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Honoring the agreement
Validating our stories. A little bit of free therapy.
Process Forming a circle for dialogue. Feeling of comfort.
A place to express feelings;
Sharing personal stories.
Illustrating disparity Level Playing Field
Experiential Exercise
Experiencing tension, Stories I have never heard.
disagreement, discomfort
Sharing was uncomfortable
but it felt good
A time to hear about peoples’
sore spots and pain
Engaging Facilitator(s) Setting the tone without
interfering.
Getting the group to talk and
open up.
Consequences/Impact Listening Leads to Learning Difficult listening to someone
you disagree with.
Shifting Perspective Personal stories caused a shift.
Reflecting caused some walls
to come down.
Dialogue gave me a bit more
understanding.
It forced me to look inward.
A graphic explanatory matrix representing the conceptual components is included as Figure
4.7. The figure is a visual representation of the explanatory matrix. Each aspect represents a
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