BRWN-0086 - Cultivating Psychological Safety by Interrupting White Supremacy Culture
Preferred registration deadline: August 2nd
This workshop will be held in person at the Brown School.
3 CEUs/CPH units
In this workshop, we will explore the critical role of psychological safety in enabling all team members – especially those who are most marginalized – to thrive. Through personal reflection and group discussion, participants will identify what psychological safety looks like and name common organizational barriers to achieving it. In particular, we will examine the influence of white supremacy culture as an impediment to psychological safety. We will define white supremacy culture and its implications; as Tema Okun tells us, "White supremacy culture trains us all to internalize attitudes and behaviors that do not serve any of us." We will explore these common attitudes and behaviors (e.g. perfectionism, either/or thinking, defensiveness) - how they show up in institutional culture, and how we can interrupt them. Participants will leave with a greater understanding of these terms and will feel more empowered to build a more psychologically safe environment in their own day-to-day.
This workshop meets the Missouri & Illinois social work licensure requirement for 3 hours of continuing education in diversity/cultural competency/humility.
General Admission: $60**
Class size is limited to 45.
**Discounts on workshop admission are offered to the Brown School’s students, alumni, and field instructors. We also offer a discount to full-time graduate students in other WU programs and to our Washington University faculty/staff colleagues. No other discounts are available. Admission discounts can be selected in the checkout process.
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