BCTC is offering the following workshops FREE to members. Not sure if you are a member? Click here for a list. RSVP at the links below.
1. Fundamentals of Anti-Oppression
June 9, 10:00 am to Noon (PDT) with Oakley Ramprashad from Bakau Consulting
Free Workshop for BCTC Members
This is a prerequisite to Disrupting Unconscious Bias workshop below.
Participants are given the opportunity to explore systemic oppression, social justice, privilege, identity and ally ship through a variety of engaging activities. Through self-reflection, community-based inquiry, lessons from history and collaborative problem solving, participants gain the knowledge and skills to view the world through an anti-oppressive lens.
RSVP at this link. The Zoom link will be emailed to those who RSVP.
2. Disrupting Unconscious Bias
June 22, 10:00 am to Noon (PDT) with Oakley Ramprashad from Bakau Consulting
Free Workshop for BCTC Members
Note: Fundamentals of Anti-Oppression is a prerequisite to this workshop
This workshop provides participants with an engaging and interactive opportunity to investigate and unpack their own personal and organizational biases. Providing educational information on the science behind cognitive bias and how it informs the decisions we make every day. Unconscious biases are default assumptions that show up individually, interpersonally, and systemically, outside of conscious awareness. Often these biases conflict with our conscious values and can be activated in specific scenarios. We’ll discuss the connection between bias and oppression in order to minimize our participation in upholding oppression we need to disrupt our own biases.
RSVP at this link. The Zoom link will be emailed to those who RSVP.
Oakley Ramprashad he/him, Equity & Inclusion Strategist, Bakau Consulting
Oakley grew up predominantly in the United States in New Mexico, Colorado, Georgia, and New York before coming to live, work, and (un) learn on the unceded and stolen ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. His lived experience as the mixed-race East Indian, Ismaili son of queer parents coupled with his education has played a huge role in informing his intersectional critical approach to anti-oppressive work.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University where he studied history and education, as well as a Master of Education from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Arts in history from the University of Victoria. His research focused almost exclusively on the intersection of educational and carceral policy, and as a result of his studies has become an advocate for decarceration and prison abolition (he idolizes Angela Davis). Oakley currently volunteers for an organization that provides educational programming by-mail to incarcerated folks around the United States.
