HOW WE SHOW UP: CHALLENGING RACISM
Tuesdays, September 15 - October 13 @ 8:00 - 10:00p ET (online)
How We Show Up is a five-session online workshop for white/~European people for regular anti-racism practice. Through five sessions, we explore our own journey with race, examine how racialized power shows up within our society, develop our own anti-racism practice, and actively identify and practice ways that we can move our intention into action and engagement.
We do this with the energy and strength of learning together within the accountability of a collective group; each cohort is typically around 12 people that cover multiple-generations and US geographies. We value and recognize that everyone joins at varying stages of their own anti-racism practice, and with varying experiences with race.
Details: https://bit.ly/HWSU2
RSVP: https://forms.gle/eMq5aQaPrC78EnUa8
FACILITATORS:
Rebecca Smith is focused on improving tangible experiences, creating positive social impact and building community through music, art, food and design.
Trained in mechanical engineering, design and hands-on problem-solving at MIT, she previously led design research efforts at MIT's D-Lab. Here, she authored the D-Lab Scale-Ups User Research Framework, an in-depth resource for conducting qualitative research in cross-cultural contexts. She is currently the Senior Innovation Manager at Commonwealth, a Boston non-profit, designing innovative research, tools and products to support people in building financial security and opportunity.
Lindsey Wagner is a multidisciplinary artist and designer in Cambridge, MA. Lindsey earned a BA in Studio Art in Ceramics, Printmaking and Metalworking from the University of Georgia. Her work alternates between playful and inquisitive responses to the environment and social structures. Her latest project is a multi-operator puppet - Human Beast - whose improvised interactions and movements invite audiences to reflect on and dispel their fears in the darkness of human nature. Lindsey sustains her practice by combining her creativity with technology skills as a designer and researcher.
