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Interrupting Microaggressions

Interrupting Microaggressions

This interactive two-part workshop (June 3rd & 17th) will help participants understand implicit bias and microaggressions, learn how to stop perpetuating bias and microaggressions, and develop a strategy for interrupting microaggressions when they happen. The workshops are structured to be generative and interactive. There are two parts, each being 2 hours long. Prerequisites: A basic understanding of oppression, racism, and other forms of social inequality is necessary to recognize and interrupt microaggressions. Please check with us if you are unsure about your capacity.

Part 1- Monday, June 3rd (Setting the Foundation)

  • Define and understand both implicit bias and microaggressions
  • Learn about the impact of implicit bias and microaggressions
  • Understand strategies for stopping bias and microaggressions

Part 2 – Monday, June 17th (Plan and Practice Interrupting)

  • Deepen your practice of interrupting bias and microaggressions
  • Get real examples of how bias and microaggressions happen
  • Develop a plan and practice interrupting when you witness bias and microaggressions
  • Understand the importance of apologizing and how to do it well

What you get with this workshop:

  • An opportunity to connect with other individuals and businesses/organizations working to understand and eliminate racist systems and institutions.
  • Two or more facilitators to provide a highly interactive workshop.
  • A slide deck to prepare for the workshop, including definitions and links to additional resources.
  • A copy of the slides from the workshop.
  • Practice interrupting microaggressions with real-world examples generated by people in the community.
  • A Usawa Consulting Certificate of Completion for this workshop.
  • Access to the Usawa Consulting team if you have follow-up questions.
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Solidarity Rate
Un/underemployed, no wealth or savings, insecure housing, and limited expendable income.
$125.00
Sustainability Rate
Employed, some savings and expendable income, secure housing, access to financial support if needed.
$175.00
Movement Supporter
Own or rent a quality home, substantial expendable income, adequate savings, access to wealth.
$225.00
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Solidarity Rate

$125
  • I frequently stress about my basic needs and don't always meet them
  • I rent lower-end apt or have unstable housing
  • I am unemployed or underemployed
  • I have no access to savings
  • I have no or very limited expendable income
  • I do not have family wealth
  • I sometimes have to support family members or other dependents
  • I do not benefit from institutional support and social privilege because of multiple aspects of my identity (multiple of the following identities describe me: Person of color, female, trans, queer, disabled, neurodivergent, immigrant, undocumented or refugee)

Sustainability Rate

$175
  • I am employed
  • I have access to healthcare
  • I have access to adequate housing
  • I might have access to financial savings
  • I have some expendable income
  • I have some family support or have benefitted from family support throughout my life (my family/parents/spouse pay for part of rent/phone/healthcare etc)
  • I fall somewhere in the middle of the social matrix - For example, I may be white and trans, or a middle-class able-bodied person of color

Movement Supporter

$225
  • I can comfortably meet all my basic needs like food, housing, and transportation
  • I own my home or rent a high-end apartment
  • I am employed or don't need to work to meet my needs
  • I have regular access to healthcare
  • I have regular access to financial savings
  • I have an expendable income
  • I have family wealth and have benefitted from family support throughout my life (my family/parents/spouse pay or have paid for part of rent, phone, healthcare, etc)
  • I benefit from institutional support and social privilege because of aspects of my identity (multiple of the following identities describe me: white, male, cis, straight, able-bodied, neuro-normative, US-born)