educating social change leaders
Registration for Fall classes will be open as of August 1, 2023.
Trainer: Dr. Ruth Bass Green, educator, piano and voice teacher, and church musician, is the founder and president of the Hazelle Catherine Bass Institute for the Arts (HCBInstituteforthearts.org). For over 50 years, Ruth has served underprivileged and privileged students and adults across diverse fields of age, race, and gender. As a music educator, Ruth is …
Trainer: Dr. Madeline L. Peters has worked in higher education for the past 38 years. For 30 of these she has served as the Director of Disability Services at UMass Amherst. Dr. Peters is a veteran, author, educator, and consultant. She has experience in successfully navigating and complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the …
This class is limited to 20 participants. Pre-requisite: Part 1 of the series. Trainer: Amihan Matias Class Description: Now that you have completed Cultural Humility and Cross‐ Cultural Communication: Bridging the Divide – Part 1, we invite you to participate in this follow‐up session. Part 2 will focus on methods for actively utilizing the process …
This special offering is a guided tour via the Florence African American Heritage Trail, which provides an opportunity to see the homes and historic places where a rich legacy of abolition and women’s rights resides. This Trail commemorates the Florence of the mid-1800s, when Sojourner Truth lived in this small Massachusetts community. Engaging the local …
This is a two-part class. Participants are expected to attend both sessions. November 17, 4:30-6:30 and November 18, 4:30-6:30 Human In Common is an innovative team of experienced diversity consultants, helping individuals and organizations create social norms based on diversity, equity and inclusion. Unlike so many diversity trainings that only focus on compliance, Human In …
Please note: This is a two-part series. Participants are expected to attend both the December 1st, 6:00-8:00 pm & December 2nd, 6:00-8:00 pm sessions. In this unique workshop, Dr. Love will reemphasize the critical component and necessity of deconstructing barriers that perpetuate systematic racism by illustrating the importance of developing dynamic, diverse and effective communal …
Prepare to be inspired, renewed, fortified, and transformed! This is a 6-session workshop; participants can only sign up for the series as a whole and are expected to attend all …
Prepare to be inspired, renewed, fortified, and transformed! This is a 6-session workshop; participants can only sign up for the series as a whole and are expected to attend all …
Prepare to be inspired, renewed, fortified, and transformed! This is a 6-session workshop; participants can only sign up for the series as a whole and are expected to attend all …
This class has been postponed to Saturday, April 29th from 10:00am to 1:00pm. Prepare to be inspired, renewed, fortified, and transformed! This is a 6-session workshop; participants can only sign up for the series as a whole and are expected to attend all sessions. Dates: the third Saturday of each month, January to June, 2023, …
Prepare to be inspired, renewed, fortified, and transformed! This is a 6-session workshop; participants can only sign up for the series as a whole and are expected to attend all …
Prepare to be inspired, renewed, fortified, and transformed! This is a 6-session workshop; participants can only sign up for the series as a whole and are expected to attend all …