Cultural Competency

Cultural Competence training provides the necessary tools to help individuals understand and address the impact of race, class, and gender, as well as with other aspects of diversity and their intersection on a systemic level. This training also focuses on discussions about the realities of racial and ethnic inequities and disparities that lead to decision making based on conscious or unconscious bias. This training also helps participants understand the impact of power, privilege, and oppression and how individual bias and belief may limit the ability to understand and communicate effectively with clients, staff, or co-workers.

Goals of Training:

• To provide the opportunity and setting for individuals to safely explore the origins of their assumptions, stereotypes, and cultural beliefs through intentional reflection
• A look into the lens of access and equality within institutions
• An exploration of what a culturally competent individual, community, and organization looks like, sounds like, and acts like
• A journey into the necessary steps in valuing the intricate pieces and parts of individuals that make them unique and how service providers can ensure communication of the value
• Understanding the impact of unconscious bias
• Managing the intersections of difference
• Manifestation of hidden assumptions and stereotypes through systems of care