2024 SKILLS SYMPOSIUM: Socially Intelligent Facilitation for Equitable Participation

  • June 25, 2024
  • 8:30 AM (CDT)
  • June 26, 2024
  • 5:00 PM (CDT)
  • MnDOT Training and Conference Center, 1900 County Road West, Shoreview, MN 55126
  • 24
  • 1 registrant

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Socially Intelligent Facilitation for Equitable Participation

The pressing need for more intentional and effective inclusive and equitable participatory processes has become glaringly evident. It's not enough for practitioners to simply stick to old methods – they must evolve their skills, tools, and practices to genuinely and realistically break down barriers to participation. This course is designed to shed light on how social identities influence process design and facilitation, often leading to unintended exclusions. Participants will gain fresh perspectives, acquire new skills and tools, and learn valuable lessons for fostering inclusion and equity in their P2 processes.

Learning Objectives: 

Understand how social identities and interpersonal dynamics impact meetings and can lead to inequitable participation.  Identify how our individual social identities can impact how we engage and facilitate. Create an inclusive meeting environment for all, including how to anticipate and avoid creating barriers to participation. Demonstrate proven facilitation techniques that encourage participation across differences, including constructive communication and co-creative participation. Examine “the table”, the shared space of dialogue in participatory processes, and the contextual factors that impact the equity of a meeting venue.

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    Professional Certification/Credits

    • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit 


    Trainers: Connected Realities 

    Joy Lujan


    Joy is a seasoned planner, facilitator, trainer, and collaboration specialist who founded Connected Realities in 2014. During the 17 years she worked for the National Park Service, Joy honed her skills related to community planning, authentic public engagement, and managing multi-jurisdictional and multi-objective projects in urban, suburban, and rural contexts. As a Senior Planner, Joy worked at community, municipal, state and federal levels. Her expertise lies in empowering individuals and groups to harness collective power through collaboration. Joy is deeply committed to addressing issues of equity and oppression, using her knowledge to educate and raise awareness within communities.


    Le'alani S. Boykin, AICP

    Le`alani brings over 15 years of experience in planning, engagement, capacity-building, training, and facilitation experience for organizations, governments, and multi-stakeholder community coalitions. She uses empathy, mindfulness, and visualizations to help groups with diverse learning styles to work together toward a common goal. Since 2011, Le`alani has developed and delivered collaboration, facilitation, and participatory process training to local and regional governments, non-profits, and community-based organizations.  She has an M.A. in Urban & Regional Planning and a B.A. in Environmental Design. Le`alani is a certified planner of the American Institute of Certified Planners and a Senior Fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program.


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