Social Justice Core Competencies

As words like diversity, multiculturalism, acceptance, and tolerance fade in popularity, it is imperative that one's social justice skills are sharp. Current social justice advocates can learn tricks of the trade to improve their own work. Folks just starting out or still asking questions can use this space to recognize where they are coming from and how to be a social justice advocate.

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This in-depth, day-long, interactive training aims to provide participants space for self reflection and practice to use “self as instrument” and to help participants:

• Understand privilege or power distribution in the U.S.
• Recognize dominant/subordinate dynamics
• Improve tracking skills and dealing with personal triggers
• Identify intersecting and invisible identities
• Develop action steps for each stage of identity formation

As a participant in this training, you will benefit from:

• Helping self and others track and recover from being triggered
• Creating measurable goals and action plans to be change agents and social justice advocates
• Taking what you have learned back home as a trained trainer