Cultural Humility Training of Trainer

Become a Cultural Humility trainer by learning the teachings of Melanie Tervalon, MD, MPH, and Jann Murray-Garcia, MD, MPH, from Souta Calling Last (Blackfeet/Blood) and Melissa Spence (Anishinaabe) to support Organizational Development, Communication, and Policy framework to advance healing & reconciliation and principles of cultural humility in the workplace.

More than a concept, Cultural Humility is a communal reflection that analyzes the root causes of suffering and fosters a broader, more inclusive view of the world. Originally developed to address health disparities and institutional inequities in medicine, Cultural Humility is now applied in public health, social work, education, and non-profit management. (M.Tervalon, 2025)

Join us for a transformative 10-hour train-the-trainer virtual series where we dive deep into the concepts, principles, and practices of Cultural Humility.

Themodel provides a method to advocate and maintain accountability by redressing the power imbalances in the workplace and in our communities. For over two decades, the model has replaced the insufficient notion of “cultural competence” with a cyclical approach that embraces critical self-reflection as a lifelong learning process to create a broader, more inclusive view of the world.

Commitment to 10 hours over 4 days is required as each day's dialogue and activities prepare the participant for the next session and for Trainer Certificate.

Goal: Train participants to understand and apply the concepts, principles, and practices of Cultural Humility.

Principles:

1) A lifelong process of critical self-reflection and self-critique.

2) Redressing the power imbalances in the patient-provider dynamic.

3) Developing mutually beneficial partnerships with communities on behalf of individuals and defined populations.

4) Advocating and maintaining institutional accountability that parallels the three principles above.

Outline:

• Cultural Humility: origin, principles, and practices

• Focus on dialogue among the participants on the application of the Cultural Humility principles in their work, building on preparatory exercises, reading materials, historical contexts, and current political landscape.

• Common language: identity, culture, race, isms, power and privilege, micro-aggression, intersectionality, color, gender, age, ethnicity, religion, nationality.

• Working definitions to explore the everyday meaning and use of these terms: 1) Examples from your work, and the work of others 2) Exercises to practice being in dialogue with each other and with clients when the elements of identity, power and privilege arrive in the work environment.

• Summarize what is useful for your work

• Group dialogue and evaluation

Method:

• 6-hour training on Thursday & Friday, January 22nd & 23rd from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Mountain Standard Time each day.

Commitment to both days is required as each day's dialogue and activities prepare the participant for the next session.

• Brief information presented as the backdrop for highly interactive exercises among the participants regarding each learning objective, using a standard or basic presentation as a template for learning.

• Student reflection – exercise and group dialogue.

Overall Learning Objectives:

1. Participants can state the potential influence of power, privilege, the-isms, and their own history and relationship with clients and colleagues.

2. Participants can identify personal beliefs and values and how these factors influence their own behaviors when working with clients and colleagues.

3. Participants can use tools to practice the Cultural Humility principle of “client as the expert” when serving individuals and communities.

4. Participants practice respectful and curious inquiry about individual and community points of view, values, and life experiences, holding the stance of “listen as if the speaker is wise”.

5. Participants practice strategies to redress power dynamics from negatively influencing or obstructing the content of service delivery.

6. Participants integrate strategies into organizational structures, policies, and activities.

Participants will 1) earn a certificate of completion 2) receive a copy of the powerpoint slides and facilitator’s guide, & 3) become a member of a lifelong cohort with access to exclusive training and a network of resources.

Who should attend?

All are welcome, from community members, organizers, students, teachers, government workers, and administrators, to elected leaders. Our entire community can benefit from practicing Cultural Humility. This training provides professional career development for employees to build trustful partnerships with colleagues and the people they serve. Employers will benefit from learning how organizational policy and behavior can be transformed by applying the Cultural Humility model.

Training proceeds help continue the programs and activities at Indigenous Vision like the cultural protection projects and the #MMIW Self-defense training sponsorships for Indigenous people.

Host or Publisher Indigenous Vision, an educational nonprofit