Social Justice Pre-Conference Workshop

Annual Conference 2011 Archive

Friday, April 8, 2011
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Sponsored by the PSD Social Justice Network and the GRACE (Growing Racial and Cultural Equity) Team

Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible

This dynamic workshop will combine

• video presentations,
• time for personal reflection and
• small group conversations.

The film, Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible, features the experiences of white men and women who have worked to gain insight into what it means to challenge notions of racism and white supremacy.  Participants in the film talk about their learned and internalized sense of privilege.  Their stories reveal what is often required to move through the stages of denial, defensiveness, guilt, fear, and shame into making a solid commitment to ending racial injustice. The film catalyzes powerful dialogue to support the learning, change and healing of all people who want to undo race-based oppression.  Featuring: Tim Wise, Joe Fahey, Peggy V. MacIntosh, Marguerite Parks, Gary Howard and many more.

Join us for 5 one hour journeys in story and dialogue. Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible allows white people to find their own voice, and to reflect on their own experience and understanding.  In the film we will hear from role models — other white people who have already committed themselves to racial justice. Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible provides pathways for learning and analysis that can build real bridges between white people and people of color, who can then have authentic relationships across a racial divide. 

Workshop will be faciliated by members of the PSD Social Justice Network and the GRACE (Growing Racial and Cultural Equity) Team.

Location 

First Unitarian Church of Des Moines
1800 Bell Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa  50315

Driving Directions: www.ucdsm.org/directions

Workshop Schedule

8:30 am                    Registration

9:00 am – Noon       Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible -Part One

Noon- 1:00 pm        Lunch (soup and salad bar)

                                       with time for more conversation or
                                       an optional neighborhood walk

1- 3:00 pm               Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible -Part Two

This workshop will end in time to get to the conference hotel for the opening events.

Cost

Registration for the workshop is $15 which includes lunch (a soup and salad bar).

Registration

Two options

1. If you are registering for the Annual Conference, you can register for this workshop on the online Conference Registration Form or the mail in registration form. The cost of the workshop is in addition to the Annual Conference registration fee.

2. If you are not attending the Annual Conference or have already registered and wish to add this workshop, register on the  A La Carte registration form.

Printable Flier

Download and print this flier (23 KB, PDF) to post on bulletin boards at your congregation or to invite others to the workshop.

More Information

For more information about the workshop, contact Cheryll Wallace  at 402-681-8427 or CWall4735 [at] aol [dot] com