Cultural Humility & Strategies for Survival Columbia University- 2019 SSW Conference Momentum Education Jeremy Britton

Introduction: CCSW Annual Conference Momentum Education Experiential Learning Thank You to Columbia SSW for welcoming Momentum Education back to present after a successful presentation in 2018. Jeremy’s introduction and setting of context/tone for the interactive presentation

The Knowledge Circle Knowledge Circle

What You Know You Know Knowledge Circle Blindspots (Inclusive language)- Unacknowledged beliefs - occurring on a daily basis that we’re not acknowledging (speed limits, other drivers, stoplights)

What You Know You Don’t Know Knowledge Circle Blindspots (Inclusive language)- Unacknowledged beliefs - occurring on a daily basis that we’re not acknowledging (speed limits, other drivers, stoplights)

What You Know You Don’t Know ...and You Don’t Even Know You Don’t Know It! KN KN DK Knowledge Circle Blindspots (Inclusive language)- Unacknowledged beliefs - occurring on a daily basis that we’re not acknowledging (speed limits, other drivers, stoplights)

Hidden/ Unacknowledged Beliefs DK KN DN Blind Spots Knowledge Circle Blindspots (Inclusive language)- Unacknowledged beliefs - occurring on a daily basis that we’re not acknowledging (speed limits, other drivers, stoplights)

Blind Spots CRASHING!

Cultural Competency vs. Cultural Humility KN Cultural Competency vs. Cultural Humility DK KN DN Cultural Competency & Cultural Humility Ppl are used to learning more about client populations. Given the knowledge circle, we’re asking to to reflect on yourself. What is the internal conversation. Learning what you dont know you dont know about YOURSELF vs about others

Tervalon and Murray-Garcıa (1998) “Cultural Humility is a process of committing to an ongoing relationship with patients, communities, and colleagues that requires humility as individuals continually engage in self-reflection and self-critique.” Tervalon and Murray-Garcıa (1998) Learning what you dont know you dont know about YOURSELF vs about others

Strategies for Success Define strategies and define success (Call out, turn & talk, etc) larger definition- accomplishing an intended outcome. Explain Tactic Vs. Strategy Tactics are tools we use to implement the overall strategy.

BREAKS IN Our strategies for success are closely linked to our BELONGING Strategies are based on moments where we’ve experienced Breaks in Belonging. Talk about YOUR Break, not your clients’.

Breaks In Belonging What happened Our interpretation of what happened The strategy we put in place in-reaction-to what happened Jeremy Models his S4S and BIB

Identify Your Breaks in Belonging PERSONAL: What was a time in your life where you felt you didn’t belong? Formative Years (Personal & Professional Setting) - What was a time in your life in which you didn’t belong? Time in your professional career you feel you didn’t belong?

Identify Your Breaks in Belonging PROFESSIONAL: What was a time in your professional career when you felt you didn’t belong? Personal & Professional Setting) - What was a time in your life in which you didn’t belong? Time in your professional career you feel you didn’t belong?

Identify the Strategy for Success Share out your examples KN DK KN DN Hidden/ Unacknowledged Beliefs -Identify the strategies- Are these strategies still serving you? (Open-ended) We’re in reaction- Overutilizing the strategies that you’ve identified-- GO back to Automatic Beliefs- If we’re on automatic we’re using our most comfortable strategy as opposed to using what’s most effective. Are there Go-To strategies that are outdated and no longer serving you?

Which strategies no longer serve you? We have keys and we keep bringing our favorite key to every single lock, as opposed to seeing which key will open that lock. Cultural Humility- Key of “I have to master the other- so I don’t feel I don’t belong” as opposed to looking at why I feel like I don’t belong- and mastering myself” Your Strategy for Success is in reaction to what you didn’t want to happen and what you don’t want to happen again. It’s bringing what you fear to the present rather than opening yourself up to new strategies or new possibilities or awareness. Can you see how you are bringing the same key to every lock?”Coordinator ask “Can you see where you have been recreating the experience of the events from your break in belonging?” In many ways they are operating out of a strategy for survival rather than a strategy for success. This is an opportunity to be present in the Now. To access all of yourself and choose what works in this moment. There’s an opportunity to make choices and from vision rather than past fears.

Strategies of Cultural Competency Focus on comfort with ‘others’ framed as self-awareness Use of ‘culture’ as a proxy for minority racial/ethnic group identity Attempting to ‘know’ and become ‘competent’ in understanding another’s culture(s) -Fisher, Borne, Cain & Martin The major emphasis in cultural competency isn’t on self, it’s the “other” The major criticisms of cultural competency frameworks include: (a) the focus on comfort with ‘others’ framed as self- awareness; (b) the use of ‘culture’ as a proxy for minority racial/ethnic group identity; (c) the emphasis on attempting to ‘know’ and become ‘competent’ in understanding another’s culture or cultures; and (d) the lack of a transformative social justice agenda that addresses and challenges social inequalities. -Fisher, Borne, Cain & Martin

Strategies of Cultural Humility Acknowledges the layers of cultural identity Recognizes that working with cultural differences is a lifelong and ongoing process Emphasizes not only understanding the ‘other’ but understanding ourselves as well -Fisher, Borne, Cain & Martin The cultural humility approach includes three core elements: institutional and individual accountability; lifelong learning and critical reflection; and mitigating power imbalances. To cite this article: Marcie Fisher-Borne, Jessie Montana Cain & Suzanne L. Martin (2015) From Mastery to Accountability: Cultural Humility as an Alternative to Cultural Competence, Social Work Education,

Which new strategies can you adopt and apply? How can you practice Cultural Humility?

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