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Adult/Child Psychiatry Resident at Yale School of Medicine

BEYOND DISCUSSIONS: COMBATING ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN REAL-TIME

Abstract discussions about anti-Black racism are nice, but what do you do in the face of racism? Although some will say there are many resources out there, most focus on conceptual frameworks rather than real-time scenarios. Many people attend anti-racism lectures that focus on “systems” that absolve responsibility, but continue to engage in racist behaviors. Let’s talk about combating racism in real-time. 

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Associate Professor of Psychology at Spelman College 

THE POWER OF PERCEPTION: THE TRUTH ABOUT IMPLICIT BIAS

During this time of social and political unrest, a lot of discussion has come up regarding the effectiveness of implicit bias trainings designed to counteract unconscious prejudices that are automatically activated which may inadvertently impact how people see and treat people that belong to marginalized groups. In this interactive discussion, we will discuss the truth regarding implicit bias, how it has been scientifically studied within the field of psychology, and suggestions for creating inclusive environments.    

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Pediatrician with 30 years of clinical experience and coach to parents of  LGBTQIAP children.

THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF RACE AND  LGBTQIAP IDENTITIES FOR CHILDREN

The Washington Post published a study in 2015 that talked about suicide rates in African-American kids aged 5-12. It showed they have 2x the rates of suicides compared to their White counterparts. Dr Lulu will talk about the “trap” of the Black child called LIFE! Or that a regular cis-gendered Black child’s life is already a trap, thanks to overt racism in America and patriarchy in Africa. She will also discuss how a Black gay/queer child is affected by the pressures of religion, culture, family and the community, homophobia, transphobia and gender biases.

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An authority in the domain of Emotional Intelligence

THE SEVEN LAYERS OF LISTENING, AND HOW TO HEAR WITH YOUR HEART

Have you ever considered that your most prominent defense mechanisms could exist in your quality of listening? How we listen communicates a lot about our true receptivity. As of the past ten years, any self-respecting progressive person has aimed to listen to understand, sure that this would be the most respectful way to resolve conflict and bring about social change. But often times listening to understand only leads to more confusion, and more division. Why is that? 

In this interactive talk, Antesa breaks down the seven layers of listening, including what exists beyond listening to understand and how you can activate your heart’s hearing capacity in order to ignite true sustained social and interpersonal change.

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Also available as part of THE HEART PACKAGE with Dr. Broderick Sawyer $12

Co-Founder and Curator at Wa Na Wari, Seattle WA

THE STORY OF WA NA WARI: FIGHTING GENTRIFICATION WITH ARTS AND CULTURE

Wa Na Wari is creating new models for Black families to fight gentrification and displacement with arts and culture. Johnson will share cases studies of how the arts are being used to create new realities for Black people to be self determined in spite of inequity. 

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Associate Professor of Psychology,  Spelman College 

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TOLL OF IDENTITY SHIFTING: THE COSTS  AND BENEFITS OF BLACK PEOPLE BEING THEMSELVES AT WORK

To cope with experiences of discrimination and to contest the negative consequences associated with discrimination, Black people may alter their behaviors, speech (code switch), appearance, and perspectives, also known as identity shifting. This may include changing one's hairstyle to fit Eurocentric standards of beauty or changing how one talks by "talking White."

In this interactive talk, Dr. Dickens will break down why people from oppressed groups may feel pressured to adopt their behaviors in the workplace, the benefits of costs of shifting, and how to create inclusive working environments to lessen the need of shifting by those who are marginalized.

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Assistant Professor of education equity and justice in leadership, policy, and politics at The University of Washington  

CITIES, SUBURBS, AND EDUCATION EQUITY: SEEKING JUSTICE ACROSS BOUNDARIES AND BORDERS

Social phenomena, such as gentrification, Black and Latinx suburbanization, school closures, and school choice are dramatically changing U.S. metropolitan regions. What we typically think of as an urban or suburban school may fail to recognize the heterogeneity within communities and the interdependency across school systems. These norms in how we imagine place and space hinder our ability to adequately frame and solve education injustices that disproportionately harm families and communities of color. 

