Foster Care Training

In this workshop, white-idenified professionals who work with systems-impacted youth will deepen awareness and acceptance of their white racial identity in order to more effectively serve youth of color. Participants will learn tools and strategies to create meaningful change at four different levels of oppression – personal, interpersonal, institutional, and cultural. This workshop offers frameworks for personal reflection and continuous learning, in service of lasting and long term growth. Through practical exercises, attendees will develop skills to address and transform feelings of shame around their racial identity in order to foster more honest and supportive relationships with the youth they work with. This workshop is designed for white-identified people to enhance awareness of their racial identity and develop anti-racist skills vis a vis their white racial identity. People of all racial identities are welcome to attend. This workshop is not closed to BIPOC participants. And, the content and process are explicitly designed for white-identified people to reflect more deeply on their racial identity and practice effective change making from that particular identity location.