Presenters: Amarilis Pullen, MSW, CUSSW ’12 · Amarilis Pullen, Program Officer Perrin Family...
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Presenters: Amarilis Pullen, MSW, CUSSW ’12 Morgan Little, LMSW, CUSSW ‘11
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Welcome&Icebreaker
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WHY GROUP AGREEMENTS? • Share the purpose upfront • Difference between “braver or safer” spaces vs. “safe” spaces • Centering youth voice • Accountability in the group for all, address adultism head on • Maintain awareness of our own identities as they relate to
systems of oppression • Real talk • Be nimble • Keep it posted
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PERRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION: YOUTH IN ACTION
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SNLP FRAMEWORK
OUR PHILOSOPHY, WHICH IS OUR GUIDING FORCE, IS BUILT ON THE FOLLOWING BELIEFS: • That the foundation of leadership lies in service and activism • That positive reform will result from challenging accepted notions of
leadership • That young women can be a catalyst for social change.
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LEARNING SESSION GOALS
• Discuss and analyze the framework of critical consciousness.
• Apply learning and gain resources to operationalize concepts with hands-on tools, techniques and activities.
• Any other goals we should add as a collective?
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THE BIRTH OF CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
“Banking education treats students as objects of assistance, problem posing education makes them critical thinkers.” ~Paulo
Freire
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OVERVIEW OF CRITICAL CONSCIOUS IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Critical Consciousness is the ability to recognize and analyze systems of inequality and develop a critical lens to navigate and challenge these systems.
Critical Consciousness
Critical Reflection
Critical Analysis
Critical Action
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DISJOINTED OR INTERCONNECTED EC0-SYSTEM?
Spaces supporting
youth
Schools (Including
school-based programs)
Youth Organizing
Direct Service
Programs
Government Sanctioned Leadership
Boards
Religious Institutions
Youth Development
Are we fully examining the inter-connectivity between micro (individual), mezzo (community), and macro (political) levels of analysis in our social
work practice, regardless of environment?
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WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
Do Your Homework and Treat Youth Experience as Knowledge
Be an Adult Ally
Commit to the Long-term Process
Give Up Power-Youth Voice/Youth-led
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STEPS OF CRITICAL REFLECTION
CommunityLearning
Emo0onalEngagement
Cogni0veAwakening
Inten0ontoAct
The adaptable critical reflection component of critical consciousness is necessary and most often left out of youth development practices.
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ACTIVITY: Let’s Talk Identity <
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DEBRIEF: CIRCLE, SQUARE, TRIANGLE:
Circle: What is still circling in your head after the activity? Square: Anything that squares with your thinking or beliefs-identify? Triangle: What are three important points that you are taking away from the dialogue?
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RESOURCES Research: • Critical Consciousness: Current Status and Future Directions by
Roderick J. Watts, Matthew A. Diemer, Adam M. Voight • From Assets to Agents of Change: Social Justice, Organizing and Youth
Development by Shawn Ginwright, Taj James
Trainings: • Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility • Race Forward • S.O.U.L Training • Liberation Based Healing Conference • Border Crossers
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Resources Continued Tools/Books ● Brotherhood/Sister SOL Curriculum ● Identity Mapping ● Human Barometer Activity ● Flower of Power ● A Girl Like Me ● Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown ● Teaching Tolerance
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Thank you! Any questions or lingering thoughts?
Artist: Brandan Odums, Studio B New Orleans
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STAY CONNECTED!
Amarilis Pullen, Program Officer Perrin Family Foundation [email protected] www.perrinfamilyfoundation.org
Morgan Little, Director of Programs Sadie Nash Leadership Project [email protected] www.sadienash.org
“The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.”~Audre Lorde