Paying particular attention to the historic formations and contemporary politics of the Seattle metropolitan area, this talk will explore racial and socioeconomic demographic change in schools and communities, provide time to reflect on and locate our own educational experiences within unequal educational landscapes, and suggest how we can respectfully uplift and learn from the educational agency of Black and other students and families of color to contest unjust education policy.

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Clinical psychologist specializing in race-based stress and trauma, mindfulness, and compassion   

EMOTIONAL INTEGRATION AS A MEASURE OF ALLYSHIP: GENERATIONAL HEART-CLEANSING

Many want to become effective allies for racial justice, and many are generally unaware of or unwilling to address centuries-long emotional blockage. When learning about privilege, we tend to prioritize intellectual learning with books, believing that only new language will undo centuries of both intellectual and emotional conditioning. 

In his time providing workshops, talks, and working with ally-hopefuls, Dr. Sawyer has identified two primary issues in addressing one’s privilege, which, are also issues he has seen in his time as a psychologist providing therapeutic treatment for those seeking emotional resolution: 1. Lack of individual emotional awareness/integration, and 2. Lack of individual daily mental health hygiene practice. In this workshop, Dr. Sawyer will unpack and address these 2 issues, and discuss why our Western fixation on language has become a barrier to true emotional change.

Includes a special Q&A follow up session too!  

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Also available as part of THE HEART PACKAGE with Antesa Jensen for $12.

Disabled Chicana content creator, actress, model, and speaker

THE INTERSECTIONS OF RACISM AND DISABILITY IN EDUCATION 

In this talk, Jocelyn Ricarda will speak on her experiences as a first generation Chicana from the south of Louisiana and from her online activism which includes published essays, hashtags like #IAmAbleist and #AbledsWTF, and opening up her platforms for Disabled people to come together and share their lives. Her work on access, disability justice, racism and ableism, has led her to speaking at Tulane State University, and organizing with Congress of Day Laborers of New Orleans on "Disabled And Detained". Jocelyn has been featured in Forbes, New York Times, NowThis, Dazed, and BuzzFeed.

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Speaker, activist, author, and thought leader in the realm of systemic poverty  

A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND RACE

We interview Terence about the intersectionality of race and being unhoused, and about trauma and being unhoused. We will talk with him about his new book When We Stand and he'll share how sacrifice, being proximate and the power of an invitation is really all some folks need to join us on the journey. Terence's organization Love Beyond Walls in Atlanta has been working with the unhoused for over 25 years and were instrumental in getting portable hand washing stations set up in many cities across the country when covid hit. We're thrilled to welcome him and learn from his experience and extraordinary example of compassion in action.

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Founder and President of the Mai Soli Foundation

USING WESTERN PRIVILEGE TO BREAK THE CYCLES OF CHILD MARRIAGES IN BANGLADESH

Aria will speak about how she grew up in poverty, little to no access to resources, and how education and western privilege led her to create the nonprofit Foundation. The Mai Soli Foundation levels the playing field between young girls and boys in Bangladesh. She will share the origins of her Foundation as well as it's mission to end child marriage in Bangladesh. Her story begins in Brooklyn, New York and where she endures the effects of racism and othering in college and how that led to the research and creation of a nonprofit foundation.

Aria co-created curriculum with world-class entrepreneurs and educators about financial literacy, leadership, and confidence. Specifically, the Foundation teaches young girls how to be confident in their own skin, by learning valuable business skills to counter centuries of British colonialism perpetuated colorism: the idea to young girls that they are not beautiful or valued because of their dark skin. The Foundation seeks to empower young women to build new possibilities.

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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Miami

WHAT IS YOUR POSITION-ALITY": A CONVERSATION ON SOCIAL IDENTITY AND HOW IT RELATES TO BIAS

Social identity refers to the ways that individuals' self-concepts  are based on their group membership in social groups. Society Identity  Theory proposed that the groups in which people belong to are, such as  race, gender, sexual orientation, can be an important source of pride  and self-esteem. Furthermore, beyond sources of pride and self-esteem,  the groups we belong to can also influence the way in which we view and  interact with the world. It is these processes that can lead to bias and  prejudice.  

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