PROJECTS

Jane Elliott
Jane Elliott, internationally known teacher, lecturer, diversity trainer, and recipient of the National Mental Health Association Award for Excellence in Education, exposes prejudice and bigotry for what it is, an irrational class system based upon purely arbitrary factors. On February 15, we are proud to sponsor her conducting a special workshop for educators and providing a lecture for the community.

Workshop for Educators
February 15, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cataldo Hall, Gonzaga University
Fee: $35.00 for educators and $20.00 for students interested in education.
Register at: Gonzaga Continuing Education.

This workshop will guide participants through the problems of racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, and ethnocentrism, and the responsibility shared by all educators for challenging these forms of oppression. Those attending the presentation will be encouraged to discuss the issues raised as they relate to their own workplace. They will also be encouraged to discuss the materials presented on the handouts which are designed to help them to identify their own racist statements, behaviors, and attitudes. Participants will receive a list of suggested activities which, if implemented, can help them to decrease the amount of racism in their environment and a list of books which, if read, can provide added insights to the problems of the -isms with which we are all confronted.

Free Lecture
February 15, 2008
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Spokane Community College Lair Auditorium
Free and open to the public.

A presentation during which Elliott uses audience members and visual aids to help us to recognize, identify, and appreciate the differences on which power is assigned, and some of the ways in which we are conditioned to develop some of our prejudices.

Please contact us at 509-323-3665 or againsthate@gonzaga.edu with any questions.