Intersectionality & Cultural Humility Training for SafetyNet Service Providers

Thank you for all the hard work you have done so far providing services to Safety Net participants. Abt Global and the United Way are excited to invite you to a one-day training focused on Intersectionality and Cultural Humility, designed specifically for you. This training will provide you with essential tools and strategies to improve the way you support participants with diverse and overlapping identities, including race, gender, class particularly in relation to the transition to permanent housing. In addition, an opportunity to gather with other Safety Net Providers to uplift your important work.

Why Attend? As providers, you work with participants whose lives are shaped by complex, intersecting challenges. By understanding and applying the principles of intersectionality and cultural humility, you can offer more inclusive, respectful, and effective support and work with participants to ensure safe exits fromyour program.

What You’ll Learn:

• The importance of intersectionality in understanding pariticpants’ experiences.
• How cultural humility fosters better communication and service delivery.
• Practical strategies to address the unique needs of individuals and families with multiple, overlapping identities.
• Ways to recognize and reduce power imbalances in service-provider relationships.
• Tools for adapting your services and building partnerships with culturally specific organizations.
• How to use these tools with participants as they exit your programs

Who Should Attend? This training is open to Safety Net Provider working in housing, homelessness, social services, and related fields who want to improve their ability to serve clients from diverse and intersecting backgrounds.

What to Expect? This highly interactive training includes a mix of presentations, group discussions, and activities designed to help you apply the concepts of intersectionality and cultural humility in real-world service settings.

Host or Publisher Abt Global