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Community Education Series

Understanding Race, Culture, and More

Join us for any or all of our monthly presentation and discussion series with local facilitators on a variety of cultural and diversity-related topics to help understand one another and our cultures.

In this monthly series, sponsored and hosted by Muskingum County Social Justice Coalition, we will create a shared learning space to educate one another, continuously engage and accumulate tools and strategies to positively impact change in our community, and build relationships among individuals and organizations. 

Each session will be facilitated by a local presenter and have 30 minutes of presentation preceding discussion among group members. The event will be hosted via Zoom, and registrants will be emailed the Zoom link on the day of each event. You may attend one, a few, or all sessions. 

Planned Modules are as follows (and may be subject to change):

Module 1 (February-May)

Session One: Introduction and "Story Circle"

Session Two: What is culture?/ Cultural/Identity worldviews/ Functions of culture/ Forces that generate culture

Session Three: Cultural Humility & Cultural Relativism

Session Four: Learning styles related to culture / Paradoxes of Culture

Module 2 (June-August)

Session One: How We Got Here: The Emergence of Racism

Session Two: Where We are: Racism -individual, systemic, structural, cultural, and the Cycle of Oppression

Session Three: Going Forward: Effective Strategies for Being an Ally

Module 3 (September-December)

Session One: Communicating Effectively

Session Two: Community Scan and our Natural Responses to Diversity

Session Three: What are We Doing in our Community? 

Session Four: Community Allyship Hackathon

Session Five: Celebration and Conclusion

Participants will receive a certificate of completion that may be used for professional development or training documentation in December 2021.

Please contact Muskingum County Social Justice Coalition (muskingumsocialjustice@gmail.com or https://www.facebook.com/MuskingumCountySocialJusticeCoalition/) or MCLS to learn more about this program! 

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