UPDATE MAY 20 - BOTH WORKSHOPS ARE COMPLETELY FULL! Please send an email to arti_a_mehta@yahoo.com to be put on the wait list.
with Vanissar Tarakali
UPDATE: Due to the overwhelming popularity of the workshop, we have decided to add an additional workshop date. Workshop content will be identical in both workshops (Please only register for one)
Sunday May 29, 2011
1:00 – 4:30pm
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto
Room announced with registration
252 Bloor Street West
$10 - $50 sliding scale
No one turned away for lack of funds
OR
Saturday June 4, 2011
1:00 – 4:30pm
ASL interpretation provided
Location TBA
$10 - $50 sliding scale
No one turned away for lack of funds
*****Registration is required, details below*****
Workshop description:
As social justice and social service workers we are continually exposed to the trauma and oppression of others, often while we work to heal these same traumas in ourselves and our communities. This trauma-laden context calls us to find sustainable ways of doing the work.
This workshop will support people who work with communities dealing with intimate and social trauma (oppression) be more effective and resilient in the wholeness of our lives.
Through discussion, reflection and embodied/somatic practices, we will explore: oppression as social trauma; how internalized dominance & internalized oppression show up in our bodies & communities, working with situations that trigger us, increasing our visceral sense of mutual trust/allyship, honoring our established collective survival strategies while expanding our repertoire of creative responses to trauma. We will practice using “emotional first aid” tools for soothing, calming and centering triggered states, and explore some longer-term trauma-healing principles & practices to prevent burn-out and support personal healing.
Participants will take away practical tools that support awareness, creativity and choice for collective healing and social justice.
Accessibility information: This workshop and washrooms are wheelchair accessible. The workshop is scent free – please do not come to the workshop wearing scents, including essential oils. ASL interpretation will be provided on the June 4 workshop. If you have any questions or access needs, feel free to contact us at arti_a_mehta@yahoo.com
Acknowledgements: As happens all too frequently, we neglected to acknowledge that this workshop will be taking place on land that rightfully belongs to the Three Fires and Six Nations peoples. It is because of their generosity and at their expense that we are occupying this land. Our omission in stating this was pointed out to us by an Indigenous activist, who shouldn't have to do this work, but who are often placed in the position of reminding us that all our work here is being done on stolen land.
About the facilitator: Vanissar Tarakali, Ph.D. creates learn-through-the-body workshops for people who are transforming our world. She teaches how to collaborate wisely with our bodies to heal trauma & sustain social change. Former Healing Oppression Project co-lead at CUAV & current DiversityWorks trainer, Vanissar passionately practices Generative Somatics, Intuitive Reading, Energy Bodywork & Tibetan Buddhism. For more info, please visit http://www.vanissar.com/ or look up Tarakali Education on Facebook.
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
YOU MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP.
WORKSHOP SPACES ARE LIMITED.
Registration involves sending an email and pre-paying for the workshop.
We will fill workshop spots on a first paid/ request for scholarship, first served basis. In order to fully register, we ask that you:
1) Send an email to arti_a_mehta@yahoo.com with:
- your name
- the date you are attending – either May 29 (no ASL interpretation) OR June 4 (with ASL interpretation)
- how much you are paying to attend (see below for suggested rate)
- organizational affiliation (if you have one)
- any access/ body needs (eg: child care, ASL interpretation, scent-free spaces)
- email and phone number
2) Pay for the workshop by:
a) Sending an email money transfer to arti_a_mehta@yahoo.com
b) Using PayPal below
Workshop fees are as follows:
$50 – from large organizations
$40 – from smaller organizations
$30 – standard for waged people with a higher income
$25 - standard rate
$20 – standard for waged people with a lower income
$10 – scholarship for underwaged and low income people
$0 – full scholarship
The actual cost per participant is $25. We encourage you to register at the highest level you and/or your organization can afford in order to subsidize low income people’s attendance. All registration includes the same benefits: 3.5 hours of workshop time and snacks. All fees generated go directly to the costs of the workshop, including ASL interpretation, facilitator fees and food. Please only register for one workshop (a reminder that ASL interpretation is only being offered on June 4).
If you cannot pay through the website or through email money transfer, but would like to arrange an alternative way to pay, please send us an email at arti_a_mehta@yahoo.com. If you are requesting a full scholarship, please send us an email. We will not be accepting payment at the door unless pre-negotiated.
NOTE: You will not receive registration confirmation and a room number until you have paid, asked for a scholarship or determined an alternative payment system with Arti. Please be patient -- we are a group of volunteers and it may take awhile to hear back from us.
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This workshop was generously funded by an anonymous donor, the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racist Studies and the Centre for Women and Trans People at the University of Toronto
All funds generated go directly to the cost of the workshop.
Who we are: This workshop is organized by Teresa CW Cheng, Anu Radha Verma, Zahra Murad, Muna Ali and Arti Mehta. We are a group of community workers, artists, social service workers, organizers and students committed to centering healing practices in our vision of sustainable transformative change.
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