January Workshop: Reckoning With Racism for Nurses with Nanette D. Massey

/ Peggy L Chinn

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We are delighted to announce that Nanette D. Massey is joining us again to lead a workshop and discussion over three Saturdays in January – the 13th, 20th and 27th from 2 to 4 pm Eastern! And she has two important guests who will each join the discussion on one of the Saturdays – Dr. Robin DiAngelo, author of the book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism, and Dr. Willie Underwood, Chairman of the AMA.  Registrations are open until the start of the second session on Saturday the 20th. After that, registration will be closed. Participants are encouraged to commit to all three sessions. See details below.

https://nanettedmassey.com/

Here is the schedule:

  • Saturday January 13 –
    • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Nanette D. Massey
    • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Dr. Robin DiAngelo
  • Saturday January 20 –
    • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Nanette D. Massey
    • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Dr. Willie Underwood, AMA Chairman
  • Saturday January 27 –
    • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Nanette D. Massey
    • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Q&A

Nanette’s Description of the Workshop

The American Medical Association has declared racism “a public health threat.”

“But I’m not racist,” you say as a white nurse. Still, you work in an industry where appallingly unequal outcomes for white people and others are happening–and normalized. WHO ARE YOU BEING beyond “it didn’t happen on my floor/shift/watch so my hands are clean”? Further, who could you be to make a difference in the dire statistics of our unequal outcomes? To make a difference in the experience of your non-white colleagues?

This seminar takes place in two hour sessions over three Saturdays; January 13, 20, and 27. Registration will be cut off at the start of the second session, January 20th.

  • Dr. Robin DiAngelo, whose book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism spent over three years on the New York Times Bestseller list, will join us on Saturday 1/13 and will be taking your questions.
  • Dr. Willie Underwood, Chairman of the AMA, will be our guest speaker Saturday 1/20 and taking your questions.

The book “White Fragility” has become a cultural touchstone for our time. Most U.S. white people, though, report having no regular contact with non-white people and can only discuss race in an “echo chamber” of other white frames of reference.

With black workshop facilitator Nanette D. Massey of Buffalo, N.Y., this is your chance to contextualize race from an unfiltered, real world experience rather than theory. With Nanette’s hallmark frankness and practicality, you’ll be left with self-clarity and the ability to act on racism within your own personal spheres of influence with genuine confidence, humor, and humility.

Registration

Register for the series on Eventbrite! The fee for all three sessions is $100.

We’re taking registrations until the start of the second session on Saturday the 20th. After that, registration will be closed. Participants are encouraged to commit to all three sessions. The material is progressive.

Participants are also urged to read Robin DiAngelo’s book “White Fragility” before joining the seminar. Audience familiarity with its ideas and terms is crucial to the pace of the discussion.

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