The second challenge was the breadth of the topic. I proposed that we study all the categories of diversity - geography, culture, gender, ethnicity, language, spirituality and disability. We post clippings on the website, which help. We suggest resources to one another. We became hypersensitive to what s happening in our own experience.
People get to suggest the topics.
And, in the end everybody likes to talk about themselves. We couldn't have asked for a better group - the variety of their interests, their passion for their subjects and their tenacity to continue. Initial Participants wanted to study diverse subjects from different perspectives. Some were concerned about disclosing personal thoughts via email. If you read the Introductory Statements of each person you'll see what I mean.