"Best behavior reminders" posted and explained by Harley Eagle, co-director, MCC Canada Damascus Road Anti-Racism Process, at "Dismantling Institutional Racism, Mennonite Church USA" elective workshop at Charlotte 2005, July 4-9, Charlotte, NC *

• Open mind
• Weigh words carefully
• Listen to each other attentively and respectfully
• Focus on topic and question at hand
• Speak from the heart and from your experience
• Respect each other's time and space
• No interrupting
• Respect silence but have courage
• Respect the stories

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* [Bruce Leichty's footnote:  These are my notes based on posterboard-size papers that were posted on the side walls of the meeting room.  The wording may not be exact in all cases.]