Implicit Bias & Anti-Racism Training

Acknowledging the reality and role of implicit biases in guiding behaviors and beliefs can result in actionable and effective solutions to facilitate and improve relationships, in the workplace, within families, and in the community. Facilitated discussions on biases, perceptions, and anti-racism, will create a safe cultural environment for hard ongoing conversations. Cultural safety is the ability to create a trusting environment that is socially, emotionally, spiritually, and physically safe for staff and family members. Cultural humility will be defined and fostered, since it challenges us to learn from others, reserve judgement and bridge the cultural divide. Cultural humility and safety increase the quality of interpersonal actions.

This interactive training and experiential exercises will help participants to accept their prejudices and misconceptions, both conscious and implicit, and minimize and eliminate racist beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. This session will build and foster an understanding of implicit biases, racism, and cultural humility.

This session will identify and invalidate the mentalities that drive racial inequalities and reduce individual self-worth and sense of belonging. A framework for positive attitude development and the facilitation of reciprocal open questions will be nurtured. Efforts will be made to generate and sustain racial equality.

Coffee, juice and light refreshments will be available starting at 9am.

A certificate of completion will be provided to all participants that complete the session. The certificate can be used to apply for CEUs for various disciples such as social work, peer certification and more.

Trainer:

Michele Stewart-Copes is CEO of SEET Consultants, LLC, System for Education Equity & Transition and a national consultant and trainer in System of Care and cultural and linguistic competency coaching. She developed and managed the nation’s first and highly successful wraparound effort within an inner city area, focused on Puerto Rican and African American neighborhoods in Hartford, CT. She has provided wraparound training, certification and coaching in 20 states and Canada. As Adjunct Professor, she taught the Cultural Competency class in the Master of Public Health Program at Southern Connecticut State University for 10 years.

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