We are very excited to invite you to register for a series of Anti-Oppression / Equity focused workshops. Attendance at these workshops is highly recommended for Board members and active committee members and mandatory for staff. We also invite active members of PPE, Greenest City, PCLS, WNH, PARC and other key partners to join.
About this Event
*Please note that this workshop is limited to members and staff of PNLT.
Anti-Oppression 101 – Introduction (Sheila Sampath and Anabel Khoo) will provide an overview of what oppression means, who it primarily affects; how equity frameworks attempt to address and counter oppression; common terms that help us acknowledge the impact of oppression, and the harm we cause when we choose to use/not use certain words.
Facilitators: Sheila Sampath and Anabel Khoo
Open to all Active, Board and Committee members of the Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust!
Sheila Sampath is an artist, educator, and graphic designer crafting creative for social good since 2003. Former chair of the board at the TRCC/MWAR, she has a background in grassroots anti-oppression organizing and activism, which she incorporates into her strategic and participatory approach to graphic design and trauma-informed facilitation. She is the editorial and art director of award-winning feminist magazine, Shameless, an assistant professor of alternative and speculative practices at the Ontario College of Art and Design University, a member of the British Council’s TN2020 Network, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Artists. Sheila holds a diploma in graphic design from the George Brown School of Design and an Honours BSc. in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Toronto. She has lectured internationally on community-centred creative praxis, alternative media, and anti-oppressive work. Her first book, Letters Lived, was published by Three O’Clock Press in the fall of 2013.
Anabel Khoo is a writer, artist, and facilitator dedicated to a visionary, relational, and embodied politics of collective liberation. She has over a decade of experience working with social justice groups such as: Prometheus Radio Project, CHRY 105.5 FM, OPIRG York, Allied Media Conference, and ILL NANA/DiverseCity Dance Company. She holds a BA in International Development, Communications, and Environmental Studies from McGill University and an MA in Communication and Culture from York University. She has spoken publicly and published internationally on: social movement building, community media/art, racism, queerness, and healing justice. Her workshop facilitation mindfully engages the group’s lived experiences with anti-oppression and anti-racism to strengthen their spirit and harvest organizational resources. She is also training to be a psychotherapist in private practice and is currently an intern therapist at The Living Institute clinic in Toronto.
About this Event
*Please note that this workshop is limited to members and staff of PNLT.
Anti-Oppression 101 – Introduction (Sheila Sampath and Anabel Khoo) will provide an overview of what oppression means, who it primarily affects; how equity frameworks attempt to address and counter oppression; common terms that help us acknowledge the impact of oppression, and the harm we cause when we choose to use/not use certain words.
Facilitators: Sheila Sampath and Anabel Khoo
Open to all Active, Board and Committee members of the Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust!
Sheila Sampath is an artist, educator, and graphic designer crafting creative for social good since 2003. Former chair of the board at the TRCC/MWAR, she has a background in grassroots anti-oppression organizing and activism, which she incorporates into her strategic and participatory approach to graphic design and trauma-informed facilitation. She is the editorial and art director of award-winning feminist magazine, Shameless, an assistant professor of alternative and speculative practices at the Ontario College of Art and Design University, a member of the British Council’s TN2020 Network, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Artists. Sheila holds a diploma in graphic design from the George Brown School of Design and an Honours BSc. in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Toronto. She has lectured internationally on community-centred creative praxis, alternative media, and anti-oppressive work. Her first book, Letters Lived, was published by Three O’Clock Press in the fall of 2013.
Anabel Khoo is a writer, artist, and facilitator dedicated to a visionary, relational, and embodied politics of collective liberation. She has over a decade of experience working with social justice groups such as: Prometheus Radio Project, CHRY 105.5 FM, OPIRG York, Allied Media Conference, and ILL NANA/DiverseCity Dance Company. She holds a BA in International Development, Communications, and Environmental Studies from McGill University and an MA in Communication and Culture from York University. She has spoken publicly and published internationally on: social movement building, community media/art, racism, queerness, and healing justice. Her workshop facilitation mindfully engages the group’s lived experiences with anti-oppression and anti-racism to strengthen their spirit and harvest organizational resources. She is also training to be a psychotherapist in private practice and is currently an intern therapist at The Living Institute clinic in Toronto.
About this Event
*Please note that this workshop is limited to members and staff of PNLT.
A more in-depth facilitated workshop than the Anti-Oppression 101 that seeks to specifically address anti-racism in social and institutional settings, with special attention to anti-Black racism, as well as tools/strategies to counter it in community organizing and professional settings.
Workshop facilitator: Naomi Marti
Open to all Active, Board and Committee members of the Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust!
About this Event
*Please note that this workshop is limited to members and staff of PNLT.
A more in-depth facilitated workshop than the Anti-Oppression 101 that seeks to specifically address anti-racism in social and institutional settings, with special attention to anti-Black racism, as well as tools/strategies to counter it in community organizing and professional settings.
Workshop facilitator: Naomi Marti
Open to all Active, Board and Committee members of the Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust!
