Are you attending the ICCA UK&Ireland Annual Conference this week in Belfast? Prepare to blow away the cobwebs on Friday morning with a deep dive of assumptions & stereotypes.
📢 Wrap up warm for '𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤: 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.' Privilege is incredibly intricate and it is a layered experience. How you are treated is never isolated down to one characteristic. This is called intersectionality. The privilege walk covers lots of different areas – 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. The culmination of all of these different traits deems how society treats and values you and none is any more or less important than the other.
📢 Next we move inside for '𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩'
Naturally our society creates assumptions on what different demographics experience through life. You may have ideas from social media, TV or friends. What are these assumptions? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? In this workshop you will join a group to discuss a demographic of which you are not a member and discuss the challenges and/or assumed privileges of that sector. This will be a safe space to share ideas, to learn and understand reality and take steps in reducing discrimination in our industry.
📢 We round off the morning with '𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥.' Join Rachael Molyneux, Holly Patrick, Samantha Shamkh and Gordon Dow as we discuss the findings of the assumptions workshop and delve into real experiences with audience engagement. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? There is only one way to find out....be there on Friday!
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Following the very successful session at last year's Conference, we are excited to announce that Rory G. Archibald will be at #ICCAUKI2024 in #Belfast to lead an EDI walk, workshop and cross-generational panel discussion, providing a safe space for delegates to learn from each other, share ideas and take steps in reducing discrimination in our industry.
Thank you to our EDI Headline Sponsors The Meetings Show for sponsoring the sessions.