[WAsummit] Fw: Isms Conference, Registration Now Open - "Don't Fence Me In"

[Nancy]

for local folks - this is good 

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From: isms at berkeley.edu 
To: maty at pdx.edu ; mbrown-machen at ci.berkeley.ca.us ; mchoy at calendow.org ; mckennett.Marianne at scrippshealth.org ; Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 2:18 PM
Subject: Isms Conference, Registration Now Open - "Don't Fence Me In"


Greetings, 


Registration is Open NOW for the Isms spring workshop: "Don't Fence Me In" Understanding the landscape of gender/sexual/racial/cultural identities and the oppressive of labels: how we can practice inclusion with clients, colleagues communities of multiple identitiesMarch 18, 2010 8:30am-­5:00pm Samuel Merritt University, Oakland To register please go to www.regonline.com/dontfencemein Earlybird (before 2/15): $105  Standard registration: $125 UCB SPH students, faculty and staff: $50 Partial scholarships available, information available on registration site. Breakfast and lunch included For more information or with questions email isms at berkeley.edu A flier is attached and the agenda is below, please feel free to email to anyone who you believe might be interested. AGENDAFILM SHOWING WITH Q&A Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up This documentary by Academy Award winning director Debra Chasnoff features a diverse group of teens and young adults exploring how popular pressures related to gender and sexuality confine American youth. These student demonstrate how gender role expectations and homophobia are interwoven illustrating the toll that deeply held stereotypes and rigid gender policing have on all of our lives and how they may impact our multi-generational workplaces. http://www.youtube.com/user/GroundSpark#p/u/4/qN5rPAAhSxU PANEL Living in the Borderlands of Multiple/Fluid Identities:  How gender, race, culture, sexuality and spirituality intersect and compete a.. The many experiences of multiple and/or fluid identities b.. The impact of labels, stereotypes and "fences"  c.. Stretching our concepts of identity, practicing an expanded notion of inclusionINTERACTIVE WORKSHOP Taking Off the Mask: Looking at Our Own Multiple IdentitiesLarry Lee, LCSW, Kaiser SF Psychiatry In order to survive and preserve self and sanity, how have we learned to cope by wearing masks and developing "false selves"? How can we honor our resilience and strength, reconnect with our true selves, and be compassionate witnesses to heal ourselves and others? GROUP DISCUSSION Taking it back to Work: What can we do at work to practice inclusion for multiple/fluid identities?The Isms Collaborative (formerly known as the Isms Initiative) includes the following organizations: African American Health Disparities Project, SFAlameda County Dept of Public Health Alta Bates-Summit Medical Center Children's Hospital Oakland City of Berkeley Division of Public Health Contra Costa Crisis Center Contra Costa Health Services John Muir health Kaiser East Bay, Dept of Psychiatry Pacific Public Health Training Center Samuel Merritt College of Nursing Faith in Action to Prevent Childhood Obesity, Healthy Communities, Inc. UC Berkeley School of Public Health Please email isms at berkeley.edu to be removed from this mailing list. 
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