We’ve written here. here, and here how Cultural Competency deals with inter-cultural communication, and how to ‘read’ the person sitting in front of you and ensure maximum communication.
It’s not always between cultures, it’s also sometimes between ages, and between different groups of people.
Ezadeen with Youth Center Director
Such was the case on March 9, 2020, when our Ezadeen Elsaad led a cultural competency workshop for the Division of Advancement of Youth in Jaffa. Ezadeen spoke with them about methods and skills to cope positively with diversity and how to create a sense of belonging even when they face differences between students and colleagues in their daily routine.
The discussion included how to engage the youth, and how to de-stigmatize the youth center and turn it into a place where youth would want to come. He also spoke about ways to listen to the youth and engage with them on an eye-to-eye level, in order to help them understand their own way forward.
Applying principles of cultural competency in everyday work with at-risk youth
Here’s a Facebook post (in Arabic) by the director of the Center for Youth at Risk:
This is part of our work with a number of offices of the Division for the Advancement of Youth throughout Israel. Stay tuned for more updates!
