Understanding systems of Oppression to better access leverage points for personal and collective liberation. How to decolonize your mind, your relationships, and your organizations.
A comprehensive course unpacking social justice theories. No quiz/test evolving education model. Resources to meet multiple learning styles. Goal of collective Liberation. Some of the subjects covered:
Systemic Oppression
Defining Social Justice Terms.
Social Permaculture and Climate Action
Trauma Response (Intergenerational Transmission)and Trauma recovery
Microaggressions
Social Science Evaluation & Monitoring techniques
Racial Identity formation
Bronfenbrenners
Genograms
Psychology and Social Justice
Multicultural competent counseling
Bowens Theory
Social Dominance Theory
White Fragility
Tools for White Allies in Countering Racism
Empowerment Tools for marginalized communities like LGBTQI& BIPOC
and much more
special focus on intersectional movements
Detailed Description:
Understanding Systems of Oppression:
How Sustaining Self and Others forms a feedback loop.
Decolonization, Empowerment, and Trauma focus on anti-discrimination
Intersectional movements and approaches to increase efficiency
Innovating activism to bridge across divides.
Introverted activism, and a revolution of the heart.
Unpacking social justice theories to better access liminal spaces as leverage points for personal and collective liberation.
Utilizing comics, games, exercises, articles, lectures, case studies, journaling, mindfulness & meditation, somatic trauma release practices and more to meet multiple learning styles
Intersectionality (Racism, Sexism, Ableism, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Transphobia), hegemony, Institutional racism, and white cis-patriarchial heteronormative supremacy, legitimizing the authority of the normative and power. Intersectional movements (such as social justice & climate action)
Systems Theory The role utilizing larger models and assessments on assisting in comprehensive analysis of how oppression is woven and unwoven in individuals and collectives. Genograms and tracking intergenerational patterns, Bronfenbrenner model, Social Dominance Theory and Testing, Bowens Nuclear Systems Theory and inventory. Evaluation methods for multicultural competence.
How the legitimization of authority and identity formation plays a role in countering or perpetuating oppression: medical-industrial complex classifying defect to necessitating cure, How integration is not assimilation development of psychologically recognized Racial & Integrated models (other social locations) of Identity formation stages and phases
Trauma How it factors into the perpetuation of oppression as a barrier to engagement and a catalyst for transformation. Dialectic deficiencies from subversive triggers (white fragility), contexts such as how the oppressed becomes the oppressor. the accumulation of trauma on lowering self-determination. limited emotional Intelligence and social capacity's role in creating far-right thinking, Microaggressions & Intergenerational Transmission:
Trauma Healing as a radical act of Social Change. Trauma, a catalyst for resilience: post-traumatic growth. Integrating Trauma recovery methods and practices to co-create effective intersectional movements.
Utilizing spiritual technologies for the sake of countering oppression reclaiming its appropriation as a form of spiritual bypass. Two eyes seeing form of Integrating western healing practices with indigenous ways of knowing to co-create more effective transformative programs.
Somatic inquiry into power and understanding modes of power: social power, power over/under, power with and power from within.
Diversity's role in increasing positive fiscal outlooks and innovative approaches in business management.
A comprehensive look at the perspective of collaborative hierarchy attenuation regenerative leadership as a means to counter oppression.
Exercises and Practice to gain fluency: The Power Shuffle/ Step Forward Step Back etc.
Tools for marginalized communities to gain empowerment. Tools for Privileged Allies in Countering OppressionHow to be an ally and proper ways to engage in discussions on the topic without committing classic faux paus of re-traumatization. Interactive practice to familiarize participants with having anti-oppressive dialogues. Microaggressions and theater of the oppressed.
Decolonize minds, movements, & collectives to increase effectiveness.
