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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.
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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. 
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​Power to Be, LLC 
Grace Helms Kotre, MSW
Certified Mindfulness Instructor
 Social Justice Educator
​​[email protected]
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