Are You Challenged by How to Deal with Race Issues in Your Practice,
Institution or in the Classroom? Are You Concerned about the Impact of
RACISM IN YOUR CITY AND STATE? The UNDOING RACISM/Community Organizing
workshop is an intensive 2 day workshop designed to educate, challenge
and empower people to undo the racist structures that hinder effective
social change. The training is based on the premise that RACISM HAS
BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY CONSTRUCTED AND THAT IT CAN BE UNDONE WHEN PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND WHERE IT COMES FROM, how it functions, why it is
perpetuated, and what we can do to dismantle it. The workshop is
offered by the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, a national,
multiracial, anti-racist collective of veteran organizers and
educators dedicated to building an effective movement for social
change. Since its founding in 1980, The Peoples Institute has trained
over 200,000 people in hundreds of communities throughout the UNITED
STATES and internationally. It is recognized as one of the most
effective anti-racist training and organizing institutions in the
nation. The workshop addresses the following areas: 1)ANALYZING POWER:
Effective organizing requires accurate analysis of the systems that
keep RACISM IN PLACE. The training examines why people are poor, how
institutions and organizations perpetuate the imbalance of power, and
who benefits from the maintenance of the status quo. 2) RECOGNIZING
THE INTERNALIZED MANIFESTATIONS OF RACIAL OPPRESSION: The training
explores how internalized racial oppression manifests itself both as
Internalized Racial Inferiority and Internalized Racial Superiority.
3) DEFINING RACISM: In order to undo RACISM, organizers and educators
must understand what RACISM IS, and how and why it was constructed.
The training explores how the idea of race was created to implement
systems that benefit some people and oppress and disadvantage others.
4) UNDERSTANDING THE MANIFESTATIONS OF RACISM: RACISM OPERATES IN MORE
THAN JUST INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS. The training examines
the dynamics of cultural RACISM, linguistic RACISM, and militarism as
applied RACISM. 5) LEARNING FROM HISTORY: RACISM HAS DISTORTED,
suppressed and denied the histories of people of color and WHITE
PEOPLE AS WELL. The training demonstrates that a full knowledge of
history is a necessary organizing tool as well as a source of personal
and collective empowerment. 6) SHARING CULTURE: The training process
demonstrates that even as RACISM DIVIDES PEOPLE, sharing culture
unites us. Cultural sharing is a critical organizing tool, and is
central 16 CE Contact Hours (You must attend both days to receive CE
credit) Register here to the training. 7) ORGANIZING TO UNDO RACISM:
The training explores principles of effective organizing, strategic
techniques of community empowerment, the importance of community
accountability, and the internal dynamics of leadership development.
This program is approved for 16 CE Credit Hours.Inquiries regarding CE
Contact LynnMercredi@gmail.com MPG Consulting LCSW, PLLC, SW CPE is
recognized by NYS Education Department's State Board for Social Work
as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social
Workers #0119.
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