Diversity Project
Training
For the past two years, the Scholars have engaged in classroom learning, studying current and historical topics.
This year, the community will be the classroom, as we study various topics related to disabilities. For example, a paraplegic business owner and his family have designed a training session where Scholars will be confined to a wheelchair and will navigate streets and businesses in downtown Bloomington.
The Project has partnered with not only individuals, but with several agencies as well to offer other interactive trainings. Partners include Hammitt Schools, Easter Seals, Life-Cil, The Autism Society of McLean County, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Scholars will also have two specially designed training sessions led by Diversity trainers Peter and Janet Moore, who led a one-of-a-kind training program for our Scholars last year on our trip to Wyoming.
As preparation for our summer trip, our students will spend a weekend at the Easter Seals’ Timberpointe Camp on Lake Bloomington, helping staff a respite weekend for children with autism.
