**CANCELLED I See You! Practical Tools for Overcoming Bias and Microagressions**

I See You! Practical Tools for Overcoming Bias and Microagressions

Facilitators: Marnita Schroedl and Lauren Williams

Audience: Teachers, Principals, District Administrators, Paraprofessionals, Support Staff, Individuals who seek to enhance their understanding and broaden their equity lens in order to create authentically welcoming spaces for youth and families, colleagues, friends or acquiantances. Anyone who seeks to be actively prepared as an ally the next time they witness MicroAgressions, no matter the setting. 

To foster an inclusive educational environment, we must identify and acknowledge barriers to belonging. In this class we'll uncover the impact of Unconscious Bias and MicroAgressions and how to combat their negative impacts in order to create a cross-culturally supportive environment where students, parents and families of all ethnicities, abilities, identities, and backgrounds can thrive. Strengthen your engagement, equity and social emotional skills as you move beyond performance and enhance your ally tool kit.

Prejudice is not always conscious, explicit or readily visible. Often it is systemic and structural. It is important to acknowledge that structural and systemic oppression exists, understand how these types of systems and practices are embedded and entrenched, the damage it causes, and how to identify and address them. In addition, developing a basic understanding of bias - both conscious and unconscious, along with recognizing, managing, and marginalizing biases in order to create a more respectful, safe and inclusive workplace.

Based on a framework developed by Ohio State University, we will explore "Ten Ways Unconscious Bias Operates in our World." Through an interactive, fast-paced process we'll uncover definitions and examples of the following concepts: Selective Attention, Diagnosis Bias, Pattern Recognition, Value Attribution, Confirmation Bias, Priming Effect, Commitment Confirmation, Stereotype Threat, Anchoring Bias and Group Think.

MicroAffirmations help educators and students of all ages and experience levels recognize and deactivate MicroAggressions. During this practicum you will learn how to identify MicroAggressions in order to deactivate their power, decrease tension and provide immediate support to the person who was micro-aggressed.

Martina's Table and its founder, Marnita Schroedl, have more than 18 years of training, diversity, and inclusive belonging expertise. Lauren Williams,  MT's Director of training and projects, a veteran of MT of more than 8 years, leads an engaging and spirited cross-cultural training team of four who have been teaching their proprietary model of Intentional Social Interaction (IZI) both individually and as a group for more than 8 years.

Tuition:

$150 BrightWorks Member Rate

$175 Standard Rate

Please make checks payable to BrightWorks and mail to: 

BrightWorks
Attn: Brittany Stepan
2 Pine Tree Drive, Suite 101
Arden Hills, MN 55112

Please note: If an invoice is required, an additional fee of $10 will be applied. 

Cancellation: You can cancel your own registration for an event before the cancellation deadline. (Please check the event information for specific cancellation details.) If the event has a fee, refunds are possible only if cancellation is prior to the deadline. If you do not attend and do not cancel prior to an event, you are still responsible for payment and will be billed.

Special Accommodations: Please alert BrightWorks 2-3 weeks prior to the workshop/event if you need special accommodations, including sign language interpreters. (BrightWorks requires a notice of 2 business days to cancel a sign language interpreter. If you fail to cancel, we reserve the right to bill your school/district for this expense.) Update your profile as needed. Special accommodations are not included with each registration, but are stored in your profile until you make changes.