1. Breaking negative connections: institutional violence
June 2, 2015
Heather Lash || Matt Foran

2. IMPORTANT REMINDER: to All latecomers
When you enter the room, please stand and face the left-hand wall
When there is a break in the presentation, please quickly and quietly sit at assigned area at front of the room
You will be responsible for catching up on missed material on your own

3. what comes to mind when you look at this line up?
Fear
what comes to mind when you look at this line up?
Failure
“I don’t belong here”
“these people are nothing like me”
it - I’m not going to even try”

4. Our rules for today! Hello, my name is Matt, her name is Heather
We’d like to propose that we’d like to help to support an environment which is:
Non-judgemental, non-shaming
Curious
Safe and responsive to questions and observations
Open to your requests for this environment

5. proposed framework for considering discussions
Encourage or allow yourself to:
Be curious about your own assumptions
Try to suspend judgements you have about your own assumptions; (in response to judgements, perhaps simply acknowledge them, or ask yourself questions about them)
Recognize that we all have biases (you’re normal!)

6. !
Ready to get started?

7. institutional violence? (what is it?)

8. excited
nervous, anxious
confused, lost
Checked out
welcome?

9. Heading to first day or information session
confusing signs
welcome?
more confusing signs
people are not helpful

10. watch this!

11. group activity time

12. thank you