Ubuntu Training – Racial Reconciliation

There is a culture of change is our society.

People are wanting unity in their country, and unity in their neighborhoods. They are seeking harmony in their relationships. They want to learn more about neighbors and co-workers who may be racially or culturally different.  When we learn to live in unity, in a way that is affirming of each other, recognizing the humanity in each other, this is “Ubuntu“.

While people are willing to put in the hard work to find solutions and overcome challenges, dealing with the results of decades of racial disparities, misunderstandings or division, can become a very daunting undertaking.

Global Horizons is committed to racial reconciliation, and we offer our Ubuntu Training workshops locally in Minnesota to provide knowledge, insights, and a place to create new realizations.

Reconciliation happens when we intentionally come together to seek new insights, learn from one another, share perspectives and seek such understanding, thus we are restoring relationships.

Who is the training designed for?

Global Horizons offers UBUNTU TRAINING in racial reconciliation for churches, schools and other community groups.

 

Ubuntu Training will prepare you for:

·         Developing Cultural Intelligence

·        Developing Multi-ethnic Ministries and Organizations

·         Building Multi-ethnic Leadership Cohorts

·         Organizational Planning

 

 

For Churches:

“The problem of reconciliation in our country and in our churches is much too big to be wrestled to the ground by plans that begin in the minds of men. This is a God-sized problem. It is one that only the Church, through the power of the Holy Spirit, can heal. It requires the quality of love that only our Savior can provide and it requires some uncomfortable confessions”. (J.Perkins, author of “One Blood”; exploring racial reconciliation as Christians)

We look to the church as a moral leader, to show us the path for living in harmony. We can accomplish this goal by learning to be servants to one another and as Jesus commanded us, to love one another. This also means, working to break down the strongholds that create hardship and despair. Even church leaders need continual growth in multi-cultural perspectives and resources to be able to lead their congregations in a way that affirms the humanity of all.

Ubuntu training provides assessment and in-depth strategic training for leadership groups, churches and staff to equip them in key areas of multicultural ministry with a specific emphasis on leading racial reconciliation and cultural inclusion in the church.

We also provide coaching for pastors who want to pursue cross-cultural learning with their staff, set goals and increase program impacts. We connect them with other multicultural-minded practitioners who see this work as not just a diversity issue, but one of discipleship and church growth.

Through tools and resources offered, the church can be equipped to participate in breaking down walls of hostility and poor communication. In addition to strategic training we also offer assessments to help leaders and organizations develop self-awareness for church planting, evangelism and ministry outreach.

 

For Schools and Community Organizations:

Our training helps to affirm, encourage, mobilize and equip organizational and community leaders for community work, building cohesion and collaborations to address the need for systemic change.

Organizations are coached and trained in strategies to face these challenges with as they take vital steps to promote reconciliation. Participants learn how to engage in seeking knowledge and mutual understanding as they share life with people across ethnic and cultural lines that so easily divide us. Some of this work includes having the ability to engage in difficult and complex conversation caused by distrust and years of pain or exclusion.

 

“As Head of School, it was a pleasure to see how teachers and departments have embraced change through growth in cultural intelligence, which is happening on a variety of levels, and really demonstrates a high degree of ownership on the part of staff.  I’m convinced we could not have realized these gains without your advocacy and content expertise.” -Brian J. Sullivan, Maranatha Christian Academy

 

Current Ubuntu Training and Assessments being offered:

·         Cultural Intelligence

·         Unconscious Bias

·         Racial Reconciliation Training

·         Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)

·         Coaching and Consulting

·         Intergroup Dialogue facilitation and training

·         Webinars

·         Reading Resources