Courses & Workshops
Available Courses & Workshops
Karen and Patty teach a variety of interactive courses and workshops on racism, sexism, homophobia, and other aspects of oppression.
Sample Workshops
Creating Welcoming Environments
- Oppression Model: The system that provides the foundation upon which to build an understanding of oppression.
- Oppressors/Anti-Oppressors: Roles within the system.
- How we enter the world of the “Other”.
- Privilege Exercise: Who benefits and who loses within the system of oppression.
- Connecting the “isms”: Racism, sexism, classism, homophobia/heterosexism, ableism, etc.
- How each person can create change: Brainstorm for different environments (residence life, human resources, athletics, etc.). How to share power and resources, how to develop policies and practices that are responsive to the needs of each individual, how to move from an ethnocentric to a polycentric culture.
- Continuum from intolerance to the celebration of difference.
From this workshop we go into more depth on each of the issues. For example, we do workshops on homophobia/heterosexism and ableism.
“Handicapped” by Society: An Anti-ableism Workshop
This presentation addresses:
- A theoretical framework from which to understand oppression.
- Specific information on ableism.
- Introduction and definition
- Two models of disability
- Some facts about disability
- Characteristics defining a minority
- Video clip and reaction
- Examples
- Importance of language
- Bill of Rights for people with disabilities
- Guidelines for confronting common stereotypes
- Disability etiquette, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and
- Opportunities for questions and discussion.
