This presentation will provide a brief overview of Native cultures, health challenges facing many communities, and historical traumas. Emerging strategies to engage with Native American peoples more respectfully, and efforts to restore community wellbeing will also be discussed.
What are the benefits to enduring partnerships? What are the best first steps to take to get strong partnerships going? How can municipalities and school districts work together to create high quality afterschool and summer programs? What steps can we take to develop and support champions for our programs? ….and learn about the timely […]
To start off the new year in this primary session, participants will be able to identify their own DEI growth potential and explore the core concepts of dignity and respect-- and investigate the hallmarks of intersectionality. Participants will also redefine their major-identity markers and unpack why it’s so hard for many of us to adapt […]
In the second session of our series on finding common ground, participants will discuss intersectionality and the benefits and importance of discussing critical issues that spark controversy regarding race, gender, class and sexual orientation. Participants will also reflect on their roles as gatekeepers in the workplace, and why creating a culture of dignity and respect […]
Trauma-Informed Care is very helpful to understand how an individual person may be impacted by trauma. This session expands TIC to entire communities and focuses on how various factors and […]
In the third session of our series on intersectionality and finding common ground, participants will be able to unpack the political implications of why diversity and inclusion have become such charged […]
This session will provide various models based on various Native American cultures and additional resources to help participants understand how single, focused areas of human and related services can expand […]
Presented by: Bret Ratner is the Vice President of Grants at Good Shepherd Services (GSS), a large NYC-based nonprofit that serves more than 28,000 children and families annually through over 90 programs. […]
In the fourth session of our series on intersectionality, participants will discuss the differences between awareness, allyship, advocacy and activism. We will explore why it is important to have critical […]
Learn how to engage young people in engineering design practices by tackling a design challenge! This workshop will feature activities from a design challenge project. Participants will experience the activity, and discuss how all young people can try on the identity of an engineer. This session will emphasize the skills of an engineer, as well […]
