What does it mean to be “color brave”? In her TED talk “Color blind or color brave?” accomplished businesswoman Mellody Hobson explores having candid conversations about race that can help us better understand each other’s perspectives and experiences. Gaining this information is at the heart of our ability to build authentic relationships and to attain …
June 14 @ 10:00 am
What does it mean to be “color brave”? In her TED talk “Color blind or color brave?” accomplished businesswoman Mellody Hobson explores having candid conversations about race that can help us better understand each other’s perspectives and experiences. Gaining this information is at the heart of our ability to build authentic relationships and to attain cultural dexterity. One strategy for achieving this bravery is through cultural humility, which has been defined as the ability to maintain an interpersonal stance that is other-oriented in relation to aspects of cultural identity as defined by that person. Cultural humility challenges us to suspend what we know, or think we know, about a person based on generalizations about their culture. Cultural humility also helps us to know ourselves and how we are shaped by our culture and experiences. Many of us have thought patterns and actions that are based in privilege and implicit bias. It is important to explore our belief systems to uncover individual biases and misconceptions attached to our life experiences. This helps us to give grace and offer empathy to ourselves and others as we examine bias from the perspective of microaggressions.
This three-part series will engage the audience in these ways during each stand-alone session:
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this presentation, the audience will be able to:
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations will be accepted up to one hour prior to the scheduled web-based course or registration deadline, whichever comes first. Non-attending registrants will incur for their agency the same fee as if they had attended. Cancellation information can be found in the registration details. All substitutions must be sent to webinars@pccyfs.org.