Overview of what oppression means, who it primarily affects; how equity frameworks attempt to address and counter oppression; common terms.
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About this Event
*Please note that this workshop is limited to members and staff of PNLT.
Anti-O for Organizations (Sheila Sampath and Anabel Khoo) will provide an overview of what oppression means, who it primarily affects; how equity frameworks attempt to address and counter oppression; common terms that help us acknowledge the impact of oppression, and the harm we cause when we choose to use/not use certain words.
Open to only Board and Committee members of the Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust.
Sheila Sampath is an artist, educator, and graphic designer crafting creative for social good since 2003. Former chair of the board at the TRCC/MWAR, she has a background in grassroots anti-oppression organizing and activism, which she incorporates into her strategic and participatory approach to graphic design and trauma-informed facilitation. She is the editorial and art director of award-winning feminist magazine, Shameless, an assistant professor of alternative and speculative practices at the Ontario College of Art and Design University, a member of the British Council’s TN2020 Network, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Artists. Sheila holds a diploma in graphic design from the George Brown School of Design and an Honours BSc. in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Toronto. She has lectured internationally on community-centred creative praxis, alternative media, and anti-oppressive work. Her first book, Letters Lived, was published by Three O’Clock Press in the fall of 2013.
Anabel Khoo is a writer, artist, and facilitator dedicated to a visionary, relational, and embodied politics of collective liberation. She has over a decade of experience working with social justice groups such as: Prometheus Radio Project, CHRY 105.5 FM, OPIRG York, Allied Media Conference, and ILL NANA/DiverseCity Dance Company. She holds a BA in International Development, Communications, and Environmental Studies from McGill University and an MA in Communication and Culture from York University. She has spoken publicly and published internationally on: social movement building, community media/art, racism, queerness, and healing justice. Her workshop facilitation mindfully engages the group’s lived experiences with anti-oppression and anti-racism to strengthen their spirit and harvest organizational resources. She is also training to be a psychotherapist in private practice and is currently an intern therapist at The Living Institute clinic in Toronto.
Overview of what oppression means, who it primarily affects; how equity frameworks attempt to address and counter oppression; common terms.
About this Event
*Please note that this workshop is limited to members and staff of PNLT.
Anti-O for Organizations (Sheila Sampath and Anabel Khoo) will provide an overview of what oppression means, who it primarily affects; how equity frameworks attempt to address and counter oppression; common terms that help us acknowledge the impact of oppression, and the harm we cause when we choose to use/not use certain words.
Open to only Board and Committee members of the Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust.
Sheila Sampath is an artist, educator, and graphic designer crafting creative for social good since 2003. Former chair of the board at the TRCC/MWAR, she has a background in grassroots anti-oppression organizing and activism, which she incorporates into her strategic and participatory approach to graphic design and trauma-informed facilitation. She is the editorial and art director of award-winning feminist magazine, Shameless, an assistant professor of alternative and speculative practices at the Ontario College of Art and Design University, a member of the British Council’s TN2020 Network, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Artists. Sheila holds a diploma in graphic design from the George Brown School of Design and an Honours BSc. in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Toronto. She has lectured internationally on community-centred creative praxis, alternative media, and anti-oppressive work. Her first book, Letters Lived, was published by Three O’Clock Press in the fall of 2013.
Anabel Khoo is a writer, artist, and facilitator dedicated to a visionary, relational, and embodied politics of collective liberation. She has over a decade of experience working with social justice groups such as: Prometheus Radio Project, CHRY 105.5 FM, OPIRG York, Allied Media Conference, and ILL NANA/DiverseCity Dance Company. She holds a BA in International Development, Communications, and Environmental Studies from McGill University and an MA in Communication and Culture from York University. She has spoken publicly and published internationally on: social movement building, community media/art, racism, queerness, and healing justice. Her workshop facilitation mindfully engages the group’s lived experiences with anti-oppression and anti-racism to strengthen their spirit and harvest organizational resources. She is also training to be a psychotherapist in private practice and is currently an intern therapist at The Living Institute clinic in Toronto.
Background: In 2018, the PNLT Equity Strategy Committee recommended a series of workshops to lay the groundwork for a commitment to an Anti-Oppression framework across our organization. With the generous assistance of the Maytree Foundation, we will be holding a series of workshops. These workshops are not simply training, but will commence a collective process to improve the way we work together. We want to make sure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, feels valued, feels safe to contribute and is able to meaningfully participate in PNLT activities. We also acknowledge that our society does not treat all people with dignity and respect, and that inequality due to racism, classism, sexism, and other forms of prejudice continues to exist. We will aim to balance this inequality by centring voices that are often silenced and supporting them to lead. This is a vision that we will work towards together and hope to integrate into PNLT committees, board and all operations.
Please encourage others to attend: We invite you to think of this an opportunity to reengage with anyone who has been an active member in the past, and would be open to reconnecting through this process. We look forward to you being part of this unique opportunity to be personally involved in baking equity into our community. Please send them a message of encouragement to join this process.