Intro to Implicit Bias

This introductory workshop is 1.5 hours and focuses on building a basic awareness and general understanding of its impact. Participants will also be guided through self-reflection around how bias may show up in their lives.

Implicit Bias for Adults

This 4.5-hour workshop will guide participants from a basic awareness of implicit bias to a contextualized understanding of the concept during the first part of the workshop. From there, participants will be able to dive deeper by exploring tools for measuring their own implicit bias. They will also be provided with the knowledge and strategies necessary to disrupt implicit bias in their own lives.

Implicit Bias for Health Care Workers

This 4.5-hour workshop contains many of the same essential components as our general implicit bias workshop. However, it contextualizes participants' understanding through a healthcare lens and provides strategies specific to the field.

Implicit Bias for Teens

This 1.5-hour workshop will build on teens' understanding of stereotypes to build awareness of implicit bias, its impact, and how it can be disrupted.

This 2-hour workshop will define the term "microaggressions" and lead participants through a discussion that unpacks the term, its history, and its present impact. Participants will also be informed on ways to disrupt microaggressions in their lives.

This 2-hour workshop brings together foundations of SEL with an equity focus to inform participants on how to have challenging values-based conversations about issues of identity and bias. Participants will learn what helps and what hinders healthy dialogue, and they will be given time to practice skills for interrupting bias/prejudice/bigotry.

Educators who engage with this 2.5-hour workshop will build their competency and confidence in leading proactive, content-based circles in their classroom. Participants should have attended prior training in restorative practices and antiracism.

This roughly 2-hour experience makes space for peers, neighbors, or colleagues to discuss a variety of topics with an equity focus. Dialogue circles meld practices from proactive circles and Civic Reflection. Our staff will work with group organizers to identify relevant topics and sources.

This 6-hour workshop identifies and defines power and oppression and analyzes how it is used in a variety of contexts. Participants will learn about the 4 I’s of Oppression and how power impacts different groups. The workshop asks participants to apply their power analysis to the institutions they connect with and their roles, identifying opportunities to work for Equity. This workshop acts as a foundational workshop for equity work. It can be completed in two 3-hour sessions or one full day.

This two-week-long summer offering is for teens, and focuses on analyzing and building power. Over the course of the camp, participants will discuss topics of human rights and -isms and how they connect with communities in central Indiana. Participants will be connected with various resources and organizations in Indianapolis in order to encourage youth leadership.

These 1.5-hour workshops bring the Social Justice Leadership Camp experience into your classroom or out-of-school program. Over the course of 9 to 13 sessions, participants will be introduced to the same concepts as those explored during our summer offering. You can also choose from the list of offerings to complement your ongoing curriculum, in a one-time to 13-time experience. These can be done in-class or as a field trip to PLC.

This 2.5-hour workshop will offer your organization a chance to connect your mission, vision, and values to the important work of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. You will learn and analyze definitions for shared understanding, and have time for PLC facilitators to guide you through discussion to truly understand DEI work is tied to your everyday organizational culture, processes, policies, and interactions. This workshop is a great jumping-in point for the ongoing work of creating equitable organizations. We suggest this as an intro to our menu of awareness-raising workshops, followed up by participation in Equity Action Circles.

Systemic change requires collective action, and collective action necessitates brave spaces for collaboration, strategic planning, and emotional support. Peace Learning Center invites justice-minded educators and youth workers to join our monthly practitioner circles.
Knowledgeable and compassionate members of our team will facilitate each of our Equity Action Circles. Participants can expect to receive resources and support and connect with like-minded individuals committed to creating systemic change.