Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Time: 10am-12pm

Location: Via Zoom

Facilitator: Dedrick Sims, Sims-Fayola Foundation

Description: The "Working with Boys of Color" Workshop series assists participants increase their understanding of working with young men of color in a traditional school setting as well as other social structures. The focus areas will be inclusive of the four multi-dimensional areas of academic engagement, behavioral engagement, cognitive engagement, and affective engagement. During this workshop, participants also take a deeper look at systemic inequalities, traditional American dispositions about young men and boys of color, and community systems that affect the educational outcomes of students of color, but particularly young men and boys of color. Using videos, movement-based activities, songs, laughter, and sometimes tears, this workshop will increase the capacity of participants who serve young men and boys of color to improve the outcomes of this group by creating environments that are designed through an equity lens.

 Takeaways:

• Participants will be able to identify how negative public perceptions of young men and boys of color impact their access and learning experiences.

• Participants will be able to identify the "pain point" between what America values as a man and the ability of young men and boys of color to access that benchmark.

**Participation in both Part I and II is required in order to attend. **

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