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Alex RiceVOA Al Forthan Scholarship
503-802-0299
arice@voaor.org
April 10th Trainings with Marina Barcelo, Eddie May, & Gita Mehrotra
Please join us for the upcoming trainings on Wednesday, April 10th for Self Care as Revolutionary Action: Nurturing POC Strength with Marina Barcelo, MSW, MA & Dr. Gita Mehrotra, MSW, PhD. and Advocacy for Equity: Building Allyship toward Social Change with Eddie May, MSW, LCSW & Dr. Gita Mehrotra, MSW, PhD. All proceeds go towards the Al Forthan Scholarship.
Cost: $110 for full day of trainings (6 CEUs); $60 for AM or PM training (3 CEUs).
Self Care as Revolutionary Action: Nurturing POC Strength
This morning training is only for people of color
Featuring: Marina Barcelo, MSW, MA & Dr. Gita Mehrotra, MSW, PhD.
When: 8:30am-12:00pm (registration starts at 8:00)
Purpose
This session will create a space for people of color who are navigating institutions to focus on the necessity of engaging in self-care and community care as revolutionary action. Through interactive dialogue, participants will discuss the strengths and limitations of the concept of "self-care", explore ideas of vicarious resilience and community care, and address issues of trauma exposure and healing justice. Participants will move beyond “the bubble bath,” and generate strategies for navigating intersectional identities and nurturing the personal and the political within our current context.
Marina Barcelo, MSW, MA
Marina is the Student Inclusion Coordinator at PSU’s School of Social Work, where she provides ongoing student and faculty support in the areas of recruitment and retention, with a specific focus on students of color and first generation students. Marina is a board member of Momentum Alliance, a Portland-based organization that inspires youth to realize their power individually and collectively and to mentor future social justice leaders, as well as Vice President of Equity of the ACLU of Oregon Board of Directors. Marina holds a MSW, a MA in Women’s & Gender Studies, and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management & Philanthropy from Loyola University Chicago. She is also a NASM Certified Personal Trainer.
Dr. Gita Mehrotra, MSW, PhD.
Dr. Gita Mehrotra holds an MSW from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the University of Washington and is currently an Assistant Professor in the BSW program at Portland State University, School of Social Work. Prior to entering academia Gita was involved with domestic violence work for over a decade years in a variety of capacities including: direct service, education/training, and program and organizational development, with a focus on API and LGBTQ communities. Gita has also been involved with community building within LGBTQ communities of color and has provided technical assistance and training to community-based organizations around the country. Gita’s current research and teaching interests include: racial equity and social justice within social work and social work education, intimate violence in minoritized communities, women and queer people of color identities & wellness, and qualitative and critical research methodologies.
Advocacy for Equity: Building Allyship toward Social Change
Featuring: Eddie May, MSW, LCSW and Dr. Gita Mehrotra MSW, PhD.
When: 1:00pm – 4:30pm (registration starts at 12:30pm)
Purpose
This workshop will explore the impact of power, privilege, identity, and oppression in our practice with a specific focus on what it means to build allyship and solidarity across differences to further equity in our work. We will explore issues of social identity, oppression, and equity and critically consider what we mean by “allyship” and solidarity in the context of social justice work. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to explore their own intersectional identities and discuss the concept of allyship within shared identity caucus groups. Facilitated group exercises will then expand skills and strategies for effective coalition-building, allyship, and solidarity work across different social locations.
Eddie May, MSW, LCSW
Eddie May, LCSW, holds an MSW from Tulane University and a BE in Family and Human Services/Women and Gender Studies from the University of Oregon. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice in the MSW program at Portland State University’s School of Social Work where he teaches in the Advanced Clinical Concentration. His clinical practice experience has focused on therapeutic interventions with children and adolescents experiencing trauma, LGBTQ affirming practice, crisis mental health, and existential narrative approaches. Eddie's passion lies in equity and inclusion work and the intersection of micro and macro practice. He believes focus on implicit/explicit bias and socialization is critical in clinical practice and the unpacking of each knapsack carried in our day to day.
Dr. Gita Mehrotra, MSW, PhD.
Dr. Gita Mehrotra holds an MSW from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the University of Washington and is currently an Assistant Professor in the BSW program at Portland State University, School of Social Work. Prior to entering academia Gita was involved with domestic violence work for over a decade years in a variety of capacities including: direct service, education/training, and program and organizational development, with a focus on API and LGBTQ communities. Gita has also been involved with community building within LGBTQ communities of color and has provided technical assistance and training to community-based organizations around the country. Gita’s current research and teaching interests include: racial equity and social justice within social work and social work education, intimate violence in minoritized communities, women and queer people of color identities & wellness, and qualitative and critical research methodologies.
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If you have any questions please contact Alex Rice at arice@voaor.org or 503-802-0299