"Rebecca's ability to facilitate an open space to talk about sensitive issues comes second to none! She was a perfect fit for Open Hearts in that she really gave people the freedom to feel what the felt and express it in a unique way. Being that most of the attendees are artists, she was able to tie in really fun exercises that allowed us to use our artistic perspective to express our sadness, pain and frustration. Her exercises were well thought out and executed with impeccable care and knowledge of the room. Open Hearts will most certainly have her back!"
-Khori Petinaud- Founder of Open Hearts
-Khori Petinaud- Founder of Open Hearts
AVAILABILE TOPICS
- Interpersonal and Institutional Racism
- Responding and Fortifying for Racial Bias in the Workplace
- Unconscious Bias & Micro-aggressions
- Colorblind Racism
- De-Centering Whiteness in Artistic Practice and Curriculum
- Facilitated Community Dialogue
methodolgy
Every community is unique and Rebecca customizes her workshops to account for that fact providing workshops that respond to the needs of your group and generating action-oriented next steps. Given her experience in civil rights law, education/facilitation, and the arts, she has many tools and tactics to pull from to create the workshop best suited for your group.
Sessions use a combination of shared information, interactive activities, small and large group discussion, and self-reflection.
Rebecca offers individual sessions as well as an ongoing curriculum series.
Sessions use a combination of shared information, interactive activities, small and large group discussion, and self-reflection.
Rebecca offers individual sessions as well as an ongoing curriculum series.
TESTIMONIAL
"I recently had the opportunity to work with Rebecca on a one-time workshop for Staten Island Arts called, 'De-centering Whiteness: Exploring Unconscious Racial Biases in your Creative Practice & Programming.' This workshop was geared towards individuals with creative practices, who were led by Rebecca to think critically about the ubiquity of white culture in the arts and introduced to some ways to identify those ideas and proactively de-center whiteness in their projects.
Two-hours is a short amount of time to tackle this subject, but Rebecca's consultation leading up to the event helped us to narrow the agenda and prepare for the kind of conversations and perspectives that would be in the room. Also, her use of theater techniques and exercises helped to breathe life and movement into some very difficult but important conversations between workshop participants. We are already plotting ways to bring her back for more than just one session next time. I highly recommend reaching out to Rebecca!"
-Monica Valenzuela, Deputy Director, Staten Island Arts
Two-hours is a short amount of time to tackle this subject, but Rebecca's consultation leading up to the event helped us to narrow the agenda and prepare for the kind of conversations and perspectives that would be in the room. Also, her use of theater techniques and exercises helped to breathe life and movement into some very difficult but important conversations between workshop participants. We are already plotting ways to bring her back for more than just one session next time. I highly recommend reaching out to Rebecca!"
-Monica Valenzuela, Deputy Director, Staten Island Arts