10AM-2PM
November 3rd
$30 Early Bird Registration rate until October 28th
Late Registration is $40
Group Rate: 3 tickets for $50
**Scholarships Available, contact Event Organizer for details**
Spending time with family and friends over the holidays can be extremely stressful. Common offensive comments that are said around the dinner table by our nearest and dearest can make meal times uncomfortable and awkward. How do we enjoy our family and friends when we voted differently? When our beliefs don't match theirs? Learn how to work through these situations and what to say when microaggressions appear at gatherings.
Val Day-Sanchez presents a 1 day training on handling these dangerous comments in our personal lives. Using Val's hit book, The Only Black Girl in the Room as the basis of the curriculum, Val creates a safe space to learn how to talk about difficult topics like race, implicit bias, sexism, and gender identity. Through a series of activities, and discussions, participants will leave with options when they are the target of a microaggression from family or friends. We've all been caught off guard when certain comments are made. When do we say something? When can we say something? And more importantly, when we speak, how can we ensure we are heard?
Schedule for Workshop10AM Introductions: We are all entering this workshop from different places in our lives and in our understanding. That doesn't mean we should judge.
10:15AM What Is A Microaggression?: It doesn't matter if it was a joke, or your intention was to provide support, if someone leaves the interaction feeling offended or unsafe clearly your intention was not aligned with your impact, now what? Perhaps you are singled out because of your sexual orientation? You go home to visit and feel anxious and bombarded by the off the cuff comments that are made, asking why you aren't married? Or debasing your friends because of their race or religion? You want to say something but you're worried about offending your family or ostracizing your friends, what are your next steps?
11AM White Fragility & Relationship Dynamics: What are the barriers keeping us silent? Who is speaking? Do we feel safe? Do we have power? All of this can effect how we respond to this poisonous statements. We all have biases, some we are aware of while others just seem natural. We've never examined them before. What's the harm in stereotypes and assumptions and why does it seem like white people seem more surprised by this than people of color? Well, that phenomenon actually has a name, "White Fragility."
12:00PM How Can we Respond to Microaggressions?: Let's work through scenarios. If it was a friend or an acquaintance versus the family matriarch? What can you say when confronted with a microaggression depends a lot on the setting.
1:30-2PM Closing thoughts: Whether we identify as marginalized group members or as an ally, what can we do in our little space in the world to create a more inclusive environment? Is it the way that we talk? The way that we engage on social media? How we speak with our family members about politics?
If you would liked to get your copy of The Only Black Girl in the Room prior to the workshop it is available here.
***copies of the book will be on sale***
Val's TEDx Talk: Silence is Killing
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National Hispanic Cultural Center Intel Classroom
1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102, USA
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