Sharon Meschke
SafeGenerations
833-723-3767
info@safegenerations.org
Who are The ROK and SafeGenerations?
We are an international group of child welfare leaders, consultants, and practitioners who have worked internationally in some of the most diverse but equally disadvantaged communities. Our collective experience includes well over 100 years in the field of child welfare.
We are passionate about equity and bring highly adaptable skills for leading and managing at strategic levels, as well as leading services and units which are set-up to tackle equality and discrimination within the workforce and at service delivery. We are honoured to bring a workshop of this kind, to you, in this time of radical change.
Now more than ever before we need to bring our collective voices, wisdom, and passion to raise the bar for our children and young people who - for too long - have experienced inequalities. We believe this workshop will deliver to you the tools and methods to take this action forward in a meaningful way.
Scroll down to meet each of the team members!
Leaders across the world have prioritized their commitment toward race equality. But, if you've attended anti-racism workshops focused on child welfare in the past, you may have found yourself wondering:
How can I contribute to healing and hope for dis-proportionality and disparity between racial groups?
What must I do to make a difference?
How would I know that what I’m doing is actually helping?
How do I sustain my energy for change in the midst of ongoing adversity?
To be clear, this is not your typical anti-racism workshop. Together, we'll build our skills, confidence, hope and energy to be able to take action as an ally within our work.
Whether you're in frontline practice or leadership, you'll leave with practical and tangible steps you can put into practice tomorrow.
Through this workshop participants will:
Identify accumulated advantages and disadvantages that impact patterns of behaviour on child welfare practice.
Understand decision making processes that are built on unhelpful vs helpful assumptions.
Build awareness of intentional or unintentional, dominant cultural norms within your organization.
Discover together what it means to be an ally.
Identify what needs to happen next in your context to lead meaningful change.
ROK, UK
Sherry Amelse, LSW
Owner, Director, Consultant, Trainer, Practitioner
SafeGenerations, USA
Robert Maragh, MSc
Consultant, Trainer, Non-Executive Director, Director
ROK, England
Rob Maragh has 36 years in children's services as a practitioner, team manager and for 20 years Head of Service in a LAs in London and the South East England. Rob has innovated services pan London and was the Director of services for refugee and children and parents affected by life limited illnesses including HIV/AIDS. Rob is a non-executive director of 2 agencies in Health and Housing. He now works as a independent consultant working with agencies and professionals on anti-racist leadership and practice.
Sarah Sundman, MA, LSW
Owner, Director, Consultant, Trainer, Practitioner
SafeGenerations, USA
Andrea Robideau, MA, LMFT
Owner, Director, Consultant, Trainer, Practitioner
SafeGenerations, USA
Andrea’s fundamental belief that all people are created with immeasurable value drives her passion for personal and professional development around diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. In her role as Executive Director at SafeGenerations, Andrea connects the team’s vision and strategy to the team’s values and passion for building hope and transforming lives by cultivating success in child welfare. Success in child welfare necessitates equitable systems and practice. SafeGenerations' partnership with ROK continues to enliven, challenge, and grow Andrea and the team's depth in this critical priority within human services.
Ophelia Mac-Kwashie,
Consultant, Trainer, Owner, En Hel By
ROK, Sweden
Bill Schulenberg, MA, LMFT
Owner, Director, Consultant, Trainer, Practitioner
SafeGenerations, USA