Lillian Roybal Rose Seminars was established in 1985 and had a national reputation for excellence in the areas of:

• Valuing diversity as a source for organizational change

• Cross cultural communication

• Conflict resolution

• Leadership training

 

As of September 2015 I have officially retired.

I want to recognize the many people from all over the country who participated in my workshops and who touched my life in such a positive way. Many have stayed in contact with me over the years. We gave, and continue to give, each other support and hope that we can reach a fair and just society, where all can be treated with dignity and respect, have equal opportunity, and where we can love and celebrate our differences. My love and thank you to all.

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AWARDS:

• Women's Council of the California State University, Woman of Achievement Award

• California Advocates for Re-entry Education (CARE), award for special service to Re-entry students

• The Chicano/Latino Intersegmental Convocation on Higher Education, award for outstanding leadership and commitment to higher education

• Washington State Employment Security, Spokane, WA, Outstanding Speaker Award

• Alliance for Improving Race Relations, Santa Cruz, CA, award for contributions to the improvement of race relations

• Santa Cruz County Women's Commission, Charley Parkhurst award for extraordinary contributions to improve the status of women

• Mujeres Latinas Community Conference, "Most Helpful and Influential" award

• Latina Leadership Network, Madrina Award

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A PARTIAL LIST OF CLIENTS:

• Agilent Technologies

• American Association for Higher Education

• American Indian Science & Engineering Society

• Cal Poly (Pomona, San Luis Obispo)

• California State University (Hayward, Los Angeles, Monterey Bay, San Bernadino, San Diego, Sonoma)

• Cisco Systems

• Colorado State University

• DuPont

• Eastern Washington University

• Hewlett-Packard

• International Association for Women Police

• Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Loyola University of Chicago

• MANA - A National Latina Organization

• Monterey County Office of Education

• National Association of Campus Activities

• National Association of College Personnel Administrators

• National Hispana Leadership Institute

• San Jose Police Department

• Stanford University

• Storage Technology

• University of California (Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Diego)

• University of Michigan

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SEMINARS

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION can only occur when we understand hidden attitudes and how they affect our behavior.

In the workshops, participants were introduced to new ways of looking at oppression (or ways we have been hurt), and behavior, in a safe, supportive environment.

 

The focus was on how we internalize misinformation from oppression and act it out in the way we perceive and relate to others. As we begin to understand how internalized oppression affects our thinking and attitudes, we see how the resulting patterns of behavior affect communication between individuals, within groups, and between groups.

 

The ultimate goal of the workshops was to increase self-awareness and establish common ground with others, for the key to opening our appreciation of others is a better understanding of ourselves. When we can define and recognize forms of oppression that affect all of us, we begin to relate to each other as individuals and build alliances.

 

With a focus on better understanding each other and building alliances, workshop participants engaged in the following:

 

EXPLORE early conditioning to see how it affects our perceptions and behavior.

 

IDENTIFY patterned behavior and misconceptions that limit our ability to communicate, so that we can begin to unlearn and discard them.

 

DIFFERENTIATE between true expressions of cultural heritage and self-defeating behaviors that arise from oppression.

 

LEARN how internalized oppression can create conflict and anger, divide groups, deter development of leadership, and dilute our power.

 

RECOGNIZE racism and other forms of oppression so that we can overcome fear and guilt in order to become allies.

 

FOCUS on the positive qualities and traditions of our cultural backgrounds, to help us understand ethnic pride.

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