Brad, I really enjoyed your didactic seminar! I feel like I should be getting some CEUs for watching it! Very thorough, concise, and informative. A bit heady...and it's hard not to be with this kind of content. I'd be interested to hear how your staff received the presentation. Took a few notes and some screenshots of helpful diagrams you offered: - 13:00-15:00(ish) = lovely summarization of what happens when we lack a meta-narrative (in relation to destabilization, postmodernity, (de)constructionism, etc.) - 20:00-23:00(ish) = "Our media ecology is so profoundly unhealthy" + details + implications + propaganda vs. education - "A racialized environment leads to a racialized self." - "Ultimately the goal is equality of social power and the development of personal power." Please keep sharing the content you're generating. I find it particularly meaningful. Received with love, Ali El mar, 8 mar 2022 a la(s) 10:01, Brad Kershner ([log in to unmask]) escribió: > *CAUTION: *This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links > or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is > safe. > ------------------------------ > Hi Greg, > > Thanks for listening! Yes, definitely just a broad intro. Kind of an > opening lecture for what will be a long (never ending?) series of more > intimate conversations. The feedback was mostly positive, though I > think many were just overwhelmed. I think many in this community have a > desire for a more spiritual, transcendent vision and approach, which is > what I am trying to tap into. And even for those who are more oriented > toward a woke perspective, it is hard to argue with the research and the > loving intention that I am trying to convey, so my hope (and sense) is that > it allows them to pause and perhaps engage future conversations with more > humility and less of a sense of 'we know what we think and we need to do > xyz' when xyz are taken from Kendi or Hannah-Jones or activist college > students, etc. > > So I'll be continuing to think about what those next conversations can > look like, and how to create a space and micro-culture for honest dialogue > and inquiry, which is really the main thing. The biggest impediment is > people having trepidation about actually thinking and discussing things > openly, so I'm doing my best to promote that as transparently as I can. > > Thanks again for your time and attention - it is much appreciated. If you > ever want to chat to dive deeper into this with me as I stumble along, let > me know! > > Brad > > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 8:14 AM Greg Thomas <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> *CAUTION: *This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links >> or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is >> safe. >> ------------------------------ >> Hi Brad, >> >> Since you mentioned me explicitly, I'll share a few thoughts about your >> DEI-via-evolutionary-lens talk. >> >> As a student of the developmental bio-pyscho-social-spiritual models you >> reference, I found it to be a very good overview. If this was the >> introductory lesson to a series of lectures on DEI, I'd give it an A. But >> it's mainly an introduction to the evolution of consciousness and culture, >> not a deep dive into its application on the ground in organizations. >> >> It's a beautiful view at the 10,000 foot level; but how to apply these >> general frameworks into the day-to-day interactions of people in >> organizations is where the rubber meets the road. >> >> No doubt, Brad, you've given your Waldorf colleagues the basis for an >> advance in their "perspectival" knowing. But John Vervaeke's procedural, >> propositional, and participatory ways of knowing would need to be, in >> practical, pragmatic terms, brought to bear too for a fuller view of how an >> Integral-Metamodern version of DEI could be designed. >> >> What was the response of your Waldorf colleagues? >> >> Greg Thomas >> >> On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 6:41 PM Brad Kershner <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> *CAUTION: *This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click >>> links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the >>> content is safe. >>> ------------------------------ >>> As discussed in my conversion with Gregg on his podcast, part of my work >>> is trying to bring some of these big picture ideas and meta-views into my >>> work in education, and into the conversation about diversity, equity, and >>> inclusion in education. >>> >>> >>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__youtu.be_e8Ocd-2D7-5FnKI&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=nsKcbnzaAnL8V0mLivF3YzODHGDyFWN-cm23q6N14uU&s=q308F0yk1fanKO8DxhImzbt-mSWYCREoYf0AflhKfnE&e=> >>> I just uploaded a talk >>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__youtu.be_e8Ocd-2D7-5FnKI&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=nsKcbnzaAnL8V0mLivF3YzODHGDyFWN-cm23q6N14uU&s=q308F0yk1fanKO8DxhImzbt-mSWYCREoYf0AflhKfnE&e=>that >>> I gave to staff at a Waldorf school. It is ostensibly about DEI, but it is >>> really about the evolution of consciousness and culture (of course). I >>> borrow some of Zak's language to get the ball rolling, and then try to pan >>> out and reframe the discourse in terms of the historical development of >>> identity and values, with an emphasis on the ways that our toxic media >>> ecology contributes to the fragmentation of identity, and leads to the >>> entire DEI conversation being co-opted by polarization and culture war. >>> >>> Not sure if I'll share on social media, but I think it's safe and >>> hopefully helpful to share here. >>> >>> FYI esp Greg Thomas - I'd be curious to know what you think if you have >>> time for it. >>> >>> sent with love, to be received with love, >>> >>> Brad >>> ############################ >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: >>> mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the >>> following link: >>> http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 >>> >> ############################ >> >> To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the >> following link: >> http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 >> > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the > following link: > http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 > -- *Alexis (Ali) Kenny*, PsyD, LP Staff Psychologist *LeaderWise <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.leaderwise.org_ali-2Dkenny&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=zVELQPwjGIQAXLFIA9lHM3RFkYM0oFGd8D4-yONzdd0&s=12L4CurHSGMiWUlT6XcMl281UFjvJFoN-VXAxa38HbU&e= >* email: [log in to unmask] phone: 406.540.3411 site: alexisckenny.wix.com/marriedinmission ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1