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How to Talk about Race, Power, and Privilege in the Classroom

Join Nashman Affiliate Faculty members Howard Straker, EdD, MPH, PA Assistant Professor, GW SMHS Director, GW PA/MPH Program & Susan LeLacheur, DrPH, PA-C Professor, GW SMHS Department of Physician Assistant Studies, for Session 4 of the Health Equity Series. 

The session will occur Thursday, Dec 12 from 10-11am in Gelman room 101, National Churchill Library.

This session will discuss how to create a safe and inclusive classroom for vulnerable conversations while sharing strategies and tools for facilitating discussions about bias; including race/class/sexuality in case studies, and teaching beyond the “hidden” curriculum. Attendees will learn to:

  • Name three common challenges that make instructors and learners feel discomfort with discussing race, power, and privilege; 
  • State comfort with translating the SMHS curriculum guidelines on how to talk about social differences in case studies and discussion boards; and 
  • Acknowledge the need to push back against limited canons of texts, resources, and stories that either perpetuate stereotypes or normalize dominant narratives on social identities. 

To learn more about the Health Equity series, please click here.

To register for this session, please click here

 

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