GRUPO OLLIN: NETWORK BUILD
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017, NOON-4PM
GREEN HILL SCHOOL
375 SOUTHWEST 11TH STREET, CHEHALIS, WA 98532
Grupo Ollin or Group of Change/Group in Movement is the Latino Culture Group at Green Hill School in Chehalis, WA. Green Hill is a state juvenile prison.
In his book, Empowering Yourself, The Organizational Game Revealed, Harvey Coleman asserts that career success is based on the 3 key elements of Performance, Image and Exposure (a.k.a. PIE):
1. Performance: What You Know. What You Do. This is about the day-to-day work you’re tasked with and the quality of the results you deliver.
2. Image: Who Knows You. This is what other people think of you. Your personal brand and reputation.
3. Exposure: Who You Know. This is about having access to power, getting proper visibility for yourself and your work, having positive sponsorship and trustworthy mentors, and earning people’s confidence in you. Gaining advocacy is critical in your career. That means getting visibility with executive leadership, networking effectively, and creating one-on-one relationships of mutual respect with mentors that are committed to helping you succeed.
The goal of our Network Build is to expand exposure to professionals and current college students for members of Grupo Ollin and other culture groups at Green Hill. Help us to grow connections, increase self-worth and deal with feelings.
AGENDA: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
- 11:50 am Arrive at prison gate to sign in
- 12:00 pm Lunch with students
- 12:35 pm Welcome: In Lak'Ech, Open to Directions
- 12:45 pm What Grupo Ollin Means to Me
- 1:00 pm Large Group Meet & Greet
- 1:20 pm Small Group Rotations
- 2:20pm Teaming: It's a Verb
- 3:15 pm Information Exchange
- 3:30 pm Closing: Appreciations, Congratulations & Admirations
- 4:00 pm Depart
Grupo Ollin gathers every Monday. Vincent Perez has served as group leader since January of 2014. Upon the urging of his students in early that spring, Vincent sought Indigenous knowledge and teachings. By July, he attended XITO (Xican@ Institute for Teaching and Organizing), a 3-day workshop developed by the maestr@s behind the successes of the former Tucson Mexican American Studies Program. Once returning from XITO, Grupo Ollin jumped into an exploration of the Nahui Ollin (Four Movements) and has since journeyed through multiple writing projects, art projects, music projects, presentations and pow wows. Learn how Grupo Ollin is utilizing the teachings and knowledge passed down from our ancestors to reflect on questions profound and perfunctory.