Everyday Racism: Identifying and Healing Racial Microaggressions
An Applied Theatre Workshop for Students and Adults
Saturday, October 20
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Presented by Ashana Bigard and Derek Roguski
of Theatre for Solidarity
A related workshop intended for CEU credit for professional Social Workers and Licensed Professional Counselors will take place the same morning. Registrants for the CEU program may attend the afternoon session for a reduced price of $15.00. More info here
Workshop Location: Northshore UU Society, 28662 Krentel Road, Lacombe, LA 70445 map
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Presented by Ashana Bigard and Derek Roguski
of Theatre for Solidarity
A related workshop intended for CEU credit for professional Social Workers and Licensed Professional Counselors will take place the same morning. Registrants for the CEU program may attend the afternoon session for a reduced price of $15.00. More info here
Workshop Location: Northshore UU Society, 28662 Krentel Road, Lacombe, LA 70445 map
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What exactly are racial microaggressions, why are they so damaging, and why do we freeze instead of responding effectively to them? Using popular media and applied theatre, the Theatre for Solidarity team will encourage participants to deepen their understanding of institutional racism. The workshop offers warm support as we begin to practice with new ways of responding and becoming proactive in the kinds of racially-charged situations that so often arise in our various social environments, including work, family, and social occasions.
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Click below to view short video (2:06)
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We can all sharpen our skills to see and better address the microaggressions faced by members of historically oppressed groups. Applied theatre techniques invite us to move into our bodies and hearts as we rehearse and explore the possibilities for healing and transformation in the everyday moments where we get stuck. This work is fun, energizing, and challenging.
No experience is necessary in either performance arts or the study of racism. We are learning how to act in real life, not at the podium or on the stage. Please join us! The workshop is open to people of all genders and colors.
No experience is necessary in either performance arts or the study of racism. We are learning how to act in real life, not at the podium or on the stage. Please join us! The workshop is open to people of all genders and colors.
A limited number of scholarships are available. Contact Linda regarding scholarship opportunities, or with any other questions you may have.
Contact Linda at (985) 605-4181 or [email protected] |
A related workshop intended for CEU credit for professional Social Workers and Licensed Professional Counselors will take place the same morning. Registrants for the CEU program may attend the afternoon session for a reduced price of $15.00. More info
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Ashana Bigard, co-founder and co-artistic director of Theatre for Solidarity, is a seasoned workshop facilitator, advocate for students and parents within public and charter schools, an education consultant, as well as a published columnnist. As a local New Orleanian and mother of three public school students, she is personally invested in the success of a more human-centered school system. Over six years at Agenda for Children she developed and operated the parent education program that trained over 2000 parents in early child development, positive discipline and everything in between. She has extensive experience supporting educational and community organizations throughout the city to more fully embody the social justice values. She has a passion for incorporating popular media into her interactive workshops. For more information on Ashana check out AshanaBigard.com
Derek Roguski, co-founder and co-artistic director of Theatre for Solidarity, is a Joker (trained facilitator of Theatre of the Oppressed and Theatre for Living), performer, mediator and window cleaner based in New Orleans since 2008. He co-founded the New Teachers’ Roundtable in 2010, a community-dialogue based organization that continues to support teachers who are new to New Orleans in developing anti-racist practice within and outside of the classroom. He co-founded and organized with the Community Education Project of New Orleans to host public conferences that brought together stakeholders across the local and national public education spectrum to work for education as liberation. For the development of his analysis of systemic oppression, he is deeply indebted to a number of elders and historic anti-racist organizations in New Orleans including the United Teachers of New Orleans, Junebug Productions/the Free Southern Theatre Institute, and the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (for which he has served as a board member since 2013). As a facilitator, Derek is passionate about integrating head, heart and body using applied theatre, imagination, meditation, and critical pedagogy. He is the owner and operator of Firefly Window Cleaning since 2014.
