Former USSR Culture Workshop

City of Phoenix, LEADS
Friday, April 11, 2008 — 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
By Andrei Conovaloff, a Russian-American
www.RussianAZ.org / LEADS

Outline – Timetable Summary
8:30 am
1. Sign in, Welcome, Get acquainted — How can this workshop help your job?
9:00 am 2.
Overview — Geography, cultures, languages, time zones, …
10:00 am
Break — 15 minutes — samovar tea, …
10:15 am 3.
History — Empire, USSR, Russian Federation, FSU Republics, …
10:30 am 4.
Religions — Orthodox, Old Believer, Sectarian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, imported …
10:45 am 5.
Immigration Waves — to US, to Arizona, to Phoenix …
11:00  am 6.
Immigrants in the Phoenix Area Today — Demographics, organizations, …
11:30 am 7.
FSU / American Cultural Contrasts — Traditions, contradictions ….
12:00-Noon
Lunch — 1 hour
1:00 pm 8.
How to Improve City Services for FSU Immigrants — Translation, ask a Rabbi …
   Rabbi Daniel Hayman, Director, Russian Programs, Chabad Lubavitch of Arizona
2:00  pm 9.
How to Improve City Services for FSU Immigrants — Translation, domestic violence …
   Olga Chaikheeva, Director, SHIELD Foundation
3:00 pm
Break — 15 minutes — samovar tea, …
3:15 pm 10.
Questions, Review, Discussion — with Russian-born guests, case studies, role playing, …
4:30 pm
End



2007 USSR Workshop, by Angelica Mikhailova