Total Inclusion! Symposium for the Western Midwest Territory at Luther Crest, Alexandria, MN

If traveling by airline, arrive in Minneapolis, MN, by 1 PM April 24; depart after 12 PM, April 27.

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There will be four Symposiums – one in each of the four LOM territories. Each of them will have almost identical program features. In a context of sharing and dialog, with keynote presentations and guidance from workshop facilitators, each symposium will make it possible for camp leaders and decision makers to:

• Identify barriers to the full welcome and inclusion of persons who are often marginalized.
• Begin an assessment of their own camp’s barriers that need to be eliminated.
• Prepare for the resistance that is often encountered while working for full inclusion.
• Develop strategies for reconciling conflicts that may emerge when total inclusion strategies are implemented.
• Identify the first steps in an action plan. There will be time for participants to work on plans so that they can return to their setting prepared to begin the first steps in their action plans.
• Offer recommendations for helpful resources that LOM can provide for camps as Total Inclusion! moves forward.
• Opportunities to expand Total Inclusion! strategies by hearing what other camps are doing and planning.

The Total Inclusion! grant from the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies (MACP) will cover the full cost of program, lodging, meals for the executive director and the board president or board member designated by the Board president. Airfare will be reimbursed for those who find it necessary to travel by airline within their own territory. For each organization, the executive director and board member must participate in the same symposium, but they can register for a symposium outside of their own territory, if they are willing to pick up the cost of their airfare on their own.

Symposium Schedule (in each case, the program will begin at 4 PM of the first day and conclude by 10 AM of the final day) – Please register each person separately. Space in each location for single accommodation is limited; registrations for single accommodations will be accepted and confirmed on a first come first served basis.