Microlearning: Six Steps to Meaningful Solutions
Introducing Dr. Washington's Six-S Framework for Cultivating Equity. This course is a resource to help process dynamics that center race, equity, dimensions of diversity, and other interpersonal dynamics.
What's included?
This microlearning will introduce you to Dr. Washington's Six-S Framework to guide reflection & action to embody equity.
You'll learn the Six S's and how to apply them in team dynamics and decision-making:
You'll learn the Six S's and how to apply them in team dynamics and decision-making:
The Self
Who am I? How do I show up?
Solidarity
How do I center the marginalized voices? How can I support the self-determination of marginalized groups?
The Space
Who else is in the space? Why/why not? How do physical (and virtual) spaces reinforce power inequities?
Speaking Up
What can I say and do to disrupt and dismantle systems of oppression where I have agency to make a difference? How do I interrupt interpersonal bias?
The Systems
What systems of inequity are at play in this dynamic/policy? How are we positioned to perpetuate hierarchies of oppression?
Solutions
What are structural and Institutional strategies to eliminate inequities? How do we center BIPOC to lead these solutions?
Sharon G.E. Washington, Ed.D., MPH
Dr. Washington is renowned for engaging diverse audiences on the complex intersections of race, historical trauma, social inequality and justice, and the impact of these factors on health and societal outcomes.
An award winning educator, Sharon creates and instructs courses and trainings reflecting the deliberate use of educational settings as safe spaces for healing from the social and cultural trauma of racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression that limit the capacity of the human spirit, so that learners may use that power to heal the world.