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We are most likely to act on our implicit biases when we are triggered by stressful situations. Participants in this workshop will unpack the behaviors from others that they personally struggle with in different environments, reflect on their responses to those behaviors, and examine how implicit bias influences these responses in ways that might unintentionally result in negative outcomes and experiences for others.

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Rebecca Slaby, Executive Director of AMAZEworks, leads AMAZEworks in working with schools, communities, and organizations to create equity and belonging for children and adults. She has provided dozens of workshops and trainings on Anti-Bias Education with a focus on cultural responsiveness, bias, identity and stereotype threat, microaggressions, and other DEI topics and has co-authored two AMAZEworks curriculums. With a MEd from DePaul University, she has 15 years of experience teaching middle school humanities/social studies and has worked with schools on issues of equity, inclusion, and justice on institutional, state, and regional levels. She has been a racial justice facilitator for the YWCA Minneapolis and is a trained cultural competency facilitator for the Professional Educators Licensing and Standards Board for the state of Minnesota. She has presented at the Overcoming Racism, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, Forum on Workplace Inclusion, and local, regional, and national education conferences. She holds a certificate of Executive Leadership from the University of St. Thomas and teaches courses on equity-based pedagogy at the University of Minnesota.

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Do you want to improve community health and safety?  Reduce teenage drinking? Then join us and learn about the Positive Community Norms (PCN) framework.  We are hosting two introductory web-based workshops for people who are interested in learning about this exciting positive prevention approach.  We will explore the background, theory and practical applications of changing attitudes, perceptions and behaviors in communities using the PCN framework.

POSITIVE COMMUNITY NORMS  – The Positive Community Norms (PCN) framework is a transformational approach for improving public health and safety and has been successfully applied in Minnesota communities for the past 14 years through programs supported by the Minnesota Department of Human Services Behavioral Health Division.  PCN is founded on the Science of the Positive Framework which focuses on applying Seven Core Principles of the Science of the Positive to grow positive norms through leadership development, communications strategies, integration of prevention resources, and structured reflection. PCN cultivates cultural transformation by working on multiple community levels and factors at once. This framework has shown itself to be extremely effective in creating meaningful social change around health and safety issues including traffic safety, underage drinking, binge drinking, child maltreatment, and many others.

Two free introductory workshops are being provided through the leadership and support of Minnesota’s Regional Prevention Coordinators. No background knowledge or experiences is needed.  These workshops are designed so that we can begin at the core foundations, go slowly and allow time for interaction and questions.

Workshops are being offered free of cost by the MN Regional Prevention Coordinators with DHS Funding. Registration is required.

POSITIVE COMMUNITY NORMS 102

Thursday, November 12^th 9:00 – 11:00 CST

This follow-up workshop will build on the concepts introduced in workshop 1 and goes deeper into:

• Putting the Science of the Positive into action
• Going Deeper into PCN
• Integrating Hope & Concern
• Language of Positive Community Norms
• The Seven Step Process of PCN
• Fidelity, Pilot Testing and Wisdom Tips
• Norms-a-Palooza with Issues Beyond Substance Abuse
• 101 Ways to Use Norms Now without Big Funding Support
• Next Steps and Working with your Regional Prevention Coordinators

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JEFFREY W. LINKENBACH – Dr. Jeff Linkenbach is the Director & Research Scientist at The Montana Institute. Dr. Linkenbach holds a doctorate of education with a focus on community education, and a master’s degree in counseling and has over 30 years of experience in the field of public health leadership. He has developed national award-winning research-based programs to change norms. Jeff is also a co-investigator of the HOPE study (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) and is on staff at the HOPE Center at Tufts School of Medicine. Jeff is a past affiliate faculty member with the University of Montana – Mansfield Center, and a former fellow with UM-Mansfield Academy for Global Leadership.  Dr. Linkenbach founded the Center for Health & Safety Culture at the Western Transportation Institute, the National Conference on The Social Norms Approach to Prevention, and the Montana Summer Institutes on Positive Community Norms. Jeff developed the Science of the Positive and Positive Community Norms frameworks, which have been utilized in Minnesota communities for the past 14 years, and have also been applied by tribal, federal, state and local organizations to achieve positive change and transformation around issues such as child maltreatment, substance abuse, suicide and traffic safety. Jeff was a member of the Center for Disease Control & Prevention’s (the CDC’s) Knowledge-to-Action (K2A) think tank on Essentials for Childhood and was commissioned by the CDC to write a supplemental paper on Promoting Positive Community Norms.  Dr. Linkenbach has served as a consultant & trainer for several prestigious organizations such as the U.S. White House (Office of National Drug Control Policy); the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration; The Canadian Agriculture Safety Association; The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; Harvard University; The American Medical Association; The National Football League and many others.

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Often, good intentions receive more attention than the negative impacts they may produce. In the same way that white superiority created the systems and structures we have in place, it also created the ability for the people who benefit to overlook the effects on those who are marginalized or injured. When confronted with these truths, the reactions of many if not most white Americans fall under the category of white fragility. This is an intense focus on the feelings of white people when their understanding of themselves and their world is challenged. White fragility feeds on the fact that white people generally do not see themselves in racial terms and therefore are not affected by racism. It also works through a simplistic understanding of racism and a belief that white people are generally objective and free of bias. This webinar highlights the ways white fragility appears in the workplace and how it can be addressed for individual and organizational growth.

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Speaker:

Rebecca Slaby, Executive Director of AMAZEworks, leads AMAZEworks in working with schools, communities, and organizations to create equity and belonging for children and adults. She has provided dozens of workshops and trainings on Anti-Bias Education with a focus on cultural responsiveness, bias, identity and stereotype threat, microaggressions, and other DEI topics and has co-authored two AMAZEworks curriculums. With a MEd from DePaul University, she has 15 years of experience teaching middle school humanities/social studies and has worked with schools on issues of equity, inclusion, and justice on institutional, state, and regional levels. She has been a racial justice facilitator for the YWCA Minneapolis and is a trained cultural competency facilitator for the Professional Educators Licensing and Standards Board for the state of Minnesota. She has presented at the Overcoming Racism, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, Forum on Workplace Inclusion, and local, regional, and national education conferences. She holds a certificate of Executive Leadership from the University of St. Thomas and teaches courses on equity-based pedagogy at the University of Minnesota.