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Space for Everyone at the Table: Making Meetings Accessible
April 22, 2022 @ 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
Apr 22 | 3-4pm Eastern
Space for Everyone at the Table | Making Meetings Accessible
Join author and coach, Crystal Farmer, for a FREE 1-hour interactive webinar on how your community can enhance your meetings to be more inclusive and accessible.
Meetings are an essential part of community building, and in order to be inclusive, meetings should help people feel comfortable and included. Meeting accessibility goes beyond ADA — it involves thinking about culture, language, and even time of day. Join this workshop for practical advice on how to set up meetings so that all types of people can participate.
During this session you will learn:
- How to find a physical meeting location that is accessible in terms of disability as well as socioeconomic status and race.
- How to establish norms such as the use of pronouns, nonverbal signals like twinkle fingers, and nonviolent communication.
- How to welcome newcomers without overwhelming them.
- How to use free resources to caption or transcribe Zoom calls.
- How to prepare for communication differences over Zoom, especially for disabled people.
- How to recognize and accommodate cultural differences such as being on time, showing emotion, and interrupting.
- How to schedule meetings for shift workers, parents, and other people with limited free time.
If you are ready to dig deeper into fostering an inclusive community, this session is also a great introduction to Crystal’s 5-week Fundamentals of Anti-Oppression in Community course.
Training Faciliator
Crystal Byrd Farmer
Crystal is the author of The Token: Common Sense Ideas for Increasing Diversity in Your Organization. She is a North Carolina native active in the cohousing and polyamorous communities. An engineer turned educator, she speaks and writes about ways communities can be more welcoming to people of all kinds of backgrounds.
Crystal is the former website editor for Black & Poly, an organization promoting healthy polyamorous relationships for people of color. She serves on the Board of the Foundation for Intentional Community and on the Editorial Review Board of Communities Magazine.
Crystal is passionate about encouraging people to change their perspectives on diversity, relationships, and the world.
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Affordable and Accessible
All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.
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Loved by Community Builders
Teri’s presence, warmth, poise, experience and clarity. I quickly felt at ease and confident that she knew what she was talking about, and could share the material effectively, while also managing the group format. – Jeffrey B
What a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia
I am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden
