| Berea,
Ky. - For 30 years, John Gray has made a career out of confronting
groups of people with their own prejudices, exposing
their true feelings and reactions to racial, gender, age, disability,
sexual orientation and other commonly held stereotypes. On Thursday,
February 20, beginning at 3 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel, an audience
at Berea College will experience the surprising way he helps people
learn more about themselves and others.
In a program titled "Breaking the Silence, " Gray uses
psychodrama to vividly demonstrate stereotyping and prejudice in
action, examine the impact of stereotyping, and ultimately shows
how to break the "silence" at both the personal and organizational
levels when confronting discrimination.
A national and international educator in the area of diversity,
Gray has presented programs to a wide range of audiences at universities
and colleges, in the U.S. military, businesses, government and
other organizations, through John Gray Associates, the management
training firm of which he is president. He formerly was associate
professor and assistant director for the Kent State University
Center for Educational Development and Strategic Services. He also
previously was an administrator and teacher in the Cleveland Public
School system in Cleveland, Ohio.
Gray has been aired on National Public Radio's "All Things
Considered," and has appeared on the "Sunday Today Show," with
Garret Utley, the PBS series "Frontline" and will soon
appear on a segment for "Nightline" with Ted Koppel.
Sponsored by the Black Cultural Center, the program and is free
and open to the public. as part of the College's month of activities
honoring Carter G. Woodson, a Berea College alumnus and the "Father
of Black History."
For more information, contact Lynn Cunningham, Black Cultural
Center, at (859) 985-3797.
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