Balance & Harmony
What are three practices individuals can use to cultivate wellbeing?
Breathing & moving
Gratitude
Kindness and connection
Body awareness
Enrich your senses
Contemplative practices
Share stories
Take action
Creativity
Name four activities social movements use to resist oppression and engage in activism
Voter registration, Boycotts, Sit-ins, Marches, Speeches and articles, Strikes, Civil disobedience, Non-violent protests, Freedom rides, Changes to legislation, policy, Community building through symbols, gathering places, etc., Pride and shared identity, Disruption of production, transportation, etc., Demonstrations, Student demands, Media attention, Public awareness campaigns, Culturally specific schools, groups, programs, etc.
What are the three distinct but interconnected forms of advocacy?
Individual, Community, Institutional
To _______ means to stand with and give voice to survivors.
Advocate
What are three forms of technology used in the ALC?
Canvas, Cvent, Zoom, email, Constant contact, Menti (no telephone!)
What are two ways organizations can support balance and harmony for their staff?
Balanced workload
Support, debrief, reflect
Slow down & flex
Livable wage & meaningful benefits
Physical environment
Time away and fun
Take action to eradicate conditions organizationally and in our communities
A movement toward justice requires what three things according to Archbishop Desmond Tutu?
Truth be told, Harm repaired, Unjust conditions be eradicated
Which of the following are NOT part of the eight methods institutions use to structure work: a) rules and regulations, b) accountability, or c) dialogue?
c) dialogue. The 8 methods include: Administrative practices, Resources, Concepts and theories, Mission, purpose, function, Linkages, Accountability, Education and training
Power + ______ + Prejudice = Oppression
Privilege
What is the name of the Praxis staff person who worked with the hotels?
Shelly Stoffel-Blanck
Which of the following factors contribute to advocacy fatigue? [Select all that apply]
a) imbalanced workload
b) oppression
c) adequate pay
d) vacation benefits
e) lack of agency.
a) imbalanced workload
b) oppression
3) lack of agency
What is one of the six social movements we examined during day 2 of the Immersion training?
Native American Sovereignty and Rights; Civil Rights; Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Disability Rights; LGBTQ2S+ Rights; Migrant Farm Workers Rights
Which of the following are NOT part of the six core advocacy activities:
a) connect
b) implement
c) analyze
d) celebrate
e) understand
d) celebrate. The six core advocacy activities are: Connect, Understand, Analyze, Strategize, Implement, Reflect & Adapt
Addressing rape kit backlogs is an example of:
a) social service?
b) social reform?
c) social change?
b) Social reform
Name two programs in your cluster
Maren & Diane’s Cluster:
Diane Peppler Resource Center, LACASA, Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, NextStep Domestic Violence Project, Sisters Against Abuse Society, ThinkSelf, WISE
Amanda & Elena’s Cluster:
Enlace Comunitario, Ketchikan Indian Community Social Services Victim, StrongHearts Native Helpline, TAT Victim Services, The Women’s Center, Turningpoint for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence, WV Coalition Against DV
Name four balance and harmony activities you participated in through the ALC
Writing, outdoor photography, collaging, social justice stretch, intentional breathing, tapping, scavenger hunt, letter writing
_____ requires us to engage with survivors, each other, and our communities to create a more just world:
a) Advocacy
b) social justice/change advocacy
Social justice/change advocacy
Which of the following exercises did we use to explore the core advocacy activity “Strategize”:
a) margin to center
b) develop talking points on behalf of Rachel and her child welfare case
c) islands of violence?
b) develop talking points on behalf of Rachel and her child welfare case.
Which of the following is an example of a social service?
a) campus grievance procedures for survivors,
b) emergency shelter
c) restorative justice
b) emergency shelter
The Agreements rely on individual reflection, truth-telling, transparency, and loving acknowledgment of the ways in which we all have power and privilege, by:
Honoring Ourselves, Honoring Others, Honoring Our Communities, Honoring Our Spaces & Places
A video clip of the song Surface Pressure was shared during the July Cohort Workshop that captures the experience of advocacy fatigue. What movie was this clip taken from?
Encanto
Which of these people did not contribute to the development of the Pillars of Oppression:
a) Andrea Dworkin
b) Shamita Das Dasgupta
c) Beth Richie
d) Ellen Pence
c) Beth Richie
What are two core principles of social change advocacy?
Create an experience that is liberating vs. dominating
Engage in dialogue vs. counsel or advise
Recognize intersectionality and complexity vs. single aspects or events
Place the person’s reality and actual needs at the center vs. institutions' needs
Engage with social networks, family, and community vs. isolated individuals
Approach as a social problem vs. individual or psychological
What does true dialogue involve?
Deep listening, Problem posing questions, Critical thinking, Letting go of limits and agendas, Being in relationship
Who funds the ALC?
Office on Violence Against Women