Post on 26-Aug-2020
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Presenters: Amarilis Pullen, MSW, CUSSW ’12 Morgan Little, LMSW, CUSSW ‘11
Welcome&Icebreaker
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
PERRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION: YOUTH IN ACTION
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.
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?
THE BIRTH OF CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
“Banking education treats students as objects of assistance, problem posing education makes them critical thinkers.” ~Paulo
Freire
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
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?
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
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.
ACTIVITY: Let’s Talk Identity <
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?
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
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
Thank you! Any questions or lingering thoughts?
Artist: Brandan Odums, Studio B New Orleans
STAY CONNECTED!
Amarilis Pullen, Program Officer Perrin Family Foundation apullen@perrinfamilyfoundation.org www.perrinfamilyfoundation.org
Morgan Little, Director of Programs Sadie Nash Leadership Project Morgan@sadienash.org www.sadienash.org
“The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.”~Audre Lorde