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Power, Privilege and Interrupting the Cycle of Oppression for Providers Working with Youth

Fri, May 29

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Power, Privilege and Interrupting the Cycle of Oppression for Providers Working with Youth
Power, Privilege and Interrupting the Cycle of Oppression for Providers Working with Youth

Time & Location

May 29, 2020, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Online Event

About the Event

Kelsey Pacha

Training Description

This training will assist providers in reflecting on their own power and privilege within their personal identities, while also considering the intersectional context of their youth clients in out of home care. Through personal assessment, group discussion, and multimedia, participants will define microaggressions, bias, stereotypes, and prejudice and learn to recognize them in action. Finally, through group activity and roleplay, participants will develop personal strategies to intervene when witnessing the perpetration of damaging messages, whether through institutional or internalized oppression. Participants will learn to recognize internalized oppression in clients and explore the use of decolonization, harm reduction, and non-violent communication to interrupt internalized oppression in clients. 

Learning Objectives

  • Reflect on their unique combination of identities (age, ability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, family status, education, immigration status, race, religion, gender, and/or sexual orientation) and develop empathy for people who do not share the same combination of identities. 

  • Define…

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