Creating Safe & Compassionate Environment for All: Inclusive policies, communication tools and de-escalation techniques (Part 1)
We at Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Non Violence (SPAN) are committed to diversity and inclusion. In the past year we have experienced an alarming increase in hate speech creating division and confusion in the organization. Understanding that it is not always easy to put policies into action without being able to examine our own biases and the organization as a whole the goal of this workshop is to provide safe, welcoming environments for all staff, clients, volunteers, and community members. This will be an interactive workshop/conversation were attendees will have the opportunity to learn and examine the following: • How to put equity and inclusion policies into place in your organization • Communication tools for interrupting oppression: responding to hate speech & slurs. • De- escalation techniques.