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World Cafe Facilitation Guide

Planning a Resist Stigma World Café

In planning a Resist Stigma World Café event, you will need:

• Location (physically accessible, with gender neutral-washrooms)
• 1 event facilitator (from the Resist Stigma project)
• 3 presenters (to give 10-12 minute presentations at the beginning):
  • Resist Stigma representative (this can also be the facilitator)
  • Local researcher involved in stigma research
  • Local youth involved in anti-stigma work
• Event Poster
  • Use template Resist Stigma poster and correct update with event details
• Facebook Event
• Resist Stigma slideshow presentation

In preparation for the event itself, you will need

• Presenter Bios
• Land Acknowledgement Statement
• 3 youth volunteers to be small group facilitators/note-takers
• ASL Interpreter (if necessary)
• Sign-In Sheet
• Evaluation forms
• Facilitation Guide
• Name tags
• Snacks
• Notepads
• Cue cards
• Pens
• Computer and projector

Room setup:

• Table with sign-in sheet and nametags (name and pronoun)
• Food table
• Tables set up for small groups
• Computer and projector
• Facilitator should be at the welcome table to introduce themselves and welcome participants.

Resist Stigma – World Café Facilitation Guide

6:00PM-6:10PM

Welcome & Check-In

• Welcome, introduction of facilitator and purpose of event
• Land acknowledgement
• Remind people of accessibility (location of washrooms, etc…)
• Review of schedule

6:10PM-6:20PM

Group Activity: What is your definition of stigma?

Hand out cue cards to participants

Invite participants to write down their personal definition of stigma

• What is your personal definition of stigma?
• What words or phrases come to mind when you hear the word “stigma”?

Invite participants to share their definition with their table

6:20PM-7:00PM

Presentations

Invite people to join the conversation on social media: #ResistStigma

Introduce Resist Stigma project

Introduce researcher

• BIO

Introduce Youth speaker

• BIO

Introduce World Cafes: Facilitators will go through a list of questions, and encourage participants at their table to respond. Facilitators will take notes of responses. Once 10 minutes have passed, participants will be asked to move to a different table (ideally sitting with someone they haven’t sat with before)

7:00PM-7:10PM

Break

7:10PM-7:20PM

World Café – Round 1: How stigma works

• How do you experience stigma?
• How does stigma manifest itself within the gay, bi, and queer men’s community?
• What is stigmatized in the gay/bi/queer community?
• Where do you see stigma?

7:20PM-7:30PM

World Café – Round 2: The effects of stigma

• How does stigma affect guys you know?
• What are the health effects (mental, physical, sexual) of stigma?
• What are the social effects of stigma?
• How does stigma affect the broader gay/bi/queer men’s community?

7:30PM-7:40PM

World Café – Round 3: Resisting stigma

• How do you resist stigma?
• How do you see others resisting stigma?
• What changes can be done to eliminate stigma?
• What does a world without Stigma looks like?

7:40PM-7:45PM

De-brief

Ask small group facilitators to detail 2 key points from the last round

7:45PM-8:00PM

Check out

• Announcements of any local projects or events relevant to participants (e.g., upcoming Totally outRIGHT sessions)
• If time permits, you can check out: How are people feeling?
• Evaluation

RESIST STIGMA SIGN-IN SHEET

Event: ______________________________ Date: _________________________________

EVALUATION

Resist Stigma Forum – Halifax March 31^st

Strongly Strongly

disagree agree

1. The discussion helped my understanding of stigma 1 2 3 4 5

1. I feel motivated to do something about stigma 1 2 3 4 5

1. I’d be interested in attending a follow-up Resist Stigma event 1 2 3 4 5

1. Overall, I enjoyed the workshop 1 2 3 4 5

1. What does Resist Stigma mean to you?

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