
Heather O'Neale
Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy
Clinical Supervision
Organizational Workshops & Training
First Steps to Anti-racism
This workshop focuses specifically on racism as experienced by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) as well as the much needed practice of anti-racism.
This workshop focuses on:
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self-awareness as it relates to stereotypes, biases and prejudices that we hold as humans, and as professionals, about BIPOC folks
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examining how schemas in our human brain are formed - participants will explore how our lived experiences, the media, and the larger culture work to create specific and generalized ideas about BIPOC people
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strategies to combat and change harmful beliefs about BIPOC people
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how participants can practice anti-racism in their everyday lives and within their workplaces and community
The aim of this workshop is to create a safe and inviting space to be vulnerable within ourselves to examine what beliefs we hold and to work on changing harmful beliefs about BIPOC people. Participants will gain a full understanding of why, in the twenty-first century, racism remains a very real and problematic feature of our society. Further, participants will leave this workshop with the necessary skills to combat racism through the active practice of anti-racism.
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This workshop can be tailored to individual workplaces or professional fields as well as tailored to both Canadian and United States contexts.
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Anti-racism is a verb, it's an action word - it is not a state of being, it is a practice of doing