04/11/19 Newsletter
Portland United Against Hate is excited to be hosting the second quarterly gathering on April 30th. Featuring youth from Cleveland CARES and their work on mapping racial profiling at Cleveland High School. We will also be hearing from Laura John, Tribal Liaison at the City of Portland, providing updates on the hate reporting tool and building camaraderie- all while enjoying some delicious snacks!
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*Calling all PUAH Coalition Members!
You are invited to attend "Interrupting Hate in Public Spaces"
Thursday, May 16 from 10a-1p at UNITE OREGON: 700 N Killingsworth
THIS WORKSHOP IS *FREE* but you MUST REGISTER because it is capped at 40 people.
Using tools and methodologies proven over decades from the foundational text: Training Active Bystanders by Dr. Ervin Staub, participants will leave confident of their ability to support and empower targets by:
• Identifying and tapping into skills, experiences and values they already have
• Identifying, understanding and overcoming what inhibits them from actively supporting targets
• Learning and practicing specific tactics for interrupting verbal hate in public, centering the experience of the target and empowering the target to create safety for themselves
• Learning specific tactics for protecting themselves from verbal abuse
• Understanding the risks inherent in any hostile situation
• Discerning what NOT to do to escalate the situation
Workshop Presenter Rabbi Debra Kolodny is a veteran of several social justice movements, bringing a spiritual perspective, an activist passion and an intersectional lens to justice causes since 1981. She has taught this class throughout Oregon to over 900 people since January 2017, and has taught in hundreds of venues on dozens of other topics for almost 40 years.
To register, email Rabbi Debra at RabbiDebra@AstheSpiritMovesUs.com with your name, organization, phone number and email. If you find you cannot attend, please get in touch so those on the waiting list can be invited. Become an Active Bystander!