A Brave Space for Race Discussion

Dear DePaul Counseling Students,

The fight for racial equality has always been an ongoing issue in our country, and this year we have seen multiple injustices firsthand. Witnessing the brutality of these injustices has impacted us all in many ways, but with little opportunity to process.

As fellow counselors in training and upcoming leaders in our communities, it is important for us to take the lead by taking a stand against racial injustices and offer support to our fellow BIPOC colleagues and clients. In order to dismantle injustice, increasing our knowledge on issues, speaking out against oppression, challenging ourselves, and having important conversations are great steps in the right direction.

The Delta Pi Upsilon Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota would like to invite you to participate in ‘A Brave Space for Race’. This facilitated discussion will provide an opportunity to lean on each other through these trying times so that we can become better advocates for our clients of color. All students and alumni are welcome to attend. 

This event will take place via zoom on Tuesday, December 15th from 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Please complete this form by 12/13 so that we can send you the details for the event: https://forms.gle/7bQnimKq6qSFEhf17

Here are some resources we would also like to share with you:

Counselors for Social Justice webpage - https://www.counseling-csj.org/

Multicultural and Social Justice Competencies (provided by the ACA) - https://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/competencies/multicultural-and-social-justice-counseling-competencies.pdf?sfvrsn=8573422c_20

Racial Equity: https://www.racialequitytools.org/home

Anti-Racism Resources: https://projecthome.org/anti-racism-resources

Dismantling Racism webpage: https://www.dismantlingracism.org/

Community Organizations: 

The Chicago Community Bond Fund: https://chicagobond.org/

 

BYP100: https://www.byp100.org/

 

Reclaim the Block: https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/

 

My Block My Hood My City: https://www.formyblock.org/

Please email Lakeitta Harris at LHARRI76@depaul.edu or Randall Carpenter at RCARPEN6@depaul.edu if you have any questions about this event. We hope you can join us! 

 

Be well,

Delta Pi Upsilon Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota

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Alicia Garza: The Purpose of Power (A FAN Webinar)

 Alicia Garza: The Purpose of Power (A FAN Webinar)

Monday, December 14, 2020 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

 

Alicia Garza, will be discussing her honest and original narrative The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart, a twenty-first-century organizer’s manifesto that draws on this generation’s particular strengths and challenges us create a new paradigm for change. It is an essential guide to building the type of movements that can address the challenges of our time, from one of the country’s leading organizers — one of the creators of Black Lives Matter. This webinar is free. Register HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3516059993153/WN_g3dJng5qSPiv469kUsh5-g

In 2013, Ms. Garza wrote what she calls “a love letter to Black people” on Facebook, in the aftermath of the acquittal of the man who murdered 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. She wrote: Black people. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter. Coupled with the speed and networking capacities of social media, #BlackLivesMatter is the hashtag heard round the world. Yet long before #BlackLivesMatter became a rallying cry for this generation, Ms. Garza spent the better part of two decades learning and unlearning some hard lessons about how to come together when things around us are falling apart. She offers reflections on how making room amongst the woke for those who are still waking can inspire and activate more and more people to join the fight for the world we all deserve.

Ms. Garza is the Principal at the Black Futures Lab and the Black to the Future Fund, co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, strategy and partnerships director at the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and host of the Lady Don’t Take No podcast.

Ms. Garza will be interviewed by Liz Dozier, Founder and CEO of Chicago Beyond, an impact investor that backs the fight against the inequities pervasive in Chicago’s communities. Since its inception, Chicago Beyond has invested more than $35 million in local nonprofit organizations and community leaders that fight for all youth to achieve their full potential. Because there is no single barrier to equity, Chicago Beyond invests in everything from education, to youth safety, to health and wellness, and beyond. Ms. Dozier’s work has been featured in How Children Succeed by Paul Tough (FAN ’12 and ’19), and CNN followed her career as a turnaround principal at Fenger High School (2008-15), at the time known as one of the most violent and underperforming schools in Chicago, as a part of its 2014 eight-episode docu-series, Chicagoland.

This event will be recorded and available later on the FAN website and YouTube channel.

CSI Book Club

https://www.deliaowens.com/home/#order-book

https://depaul.zoom.us/j/7085673694

Anti-Racist School Counseling Webinar

 

The Illinois Association for Multicultural Counseling and The Illinois School Counselor Association Present: Anti-Racist School Counseling - Foundations for Collaboration, Leadership, Advocacy and Systemic Change (1 CE/PD)   WHERE: LIVE WEBINAR DATE: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 TIME: 6:00pm-7:00pm  *Anyone may attend this event!*   REGISTER HERE! Description: In this intensive discussion, participants will explore the dimensions of anti-racist practice and the unique ways school counselors are positioned to lead in this work. A framework for anti-racist school counseling will be introduced and practices highlighted to drive school counseling forward for equity and opportunity for all students. Pricing: ICA Member - $25 Student - $20 IAMC or ISCA Division Member - $15 Non-Member - $35

Presenters:

Left to Right: Brian Coleman: Jones College Prep High School Counseling Department Chair, John O. Nwosu: Cobb County School District Professional School Counselor, Stephen Sharp: K-12 School Counselor, Author of bestseller 50+ Tech Tools for School Counselors

REGISTER HERE!

Illinois Counseling Association P.O. Box 367 Dekalb, IL 60115