The Impact of Structural Racism on System Involved Youth

Nola Kesia Brantley

Training Description

This training builds off of “Navigating Difficult Conversations with System-Involved Youth about Social Injustices” and continues to explore structural racism and oppression. Participants will learn how structural racism exists within the child welfare system, the healthcare system and educational system. Participants will also learn about implicit biases. Participants will learn how implicit biases and structural racism impact system-involved youth. The training will end with strategies to address these issues within our organizations.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to explain how structural racism can affect system involved youth.

· Participants will be able to identify one example of structural racism within the medical field.

· Participants will be able to identify one example of structural racism within the educational system.

Agenda 

10:00-10:15am  Trainer and Topic Introductions

10:15-10:30am  Describing structural racism

10:30-10:45am  Systemic racism in Alameda County

10:45-11:15am  Systemic racism in child welfare

11:15-11:30am  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

11:30am-12pm  Systemic racism in child welfare

12:00-12:30pm  Systemic racism in education

12:30-1:00pm  Lunch break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

1:00-1:30pm  Systemic racism in education

1:30-2:30pm  Systemic racism in healthcare

2:30-3:00pm  Implicit Bias

3:00-3:15pm  What can you do

3:15-3:30pm  Questions and Closing

Meet Our Trainers

Nola Kesia Brantley, CEO & Founder of Nola Brantley Speaks has become nationally recognized as a powerful Survivor voice for the issue of child sex trafficking through her moving and information packed public speaking. Her hard work and perpetual vigilance has brought both focus and concrete resources to this chronically underserved and largely unrecognized population of victimized youth. Nola’s approach aims to be holistic!

This course meets the qualifications for (4.75) BBS CE Hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.