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Professional SJTI OBjectives
Institute Goal
To provide educators and practitioners with an intensive laboratory experience where they can focus on their own learning and development to increase their multicultural competencies as social justice educators.
Institute Objectives
- To deepen understanding of the dynamics of oppression at the individual, group, cultural, and systems levels through the lens of race and racism.
- To explore dominant and subordinated group dynamics within the system of racism.
- To broaden understanding of the breadth and depth of institutionalized racism.
- To examine the impact of racism and white supremacy on ourselves as social justice educators and practitioners, and on participants.
- To explore how to navigate ourselves effectively during “triggering” events:
- identify our personal triggers and hot buttons
- explore the factors and “roots” which fuel our triggered reactions
- learn and practice strategies to manage our own triggered reactions - To encourage the application of learnings from this experience to other areas of oppression.
Preparing for the SJTI Experience
Participants who have gained the most from SJTI tend to come into the Institute with a foundation of skills and knowledge, including the capacity to:
- acknowledge their racial identity and the ways they were socialized in a racial/racist society.
- recognize common racist experiences of people of color and people who identify as biracial/multiracial.
- understand the dynamics of white privilege, systemic racism, and differential access to power and access based on perceived racialized identity.
- recognize how most organizations are infused with white culture and whiteness and the resulting advantages for whites and barriers for people of color and people who identify as biracial/multiracial.
Many potential participants have developed this foundational level of knowledge, skills and self-awareness through readings and attending courses, workshops, dialogue groups, and conferences. Some conferences they have found helpful include:
- White Privilege Conference (usually held in April) hosted by The Privilege Institute
- NCORE, National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (usually held in late May)
- ACPA Institute for Social Justice (held every 2 years)
- NASPA National Multicultural Institute (held every 2 years)
SCHEDULE
SJTI will begin promptly at 6:00pm on Monday evening and end by noon on Friday. SJTI is an institute not a conference, meaning each session builds on the previous one and requires participants to be present for all days and sessions.
MONDAY
3:00-6:00 p.m.
Hotel Registration
4:00-5:45 p.m.
Optional dinner on your own--meet others in hotel lobby
5:30-6:00 p.m.
Institute Registration
6:00-10:00 p.m.
Opening Session (ice cream bar afterwards)
TUESDAY
8:30 a.m.-noon
Session 1
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Lunch on your own
1:30-6:00 p.m.
Session 2
6:00 p.m.
Dinner on your own (groups often gather to go to dinner together)
WEDNESDAY
8:30 a.m.-noon
Session 3
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Lunch on your own
1:30-6:00 p.m.
Session 4
6:00 p.m.
Dinner on your own (groups often gather to go to dinner together)
THURSDAY
8:30 a.m.-noon
Session 5
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Lunch on your own
1:30-6:00 p.m.
Session 6
6:00 p.m.
Dinner on your own (The entire cohort traditionally dines at one place the final night)
FRIDAY
Scholarships
Ubuntu: the honoring of the community over the individual and the sharing of resources for the good
Each year, we offer a limited number of $100.00 scholarships that will be used to offset the cost of the institute. These scholarships are based on financial need. We are hoping to model the concept of "Ubuntu", the honoring of the community over the individual and the sharing of resources for the good of all. In this spirit we ask that you reflect on needs in relation to those of others. If you are interested in this scholarship, please complete that section on the application.
ImPACT: what Participants Say
"My experience at the institute has been transformative. I am more aware of my triggers and the areas I need to work on in order to continue to fight racism and racist processes in my environment. The institute helped my gain the strength and momentum I need to keep up the fight and help create solidarity within my community."
Leilani Kupo, Wesleyan University (CT), Class of 2004