The Celebrating Humanity© Legacy

An article about the exciting results that are being created through the Celebrating Humanity - transformational team-building programme.

It is great to have similar views and visions to those of your life’s partner. It is just as fantastic to wake up each morning knowing that our joint daily actions, will make a huge difference in the world.

And in the lives of many other people.

It is always good to know about the changes people are making in their lives. Changes that have been catalyzed by our life’s work and are now being solidly cemented by our delegates and learner facilitators.

(Arthie recentlyattended the National Diversity Conference in Connecticut and visited Times2 Academy in Providence RI and New York City.)

Our new facilitation teams

Arthie and I are in a more celebratory mood than usual, at the moment. On the Ides of March (15th) 2005, our Celebrating Humanity© programme gave birth to a new team of facilitators. The potential facilitators from Ethekwini Municipality took their first scary steps towards facilitating the Eye-Opener solo.

We were most fortunate and grateful to be awarded, amongst others, the Ethekwini Municipality Diversity programme. The focus of which was to run a pilot programme and train a training team from our client, to roll-out the programme to 18500 members of the council.

The Celebrating Humanity© programme has united delegates and city councillors from different political, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, as never before!

It has been an exciting process and for various reasons, many of the would-be facilitators have fallen out of the Celebrating Humanity© train-the-trainers programme.

Yet a dedicated and committed few have stayed the testing course and we have all grown through the process. We now have a respectful facilitation team with it’s own peer-agreed and managed code of conduct.

Each person is experiencing South Africa, and people, in a totally new way and is undergoing incredible personal transformation. This is what Sonja Wright had to say after her first experience on 16/3/2005 as a Celebrating Humanity© facilitator:-

“I am still so overwhelmed and it is Friday (2 days later) -- I feel so different /renewed and GOOD that I could be part of a wonderful process of helping people to experience a taste of understanding human beings.

I am so excited and feel so different-- I look at people in the bus, taxi, shops and everywhere else, with a whole new attitude. A deeper meaning to the process, and the (train-the-trainer) training finally makes sense now.

How do you express the gratitude and love that I feel today. My daughter also is so different now and we developed a new beginning to how we deal with each other and started better communication skills and acknowledge that each member at home is different and unique...

Thank you---Fazal, Phumi, Siyasanga! (Her facilitation group.)
Thank you Brian and Arthie! (Celebrating Humanity training team.)
OCEANS OF LOVE – Sonja"

Creating Workplace Harmony

The Celebrating Humanity© contribution to building relationships and respect in diverse workplaces is seen in the feedback from Jan Greyling of Eskom - Central Region:-

“Prior to the (celebrating Humanity Harvest©) program, for a period of eight months, the work atmosphere was an absolute nightmare. Nobody wanted to be here. People took sides and there was very visible hostility.

There were nine formal grievances. More than 100 people days were lost. The bill from lawyers amounted to R75000.

Post the program we have not had one workplace conflict incident.

In terms of the programme, I believe it is fantastic. The topics are 100% applicable and very comprehensive - dealing with issues we never think about. What I like most is the program which is put in place to sustain the training.

The resultant outcomes.

I can only describe it as great.

Our Year end function was incredible – the whole team danced together - what a sight!”

And the harmony now in place in SunCoast Casino, which Celebrated Humanity© with us after a lengthy strike is observed by HR Manager Million Mbatha.

“We have received an overwhelming response from our employees that the training has touched various souls and enlightened various participants in understanding our unique Rainbow Nation’s cultures, heritages and customs. This has created the required level of respect and harmony in the workplace.

I have no doubt in my mind that this intervention will go a long way towards creating an environment in which equity in the workplace is not seen as a threat but as an opportunity to diversify our workforce and improve skills.”

Celebrating Humanity Internationally

Our work has fortunately taken us to the USA and other areas of Africa. The programme content is as different as our delegates and we are still getting great results!

Ralph Taylor – then Dean of Dreams at Times² Academy in Providence - Rhode Island, USA, had this to say:-

“You have left a permanent impression and a loving legacy here.”

The Bank of Zambia delegates were equally transformed:-

“Apart from sitting in boardrooms as a group, this is the first time in + 8 years, that we have sat freely discussing. This is the first time we have interacted as human beings. Solutions actually lie within ourselves. The answers are here though Brian and Arthie brought and used international ways and process to get us to that point.”

And, “You have helped me to open up and approach people more, understand people better, share advice and challenges. Now we are human, not just corporate workers. Now I will be more open and aware of peoples’ feelings and input.”

Yes, it is fantastic to wake up each day knowing that we are on a continual path of growth and learning and that each day brings us in contact with new humans and their new ideas.

It is fantastic to be able to Celebrate Humanity© as a couple and to know that our living legacy is now spreading through other like-minded people!

Brian V Moore - 22/3/2005

Call now or e-mail us to book your Celebrating Humanity© session! +Int. code 27 (0)31 2053668 or e-mail: harmony@diversity-in-the-workplace.com.

PS
For more info on the Celebrating Humanity programme – South Africa – email: brian@africa-dreams.com and International email: harmony@diversity-in-the-workplace.com.

Or visit: http://www.diversitytraining.co.za/ for more info, articles and human and workplace diversity stories

PPS
We have passports, current and valid USA visas and are willing to travel anywhere in the world!