Upcoming Events & Conferences:
Exploring Class Workshop Bay Area
Date: April 21, 2008
Time: Monday April 21, 9AM to 4:30 PM
Location: San Francisco, CA
Offices of The California Endowment
Price: $175 for individuals, scholarships available
Contact: sreid@classism.org or 413.585.9709 x 201
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Please join us for an in-depth exploration of the way that class impacts our personal identities, our relationships, our institutions, and our society as a whole. In the United States, discussing class issues is taboo, perhaps even more so than other aspects of personal identity such as race, sexuality and religion. Feelings of shame and/or guilt at being poorer, or richer than others leads to secrecy and silence, which only perpetuates myths around class in America and reinforces the growing divisions amongst us.
Class Action has more than five years of experience in creating safe spaces for people to come together across the class spectrum and engage in dialogue that deepens their understanding of the impact of class in their lives. Some of the types of questions we are likely to explore in this day-long event include:
• What are your assumptions about class? What would you like to people to understand about your class background? What would you most like to know about theirs?
• How do class dynamics show up in your life? Your work? Your home? Your relationships and community?
• To what extent is your current economic class different from your class background? What impact, if any, has class mobility had on your sense of identity and relationships with people of the same and different classes?
• What are steps you can take to overcome class barriers in your life personally and institutionally?
Cost: Costs for this one-day workshop are $175 for individuals and $250 for organizations, with scholarships available for those who need it. We are seeking as diverse a group as possible and will not exclude anyone based on their ability to pay.
Registration: Registrations must be received by April 1, 2008.
Workshop Facilitators: Felice Yeskel and Alan Preston
Felice Yeskel, Ed.D., Executive Director of Class Action and Co-Founder of United for a Fair Economy comes from a working class Jewish family from New York City's lower-east side. Felice was also a founder and was Co-Director of DiversityWorks, Inc. an organization of social justice educators that provided training and consulting on issues of diversity and multiculturalism. She is an adjunct faculty member of the Social Justice Education Program at UMass Amherst. She has led hundreds of workshops across the country about economic inequality and about healing divisions among Americans of different class backgrounds, races, genders, and sexual orientations. She is the co-author of Economic Apartheid in America, a 2nd edition was published by The New Press in the fall of 2005.
Alan Preston, M.B.A., grew up with the advantages of class, race, and gender and is committed to using his privilege to contest the growing economic inequality in society. Alan is an independent consultant and experienced group facilitator who specializes in inspiring deep personal reflection and cultivating cross-class dialogue. He has designed and facilitated programs around themes related to class, wealth and leadership for progressive foundations, giving circles, churches and nonprofit organizations. Alan’s approach to facilitation is based on the work of Dr. Parker J. Palmer and the Center for Courage & Renewal (www.couragerenewal.org.)
This workshop is Co-Sponsored by: Changemakers, The California Endowment, Tides Foundation, RSF Social Finance, Resource Generation, and the Peace Development Fund with support from Northern California Grantmakers.
To register: https://secure.bluemandala.com/classaction/register.php?id=180
For more information about Class Action please visit:http://www.classactionnet.org/index.php
Leveraging Privilege Workshop///April 6, 2008///Berkeley, CA
http://www.yesworld.org/events0708.html
In this workshop we will explore the diverse kinds and experiences of privilege that exist in our lives and how we can use them as leverage to have a bigger impact in bringing about a healthy, just and sustainable world.
This is a unique opportunity to hear and engage with a diverse group of privileged and committed leaders on a level of uncommon depth, and to participate in an honest, galvanizing and inspiring conversation. We come together to build bonds of community, understanding and trust between people, generations and movements, to see the powerful connections between the diverse issues in our world, and to gain support and skills for the work to which our lives are committed. This is an intergenerational workshop for diverse participants desiring to make a difference in their lives who feel they have some significant privilege. Email workshops@yesworld.org for more information!
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