CPHSSWCE0466 - Support for Practitioners in Radical Social Justice or Anti-Racism work

Course Description

There are many well documented studies that illustrate the health implications of racism and other forms of systemic oppression. This course addresses and engages with the question: How do we engage in work that helps to dismantle

systems of oppression, our internalized unconscious bias, and also help people of color and/or support ourselves as clinicians of color doing this work?

This course will include didactic, interactive, and experiential learning modalities. We will spend the first 1.5 to 2 hours learning about social justice, anti-racism, and power and oppression 101 so that all participants are working with some of the same information. Participants will also engage in norm-setting for future, more experiential reflection spaces. The second 2-hour segment will be dedicated to reflection in affinity groups. White clinicians will reflect on their personal identities as it relates to clinical work. Clinicians of Color will find affinity space to process and find support in doing the work as a clinician of color. Finally, in our last 2 hours of the training, we will be coming together and having a discussion about next steps, including what white clinicians can do to help support clinicians of color.

Target Level Audience: Intermediate

Course Outline

Timed Agenda

Part I Power and Oppression 101

9:00 - 9:10am Introduction: Outline the objectives of the training, format, and who we are as presenters.

9:10 - 10:10am Didactic: Cover basics around White Supremacy, Anti-Racism, Clinical research on the impact of implicit bias, and materials that will help engage participants in the part two of the training.

10:10 - 10:15am Break

Part 2 Affinity Group Experiential reflection

10:15 - 10:25am Introduction: reorient to group norms and also common pitfalls for conversations and how to maneuver them and hold each other accountable.

10:25 - 11:55am Small Affinity Group Discussion (3-5 participants): participants will be prompted with questions from the assigned readings to reflect on their experience as Clinician of Color or their privilege and unconscious bias as a White Clinician in both their personal and clinical work.

11:55 - 12:00pm 5 min break

12:00 - 12:15pm Larger Affinity group discussion: Process the experience of reflections, as a group decide what themes to discuss in part 3 of the course when dialogue across difference.

Part 3 Dialogue across difference

12:15 - 12:35pm Introduction, norm and goal setting: All participants will collaborate on the purpose of the shared space where clinicians of color can express the ways they need to be supported by White identified clinicians. Additionally, this can be a time for white clinicians to learn and listen, as well as reflect on part two of the training in a way that helps to move them forward in their commitment to ongoing learning and exploration of their power, privilege, and implicit bias.

12:35 - 1:20pm Small groups discussions: Small groups of 3-5 mixed groups will share their thoughts

1:20 - 1:30pm Break

1:30 - 2:20pm Larger group discussion: Groups will come together and come up with an action plan for continued growth/self-care by sharing themes of smaller discussion.

Learner Outcomes

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

· Identify areas of growth in their journey towards doing anti-racism work in personal and professional spheres.

· Describe systemic oppression and how unearned privilege impacts their clinical work.

· Find effective ways to manage their own well-being as they navigate providing clinical support to people of color.

· Further develop relational skills, especially listening to individuals and talking about racial identity.

When participants return to the workplace, they will be able to:

· Continue to reflect on and dismantle ways they have learned to enact systemic oppression.

· Dialogue across differences, including listening and providing support for colleagues of color.

· Engage in anti-racism work in a sustainable long-term manner