Boston-area Prof Dev: "Diversity Leadership"

[Michelle Quinn-Davidson]

Hi all, 

Let me introduce myself to the list. I am Michelle Quinn-Davidson and 
Iwork for the Training & Learning Center of YouthBuild USA. I primarily 
work for the YouthBuld Academy for Transformation project which convenes 
youth workers, program directors researchers, and policy makers from the 
YouthBuild network and the wider youth and community development fields 
with the aim of researching, learning, and teaching about the most 
effective practices that support the ability of young people to transform 
their lives. 

I would like to let you know of an excellent upcoming event and 
opportunity for low-price professional development. 

"Diversity Leadership: Healing and Dealing" will take place July 21-23, 
2003 in Boston, MA.  The cost is $300, however we have scholarships for 
those organizations which have 'an adult structured, formal program, for 
young people ages 6-18 that runs during the school week and year between 
the hours of 3 - 6 PM'.  Register now at https://www.youthbuild.org/DiversityLeadership/ (see below for detailed event information):

Michelle Quinn-Davidson
Training & Learning Center
YouthBuild USA
58 Day Street, PO Box 440322
Somerville, MA 02144
617.623.9900 x1256 (tel)
617.623.4331 (fax)
mquinn-davidson at youthbuild.org
www.youthbuild.org
 

 "Diversity Leadership: Healing & Dealing" * Boston, MA * July 21-23, 2003

Diversity challenges abound.  We all want to be more confident and skilled 
in handling them. 
Join your colleagues in expanding your diversity practice in order to 
build a more welcoming, pro-active and powerful program.

Come to "Diversity Leadership: Healing and Dealing" and you will: learn 
tools and processes for approaching diversity work both personally and 
professionally; become familiar with frameworks for identifying the subtle 
perpetuation of oppression and how to dismantle it; and receive coaching 
and walk away with a diversity action plan.

<p>For more than 15 years, YouthBuild USA and YouthBuild programs have been 
working on the conflicts, complexities, and challenges of doing diversity 
work with young people. The YouthBuild Diversity Working Group has 
collected and built on this rich source of knowledge and experience, 
combined it with learnings from the larger field of diversity workers, and 
created a powerful learning experience, "Diversity Leadership: Healing and 
Dealing." A critical part of transforming one's life is to transcend the 
effects of discrimination and injustice and to learn how to succeed in a 
diverse world. This training is an intensive, participatory three-day 
experience that provides useful frameworks for working on diversity issues 
with young people. It offers role plays and other activities to use in a 
program setting, action plans for organizational interventions, a focused 
exploration of the situation experienced by young people, a celebration of 
cultures, and ongoing support mechanisms for practicing diversity 
leadership. It helps practitioners look at themselves and then at changes 
needed in their programs. 

Facilitated by skilled diversity leaders from the YouthBuild USA Diversity 
Working Group headed by Tanya Cruz Teller, associate director, Training & 
Learning Center.

DETAILS
Who:     youth workers, teachers, HR managers, non-profit administrators, 
community leaders, parents, young people, educators, civil servants, 
grassroots organizers, program officers, board members, and diversity 
practitioners
What:    A 3-day workshop that explores the complexities of dealing with 
and healing from oppression. 
When:   July 21-23, 2003
Where:  Boston-area, MA 
Cost:     $300 includes workshop and materials (room, board, and travel 
not included). 

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