Moving Toward Antiracism in 2022NEAFAST is recreating its successful yearlong book group, Moving Toward Antiracism: A Yearlong Guided Reflection through Layla Saad’s Me and White Supremacy to take steps toward recognizing unconscious racial bias and addressing systemic racism in our personal and professional lives. We will read Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad. "Create the change the world needs by creating change within yourself." — Layla SaadSecond Fridays of the month: March 11-December 9, 2022, 12-1:30pm ET | Live on Zoom | 15 CEs We will move away from the long tradition that white people can read their way out of trouble. We will shift from racial literacy to emotional literacy by working through a relational rather than individualistic approach. This group will begin by using the writing of Layla Saad and her book, Me and White Supremacy (which you can buy online), and Me and White Supremacy A Guided Journal. For more information about Layla Saad, visit her website. The group will move away from, “What do I think?” and toward, “What do I do?” with the hope of addressing our becoming a “good ancestor.” The course will provide participants with the opportunity to expand on their intellectual and emotional understanding of racism and white supremacy while doing the work to dismantle it. We will be practicing this group through a process called The Circle Way. To read more information about The Circle Way, and other topics of the group, please read the Circle Way Guidelines. In order to get the 15 CEs, you will be expected to attend all group meetings; if you need to miss one group, you will be asked to share your written reflections with the other group members. At the conclusion of this program, participants will be better able to:
Schedule (all times in ET): 12-12:15pm: Welcome, Introductions and anything that “needs to be left at the door” Join us in 2022 as we continue to take steps towards becoming antiracist therapists and organizations. Sign up for the groupThis activity is pending certification by the New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy (NEAFAST) on behalf of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health & Human Services Professions for LMFT professional continuing education. |