Thank you for helping us plan the year ahead by answering a few questions about your experience and interests around the international and diverse aspects of ICS.  You do not have to answer all questions, and answers are anonymous unless  you choose to provide contact information.
Many thanks,
Lee Ilan, International/Diversity Committee Co-chair

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* 1. What has been your experience of Diversity thus far in the ICS community?

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* 2. What ideas, events, opportunities, concerns, or celebrations would you like to see as part of Diversity at ICS?

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* 3. Each year, ICS organizes International Week to celebrate different cultures. Teachers may lead classroom activities, and the International/Diversity committee of the Family Organization organizes cultural presentations in school and at a potluck food festival. (International Week is planned for late October.)
If you participated, what did you like about it? What could be improved? [Kindly provide your contact info or email icsdiversity@gmail.com if you can help us organize.]

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* 4. 4. The FO previously began conversations among ICS parents/families about talking to our children about race, bigotry, and violence in our society.
a) What support would you like regarding these issues?
b) What programming would you like to see to foster respectful discussions in the ICS community? (e.g. facilitated discussions, a reading group for adults, book lists for kids, etc.)
c) If you are interested in programming, when are you available (weekdays? weekends? Thursday afternoons? mornings/evenings?)

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* 5. Are there any organizations/networks/resources that you recommend we connect with to foster Diversity at ICS? If so, which one(s)?

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* 6. To help us incorporate the diversity of who’s at ICS, could you share:
a) your nationality/country/culture of origin?
b) any kids’ books about that culture or movies you would recommend to the ICS community? (Last year we screened My Neighbor Totoro (Japan.) Let us know if you have a copy of a movie we could show to the kids.)

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* 7. Please provide your contact information if you wish to
a) join the International/Diversity committee,
b) offer a cultural experience to an ICS class, or
c) share a recipe from your culture for an ICS Family Organization Cookbook. 
If you wish your survey answers to remain anonymous, you can email ICSDiversity@gmail.com.  Thank you for participating!

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