Description
Session 5: Trauma-Informed Communication Strategies for Racial Justice
As humanitarian crises continue to escalate, many find themselves seeking help, offering help, or both. These crises continue to drive displacement and migration, and we must communicate across language and cultural barriers in exceedingly traumatic contexts. This training will introduce participants to concepts related to trauma and structural oppression, to set the foundation for a trauma-informed practice. We will introduce how power, privilege, and positionality can impact communication between individuals, and leave participants with tangible internal and interpersonal strategies to improve their cross-cultural communication with clients, colleagues, and communities. This training is designed to be an overview of both frameworks and strategies to support trauma-informed, cross-cultural communication strategies in the legal services and nonprofit services delivery contexts.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Identify how trauma, racism, and forms of othering can impact communication with clients, colleagues, and communities
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Map how power, privilege, and positionality can impact communication between individuals
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Utilize internal and interpersonal strategies to improve cross-cultural communication with clients, colleagues, and communities
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