic: Ongoing, pervasive, historic, continuous, repetitive, predictable… Oppression: To hold down or hold back

24. CYCLE OF OPPRESSION Belief statement: We are all born good, innocent and curious without judgment. Goal of the Cycle of Oppression: To learn to understand the oppression of any group (women, men, elders, etc.) and how that oppression is perpetuated and held in place in a cyclical fashion.

25. MISINFORMATION: No Information, Stereotypes, Limited Interactions, Records

26. SYSTEMATIC MISTREATMENT: Segregation, Isolation, Targeting, Devaluing MISINFORMATION: No Information, Stereotypes, Limited Interactions, Records

27. SYSTEMATIC MISTREATMENT: Segregation, Isolation, Targeting, Devaluing MISINFORMATION: No Information, Stereotypes, Limited Interactions, Records SOCIETAL JUSTIFICATION: Institutional and individuals normalization of mistreatment

28. SYSTEMATIC MISTREATMENT: Segregation, Isolation, Targeting, Devaluing MISINFORMATION: No Information, Stereotypes, Limited Interactions, Records SOCIETAL JUSTIFICATION: Institutional and individuals normalization of mistreatment INTERNALIZED OPPRESSION: Taking in and acting upon the stated or implied messages about our own groups

29. INTERRUPTING OPPRESSION Transforming Institutions: Ensuring organizational accountability through the design and implementation of effective policies, procedures and protocols. Stopping Behaviors: Effectively interrupting inappropriate behavior through identifying the behavior, articulating the impact and requesting/requiring a change. Shifting Attitudes: Engaging people in nonjudgmental critical reflection to examine the emotions and experiences fueling their beliefs and behaviors.

30. TEACH AND LEARN Question: How can we build a safe and inclusive learning environment where all students can thrive and learn? Think broadly and creatively.

31. www.ncbimissoula.org Youth who complete NCBI Programs believe in themselves and their abilities and make meaningful contributions to their schools and communities.