This presentation is designed to enhance the understanding of providers working in a variety of community settings to engage and respond to persons who are chronically homeless. Topics to be covered include:
Historical background of chronic homelessness in U.S.
Deinstitutionalization and changes in civil commitment law
Principles of interaction with people who are homeless
Strategies for designing programs that engage persons who are homeless.
Presenting will be Thomas Lorello, LICSW, MSW, Director of Clinical Operations and Training at the Lynn Shelter Association. For 30 years Tom has worked to develop and implement innovative programs to end homelessness in Greater Boston, including permanent housing, economic mobility models, and clinical strategies.
Social Work, Nursing, and LADC continuing education units (CEUs) are being pursued.
To register, please reply to this email or send an email to me at dcollier@glss.net .
Registration spaces are offered on a first come first served basis.
There is no charge for this training.
Thank you so much.
Dan Collier
Power and Privilege in Health Equity
Thurs. March 15, 2018
Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Presented by the Community Health Training Institute
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Note: This training will also be offered Saturday, April 28 in Boston, MA. Register for that training here
Topics: Defining privilege; identifying power influences; leveraging power positively in community work
Description: This training will provide participants with an opportunity to examine critical questions about their personal relationship with power and privilege. What is privilege? How does it manifest in relational and professional dynamics? How do we leverage power, knowingly or unknowingly, to influence conflict or negotiate situations? This training will help facilitate an exploration of self-identity and how to build on that self-awareness to help set the tone for positive professional relationships and work in the broader community. This training will also discuss how to recognize the privilege that some of us hold and use that understanding to empower others and make connections across difference.
Audience: Individuals or teams working towards community health who may be new to discussing power and cultural dynamics in the context of their community work, or those seeking a refresher.
Learning Objectives: Participants completing this training will be able to:
- Define power and privilege and how they play a role in their everyday experiences and interactions.
- Identify ways in which power influences their relationships and experiences within the community.
- Identify at least two strategies for leveraging their power positively in their community work.
Trainer: Mo Barbosa (HRiA) and Lori Lobenstine (ds4si)
This training addresses the following MA DPH Coalition Criteria:
- Consistency with MA DPH’s goals and priorities
- Participation from key stakeholders (individuals and organizations that have a vested stake or interest in a program or policy initiative, e.g. it will impact them directly)
- Membership that is reflective of the community
- Shared vision including a focus on reducing health disparities and promoting health equity
We hope you’ll join us for a networking brown bag lunch from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm before the afternoon session, Racial Equity, begins.
Location TBD, Worcester, MA
Description: Defining power and privilege, identifying power influences; leveraging power positively in community work
Thursday, March 1, 11:00-12:30pm
Online Training
Facilitator: Mo Barbosa, Health Resources in Acton
Description: Effective community health work applies an equity lens, with an emphasis on building individuals and coalition capacity to engage diverse communities through empowering and competent approaches. There are numerous barriers to such engagement; some conscious, and some unconscious. Race, class, and cultural communication styles all influence the ways in which diverse communities relate to the work. This online training will introduce participants to health equality, culturally competent approaches, and how to think collaboratively about ways to effectively engage diverse populations/communities in their efforts.
