How to be an Ally: Anti-Oppression 102
Date and time
Location
Meeting Room 1, Centre for Social Innovation - Regent Park
585 Dundas Street East
Toronto, ON M5A 2B7
Canada
Refund policy
Description
Event Description
What is "How to be an Ally" series?
As more and more of us confront the fact that the world is not equitable for all, it is crucial for us to understand what our role is in supporting one another and together, figure out the systems and society that work for everybody.
One step that we’re taking at the Centre for Social Innovation is partnering with educators who create safe spaces for us to ask questions, challenge assumptions, learn about what makes each individual unique and complex, and what makes us one. The kinds of questions we hope to ask include, but are not limited to: How do I check my privilege? How can we engage in a conversation around identity, oppression, and colonialism? How do we learn from each other? How do we work together?
How can I be an ally?
We have asked leaders from the CSI community to speak about their lived experiences, their professional practice building bridges among communities and to share their thoughts on how someone could be their ally. This will be followed by a facilitated Q&A.
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About the cost and accessibility
The cost was a hard piece for us because we want this to be accessible to everybody, but we also wanted to honour the time of our facilitators and attach fair value to their work and ours. The cost of tickets is still reflecting a discount from both parties, but we’re comfortable with this if it means more people can attend.
If you find the cost prohibitive, we are offering 5 bursaries for each session on a first come, first serve basis. You do not need to a provide an explanation and we trust that these bursaries will go to people who really require them. For bursaries or other accomodations required to attend the workshop (i.e., tokens, child minding, etc), please email Shilbee (shilbee@socialinnovation.ca).
We’re constantly learning and exploring different ways to live up to our value of creating healthy cultures and we’re always open to feedback!
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Will there be more “How to be an Ally” events?
We piloted How to be an Ally series in the summer with Rania (Anti-Oppression 101) and Rocky (Indigenous Awareness) and we were thrilled to see the overwhelming response from people wanting to attend the workshop. So we decided to roll out more How to be an Ally series repeating their workshops and covering other topics based on people's feedback on what they want to learn about. To get on the mailing list for future How to be an Ally series, submit your contact information by clicking here.
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