We hope you can join us for an upcoming workshop for K-12 and adult education educators and administrators. Dr. Niemann led a similar workshop a few months ago on the U of A campus and it was very popular. We’re grateful for a partnership with the U of A Office for Diversity and Inclusion and a grant from the Walmart Foundation to be able to bring her back. A huge thanks also to the Northwest Arkansas Education Service Coop for hosting the event.

What: The Everyday Bullying and Harm of Identity-Based Microaggressions: Recognizing and Intervening

When: Thursday, September 19, 2019 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm

Where: Northwest Arkansas Education Service Cooperative, 4 N. Double Springs Rd, Farmington, AR

>>>To receive PD credits or CEUs, please register here. If you do not need PD credits or do not want to create an account, you may register by sending an email to margot@nwacouncil.org.<<<

Workshop Description:

Microaggressions are commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward persons based on their demographic identities.

This interactive workshop led by Dr. Yolanda Flores Niemann, Professor of Psychology at the University of North Texas, will define and provide examples of microaggressions, beginning with the showing of Dr. Niemann’s nationally noted video, “Microaggressions in the Classroom” and will describe psychological consequences of this type of identity-based psychological harm and bullying. Engaging the participants, she will discuss additional examples of and potential responses to everyday microaggressions.

In this workshop, participants will:

• Recognize microaggressions
• Understand how microaggressions are part of everyday bullying
• Have knowledge of the psychological consequences of microaggressions
• Practice responding to microaggressions

Please note: the same workshop will be offered the same day on the U of A campus from 11am – 12pm. If you are part of the university community or are unable to attend the afternoon session, you may register for the morning session here.

Producer, Writer, Entrepreneur, Advocate. Tonya Lewis Lee has been hard at work for over 20 years delivering quality content and information across many platforms. Through storytelling online, in books, in film and in television, she has sought to entertain, educate, inspire and encourage positive healthy lifestyle choices and outcomes. As an art collector, Tonya and her husband Spike Lee have lent to exhibitions, such as the Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power. Fresh from producing She’s Gotta Have It: Season 2, which focuses on contemporary artists, Tonya Lewis Lee will discuss the power and impact of art and images to inspire social justice.

Tonya’s most recent television production She’s Gotta Have It: Season 1 is now streaming on Netflix, with Season 2 slated to return on May 24. Her most recent film Monster, based on the Walter Dean Myers novel of the same name, will be in theaters Fall 2019.

Celebrating newcomers and those who welcome them.
FOOD.
CELEBRATE OUR REGION’S PROUD CULINARY HISTORY WITH A THREE COURSE MEAL, COURTESY OF THE HIVE’S AWARD-WINNING CHEF MATTHEW MCCLURE.

INCLUDES A WINE PAIRING AND CASH BAR AVAILABLE.

ART.
THROUGH PERFORMING ARTS, EXPERIENCE THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY OUR NEWEST ARKANSANS BRING TO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

PARTICIPATE IN THE UNVEILING OF A COLLABORATIVE PIECE OF ART THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE BOLD NEW COLORS OUR FAMILIES BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

PERUSE OUR SILENT AUCTION ITEMS FEATURING LOCAL ART AND EXPERIENCES!

STORYTELLING.
HEAR STORIES OF RESILIENCE AND TRIUMPH IN OUR MIDST.

AND LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR VISION: TO SEE REFUGEES AND OUR COMMUNITY MODEL THRIVING TOGETHER.

THEN,

BECOME PART OF THE STORY.

Cocktail Attire.
For more information, please visit www.canopynwa.org/artofwelcome
To sponsor a table please visit www.canopynwa.org/sponsor-a-table

FAQs
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

www.lauren.snodgrass@canopynwa.org