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1 RISE UP
2 PULL TOGETHER
3 SPEAK OUT
4 SUPPORT THE VICTIMS
5 NAME IT, KNOW IT
6 UNDERSTAND THE MEDIA
7 KNOW YOUR CAMPUS
8 TEACH TOLERANCE
9 MAINTAIN MOMENTUM
10 PASS THE TORCH
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MAINTAIN
MOMENTUM

Using the Study Circles model (see Resources), Conversations on Race first started in the city of Bloomington, following the distribution in town of white supremacist leaflets. The murder of a Korean graduate student in a shooting rampage that targeted Asians, blacks and Jews further galvanized the community and brought the conversations onto campus, Rodriguez said.

The program runs two hours a week for five weeks and involves between six and 12 individuals. It started in the campus residence halls, then spread into the larger campus community.

It also has been adapted into a two-day seminar format and has been modified into an academic course at Bloomington.

"It's a chance for all students to learn more about each other," Rodriguez said. "It's a place to address misunderstandings and the lack of awareness about racial and cultural issues."

In 2003, the Bloomington program won a Voice of Inclusion Award from the American College Personnel Association.


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