Training and Technical Assistance Capacity Building Opportunity

PEER DIVERSITY FACILITATOR Training of Trainers/Facilitators

New Information on Training and Technical Assistance Capacity Building 
Opportunity 

CHP International is the National Training and Technical Assistance 
Provider 
for the Corporation for National Service for the area of Human Relations 
and 
Diversity.  In January we sent out a notice that we are recruiting staff 
members and leaders from national service network programs in the North 
Central and Atlantic Clusters to become volunteer cluster diversity 
facilitators for our project.  

We have received requests from interested National Service Network staff 
and 
leaders from the Pacific, Southwest, and South Clusters to attend the TOFT 
and join our network of Cluster Diversity Facilitators. In consultation 
with 
our Training and Technical Assistance Officer at the Corporation for 
National 
Service, we agreed that we want to be able to respond to as many requests 
as 
we can. We are now accepting a limited number of Peer Facilitators from all 
clusters at the upcoming TOFT.

Cluster diversity facilitators will participate in a 4-day Training of 
Facilitators/Trainers (TOFT) in Minneapolis on March 29-April 1st, 2000.  
After the TOFT, cluster diversity facilitators will receive a year of 
coaching 
from our National Facilitation Team, including participating in two 
additional training events.  There is no charge for the TOFT or materials, 
but cluster diversity facilitators must pay their own travel, hotel and 
meal 
expenses.  

We encourage interested individuals to discuss the possibility of 
sponsorship 
for travel expenses with their organization, State Commission, National 
Nonprofit Organization, State Corporation Program Office, State Education 
Agency, Tribe, Territory, or program.  Only staff of Corporation funded 
programs or AmeriCorps, VISTA, NCCC, or NSSC Leaders can participate in 
this 
opportunity.  Priority will be given to individuals with prior training 
experience, who have participated in a diversity awareness workshop, and 
come 
as a part of state cross-steam team, a national nonprofit or tribal 
cross-program team.  

We will be reviewing applications on a competitive basis and expect to have 
more applicants than positions. We are now accepting applications from all 
clusters and have extended the deadline for all applicants to March 3, 2000.


Application packets are available to download from our website: 
http://www.chpinternational.com/TOFT/
If you would like to receive an application by mail or via email, or for 
more 
information contact Sophia Kamp at CHP International at:

Telephone:      800-635-6675
Fax:            708-848-3191
Email:         CHPdiverse@aol.com

Ginlin Woo and Jim Hickman
Project Co-Directors

Sophia Kamp
Project Coordinator





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