Q: Rules might include listening when other team members are talking, contributing during team meetings, speaking honestly and refraining from using belittling or offensive language.  Decide how to increase individual contributions during team discussions. Whether over email, during conference calls or in person, team members must feel that their opinions are important. You might call on individuals to contribute during meetings, or email them ahead of time to ask that they prepare and deliver a team report. Define all relevant language and terminology. For example, you might agree as a group to use acronyms to increase efficiency in communications. Give team members from different departments a chance to ask questions and gain clarity about unfamiliar expressions and terminology. Prevent the same 1 or 2 people from dominating team meetings. Set time limits on how long each person speaks, or specifically ask quieter team members to present or lead a discussion.
A: Establish communication rules for team meetings.

Q: See if there’s a multicultural association, LGBTQ support network, volunteer group, or related organization at your school. If there isn’t an organization at your school or university start your own! Talk to a teacher, your school’s administration, or the office of student activities to learn your school's specific procedures for starting a club. Your club could host speaking events and other educational programming, collect donations, and campaign for specific issues related to diversity, equality, and inclusion. For instance, you could invite a local elected official to offer her take on the importance of women in politics. Help organize free events for your school community that are both fun and informative. Coordinate with various clubs or organizations to build bridges between interests, activities, and academic subjects. For instance, team up with the language department, LGBTQ center, and writing lab to host a gender neutral writing workshop. Other great event ideas include:  Cultural fair: celebrate holidays from different religions, hold a food festival with cuisine around the world, or showcase various forms of dance. Open mic nights: invite students from a wide range of backgrounds to tell stories, sing songs, or recite poetry about their unique experiences. Public lectures: ask scholars, civil rights leaders, and community leaders to talk about how others can help promote this cause. Networking events for marginalized groups: ask business leaders and teachers to meet with students. Students can workshop their resumes or find internships through this network. Your school might have an administrative office dedicated to promoting diversity, equality, and inclusion within your community. If your school doesn’t have a diversity and inclusion office, look for opportunities to volunteer with its women’s center, LGBTQ center, student accessibility services, student health, or counseling and psychological services. Ask if you can volunteer at an event or help out in the office. At colleges and universities, some offices may even have work study gigs for students. Search online for a nearby charitable organization or local chapter of a national non-profit related to your values. They can put you in touch with an expert who could offer training programs at your school. Programming ideas include:  HAVEN Training for helping people who have experienced sexual assault. Safe Zone Training for supporting LGBT students. Green Zone Training to help military veterans transition into academic life. Disability awareness training to provide helpful assistance and access for students with disabilities. A safe space allows students to discuss their experiences without judgment or criticism. You could create a general safe space for students or make specific spaces for students struggling with their sexuality, sexual harassment, racism, or mental health issues.  Get help coordinating safe spaces from your school's diversity and inclusion office, women’s center, counseling office, or from teachers who share your ideals. Work with faculty and staff to find and book a suitable location, develop warm-up exercises or ice breakers, and advertise meetings. You could book a room through your school's administration and invite students facing specific challenges to talk about their experiences. It's helpful to have a teacher or counselor to moderate the discussion. Remind allies that the safe space is a place for others to express their challenges. They may not be looking for advice or sympathy. Ask allies to listen, not to talk.
A: Join or start a social justice club. Host events that offer opportunities to engage other cultures. Volunteer at your school or university’s office of diversity and inclusion. Encourage friends to take sensitivity training. Create safe spaces on your campus.

Q: Get your supplies together before you begin. To fix a lath and plaster wall you will need:  A plaster patching compound A large joint or finishing trowel Sandpaper Coarse grade screws for wood and fine grade screws for metal. Choose screws that are 1-1/4" to 1-5/8". You will need to remove all of the damaged area while making sure to not expand the damage. Gently remove any cracked or loose plaster, moving out from the center damaged area until all the plaster you encounter is secure. Use sheetrock screws but if the lath is cracked add wide thin washers to the screws when screwing down the lath. If some of your lath is damaged so much that it will not hold up plaster, you will need to replace it. This is the rough in coat, so the surface of the patch should be a bit below the surface of the wall and does not need to be sooth. Allow this layer to dry for a bit, until the surface is slightly firm but not hard. The consistency of this layer of plater patch should be like peanut butter. This coat should stick to the first one but the goal here is to give the surface a smooth surface that is level with the wall. This layer of patching compound should be just slightly thinner than the one underneath. This will allow you to more easily smooth out the surface with you trowel. Sand the surface with 220 grit sandpaper if you did not get the surface smooth enough with your trowel. Getting a completely smooth surface with a trowel will take a lot of practice, so don't be discouraged if you need to do a bit of sanding on your first try. Matching texture can be very difficult since it is usually machine blown. However, you can also get aerosol cans of texture in home improvement stores. To texture patches stick a stiff stipple brush in plaster and apply to finished and dry patch. If necessary, after it sets up a little, trowel over it to flatten high spots. Always use a good primer or a paint plus primer on plaster walls, as it will protect the wall and saves on cost of finish paint.
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Gather and purchase your materials. Remove loose plaster. Screw down any loose lath to the studs underneath. Apply your plaster patching compound to the hole. Apply a second coat with your trowel. Allow the patch to dry completely. Reproduce any wall texture if your walls are textured. Prime and paint your patch.