professional development

Current professional development opportunities for educators and other professionals are listed below.
Contact us for more information or to request a workshop for your group.

​​Mindfulness-Based Equity Training for Educators

This half-day workshop offers an introduction to mindfulness – what it is, how to establish a practice, and why it matters in our work toward more equitable school communities.

​Using mindfulness and compassion practices to make us more skillful in this challenging work, we will explore social identity, implicit bias, and systemic privilege and oppression. As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to:
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• Explain mindfulness and its potential benefits for health and well-being;
• Begin a daily mindfulness meditation practice for self-care and stress management;
• Acknowledge personal social identities and how they intersect regarding privilege and oppression; 
• Distinguish the 4 levels of oppression, dominant ideologies that underlie oppressive systems, and examples of how these systems cause harm;
• Understand implicit bias, its causes, and how it affects others through us;
• Use mindfulness skills to challenge implicit bias and enhance social awareness for more equitable school communities.

Participant Feedback: 

 “Grace was amazing. This was very insightful and useful. Thank you so much!” 

“I loved every minute – I just wish it was longer.” 

​“I appreciate that this workshop can be directly applied to what I do as a professional but also on a personal level.” 

“Very thought-provoking and helpful – non-threatening” 

Interested in bringing this workshop to your school or organization? ​Contact us to learn more.