Opening Doors: A Personal and Professional Journey
What Makes Opening Doors Different? Using the Opening Doors Retreat as a Tool for Change Opening Doors Apprentice Program
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Opening Doors Apprentice Program: StructureOpening Doors is a personal-development workshop founded in two bodies of knowledge. Oppression theory focuses on group identity relative to power, privilege, and difference. Social identity development theory is an examination of the personal movement out of learned roles. Combined, they provide the foundation for understanding our inherited divisions’ current impact, and serve as a tool for personal movement. Apprentices engage in a simultaneous process of studying this academic knowledge and engaging in personal development. Lead facilitators will work in partnership with each apprentice using an individualized self-evaluation approach to determine proficiency and progress to competency. Program Length The length of training is two years for most apprentices who enter the program with some prior relevant skills and experience. Variability in participation is built into the process in order to meet individual needs and allow for maximum participation and growth for individual apprentices. Apprentice Team A cohort of six to eight apprentices goes through the program together. Teams are composed of individuals either within a single institution or with different organizational affiliations.
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The Opening Doors Program was selected as a model for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) due in great part to how well it addresses the construct of oppression theory and the subsequent cycle of oppression. The training… serves to best address the long-term systemic change process. Personally, I have found no better tool to accomplish this level of understanding on these issues than Opening Doors. Harvey Lineberry
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