UPCOMING TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS
Designing Professional Development & Culture Programs for Organizations
When: December 4, 2023
Time: 9am to 3pm (1 hour lunch)
Registration: FULL
Location: Hybrid (VJS Consulting Offices, Dorchester, MA and Zoom)
Description: This workshop centers on supporting organizations and individuals interested in designing holistic approaches to professional development programs that intentionally builds a culture of care through activities that include workshops on understanding traumatic stress in the workplace, mindfulness, tea making, and other healing strategies, practices and techniques. This workshop has been developed with the understanding that our work can impact us emotionally, physically, spiritually, and mentally. It is often challenging for organizations to design professional development trainings that include opportunities for healing practices AND education. Culture building and community activities play an important role in program development. By the end of this workshop participants will have designed templates and outlines for designing and executing there own robust professional development and culture programs or customizing current ones.
Institute: Restorative Justice & Antiracism for Community Health Commission
When: November 14, 2023 (Introduction Session) /April 2, 2024, April 10, 2024, April 18, 2024
Time: 9am – 1pm
Registration: FULL
Location: Consortium for Professional Development, Boston Public Health Commission
Description: This workshop will deepen understanding of restorative justice and antiracist principles, origins, approaches and the practice of peacemaking Circles. This session will also increase Community Health Workers ability to identify strategies for applying restorative and antiracist practices in daily interactions with families, colleagues, and public health systems.
Introduction to Antiracism for Youth Workers
When: October 17th & 24th, 2023
Time: 9am – 1pm
Registration: Closed
Location: Vine Street Community Center, Boston, MA
Description: This experiential workshop introduces participants to the principles of antiracism and aims to increase understanding of the relationship between racist ideas and policy from a youth worker perspective. In the two sessions youth workers will build relationships, strengthen networks while engaging in learning. The first component of the series will focus on establishing a brave space, getting to know each other and the concepts/content of the training. Then through activities and discussions participants began to strategize on how they can apply what they have learned into their day to day work. Tools are provided to support youth workers assess how to reduce racial iniquities in their work through policy, practices and ongoing analysis.
Institute: Support Training for Aware & Resilient Staff (S.T.A.R.S)
When: Every Tuesday and Thursday (April & March 2023)
Time: 9am – 1pm
Registration: CLOSED
Location: Consortium for Professional Development, Boston Public Health Commission
Description: The S.T.T.A.R.S. program at the Boston Public Health Commission continues to support resilience among participants as they work in a public health system impacted by the health of the residents they serve in the City of Boston. Participants increase there understanding of the different ways in which traumatic stress resulting from COVID has impacted them. Participants explore and practice different strategies and techniques to counter the stressors of personal and professional life. This training is filled with a list of activities that support learning, relaxation, and healing. There are three modules.
Colorizing Restorative Justice Book Discussion
When: January 18, 2023
Time: 3pm – 4pm (EST) 12pm – 4pm (EST)
Registration: Closed
Description: Colorizing Restorative Justice brings together eighteen essays by authors who are Restorative Justice practitioners and scholars, explore the issues of racism and colonization within the field of restorative justice / restorative practices. In this presentation Victor Santana shares his detailed approach or methodology for engaging communities, whatever the issues or challenges a community may face. While each of the methodology’s four facets are important for trust and relationship- building, the introduction is the most critical, because it establishes a respectful entry point into a community. Santana reminds us that community introduction is more than physically coming into a community with good intentions. His methodology involves pre work that, among other things, addresses who might be the most appropriate people to lead the restorative justice work using Circle processes.
Introduction to Restorative Justice, Healing and Antiracsim (2 sessions)
When: January 21 & 22, 2023
Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Registration: Closed
Description: This introductory course is a review of the elements and roots of restorative justice and how it complements antiracism and healing. Attendance to both sessions is required.
UPCOMING TRAINING INSTITUTES
Strategies for Healing through Restorative Justice & Antiracism (3 sessions)
When: February 3, 10, 17, 2023
Time: 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Registration: Closed
Description: This three session course has been developed for individuals, systems and communities to better recognize, respond to, and promote healing. This training institute will provide a deeper dive into the practices of Restorative Justice, Antiracism and Healing are critically connected. All sessions will explore tools and frameworks to help participants understand how they can integrate these practices into their day to day lives. Attendance to three sessions is require.