* Comprehensive resource covering every possible type of oppression, and highlighting the intersectionality between them * Practical, hands-on approach gives teachers and facilitators the concrete tools they need, and is widely applicable across educational contexts and settings * Ancillary materials include a ready-to-use, fully-developed facilitator agenda with over 150 downloadables, and an updated companion website containing video selections and resource lists.

In order to effectively implement diversity and social justice initiatives it is critical to involve people from dominant groups. It is dominant groups that perpetuate oppression an educator meet the challenge of implementing diversity and social justice in organizations and in the community?

Promoting Diversity and Social Justice gives theory, perspectives, and strategies that are useful for working with adults on diversity and social justice issues. This book offers educational and psychological perspectives to inform practice and increase options in addressing conflict situations. The first part of the book helps the educator understand the reasons for resistance and ways to prevent it. The second part explains how educators motivate dominant groups to support social justice.

This book is an excellent resource for group facilitators, counselors, trainers in classrooms and workshops, professors, teacher, higher education personnel, community educators, and any other professionals involved with educating others about diversity and equity.

Promoting Diversity and Social Justice provides theories, perspectives, and strategies that are useful for working with adults from privileged groups -- those who are in a more powerful position in any given type of oppression. The thoroughly revised edition of this accessible and practical guide offers tools that allow educators to be more reflective and intentional in their work -- helping them to consider who they're working with, what they're doing, why they're doing it and how to educate more effectively. New features include: * a new chapter, "The Joy of Unlearning Privilege/Oppression," highlights specific ways people from privileged groups benefit from unlearning privilege/oppression and from creating greater equity * a new chapter, "Allies and Action," gives focus and guidance on how people from privileged groups can constructively and appropriately be involved in social change efforts * updated Appendix of additional resources. The theories and approaches discussed can be applied to a range of situations and audiences. This book is an excellent resource for professors, teachers in classrooms and workshops, counselors, organizers, student affairs personnel, community educators, advocates, group facilitators and any other diversity trainers involved with educating others about diversity and equity.

* Comprehensive resource covering every possible type of oppression, and highlighting the intersectionality between them * Practical, hands-on approach gives teachers and facilitators the concrete tools they need, and is widely applicable across educational contexts and settings * Ancillary materials include a ready-to-use, fully-developed facilitator agenda with over 150 downloadables, and an updated companion website containing video selections and resource lists.

Promoting Diversity and Social Justice provides theories, perspectives, and strategies that are useful for working with adults from privileged groups -- those who are in a more powerful position in any given type of oppression. The thoroughly revised edition of this accessible and practical guide offers tools that allow educators to be more reflective and intentional in their work -- helping them to consider who they're working with, what they're doing, why they're doing it and how to educate more effectively. New features include: * a new chapter, "The Joy of Unlearning Privilege/Oppression," highlights specific ways people from privileged groups benefit from unlearning privilege/oppression and from creating greater equity * a new chapter, "Allies and Action," gives focus and guidance on how people from privileged groups can constructively and appropriately be involved in social change efforts * updated Appendix of additional resources. The theories and approaches discussed can be applied to a range of situations and audiences. This book is an excellent resource for professors, teachers in classrooms and workshops, counselors, organizers, student affairs personnel, community educators, advocates, group facilitators and any other diversity trainers involved with educating others about diversity and equity.

In order to effectively implement diversity and social justice initiatives it is critical to involve people from dominant groups. It is dominant groups that perpetuate oppression an educator meet the challenge of implementing diversity and social justice in organizations and in the community?

Promoting Diversity and Social Justice gives theory, perspectives, and strategies that are useful for working with adults on diversity and social justice issues. This book offers educational and psychological perspectives to inform practice and increase options in addressing conflict situations. The first part of the book helps the educator understand the reasons for resistance and ways to prevent it. The second part explains how educators motivate dominant groups to support social justice.

This book is an excellent resource for group facilitators, counselors, trainers in classrooms and workshops, professors, teacher, higher education personnel, community educators, and any other professionals involved with educating others about diversity and equity.