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Upcoming Trainings
january 2022
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About: Do people with marginalized identities feel safe and supported in your coalitions and communities? How might implicit bias, identity, and stereotype threat get in the way of your
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About:
Do people with marginalized identities feel safe and supported in your coalitions and communities? How might implicit bias, identity, and stereotype threat get in the way of your prevention work? This workshop will provide tools for understanding and taking action towards equity and belonging. Participants will gain an understanding of how biases and stereotypes impact their own identities as well as the staff, children, and families that they are charged with supporting. They will learn how, when, and in what situations bias and stereotypes appear in the work and community environment and the steps to process and address bias and stereotype threat.
Details:
- This is an interactive training.
- You will need a microphone to participate via Zoom.
- Priority will be given to people who live and work in Minnesota.
Speaker:
REBECCA SLABY – Rebecca Slaby leads AMAZEworks in working with schools, communities, and organizations to create equity and belonging for children and adults. She gives workshops on Anti-Bias Education with a focus on cultural responsiveness, bias, identity and stereotype threat, and intercultural communication and conflict and co-authored the AMAZEworks middle school curriculum. With an 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 since 2015 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 Education Association, NAEYC, MnAEYC, Safe Schools, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, and Forum on Workplace Inclusion conferences and teaches courses on equity-based pedagogy at the University of Minnesota.
Time
(Wednesday) 10:30 am - 12:30 pm CST
Location
Online
february 2022
23feb10:30 am12:30 pmFeaturedResponding to Microaggressions10:30 am - 12:30 pm CST Online
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About: Microaggressions are daily verbal and nonverbal insults of slights, whether intentional or not, that target a person’s marginalized identity. Each of us has experienced microaggressions at different rates.
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Event Details
About:
Microaggressions are daily verbal and nonverbal insults of slights, whether intentional or not, that target a person’s marginalized identity. Each of us has experienced microaggressions at different rates. Microaggressions are one of the most common reasons a person with marginalized identities checks out of work or leaves their place of employment. Participants will explore how microaggressions appear in the workplace and community and discuss ways to interrupt and respond to microaggressions to better equity and create belonging.
Details:
- This is an interactive training.
- You will need a microphone to participate via Zoom.
- Priority will be given to people who live and work in Minnesota.
Speaker:
REBECCA SLABY – Rebecca Slaby leads AMAZEworks in working with schools, communities, and organizations to create equity and belonging for children and adults. She gives workshops on Anti-Bias Education with a focus on cultural responsiveness, bias, identity and stereotype threat, and intercultural communication and conflict and co-authored the AMAZEworks middle school curriculum. With an 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 since 2015 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 Education Association, NAEYC, MnAEYC, Safe Schools, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, and Forum on Workplace Inclusion conferences and teaches courses on equity-based pedagogy at the University of Minnesota.
Time
(Wednesday) 10:30 am - 12:30 pm CST
Location
Online