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Let Us Make Man 2012 Workshops

LAW & BLACK SOCIETY

"Know the Rules to the Game

A Community Workshop on how to Teach Legal Rights"

The purpose of this workshop is to provide attendees with a model of how to teach members of our community about their legal rights and laws that impact their daily lives. Attendees will be better able to provide information and strategies that will assist community members in effectively exercising their constitutional rights, and reducing the likelihood of their becoming embroiled in the criminal justice system. As our constitutional rights continue to erode as a result of court decisions that expand police power and the establishment of more invasive law enforcement procedures, we must be even more diligent in knowing, understanding, appreciating, and asserting our constitutional rights. Additionally, too many of our young people learn about the consequences of certain laws after they have broken them, and face incarceration, probation, or other collateral consequences of an arrest and/or a conviction. Topics that will be discussed include: Police Search Seizures, Mandatory Minimums, Domestic Violence, License Suspensions, Juvenile Law, and Two/Four Strikes Laws.

MENTORING

Am I Suited to Become a Mentor?

A Community Workshop on Initiating Mentoring

The purpose of this workshop is to establish mentoring as a bonding and trusting relationship between an older adult and a young person, which is long-term in nature. Mentors serve as constant guideposts and as a form of stability in the lives of young people. However, this workshop will distinguish the differences between a role model, a volunteer and a mentor. The most major difference is the level of commitment made between a mentor and mentee. We will also examine both good and not-so-good role models in the African American community. These items will be addressed, in addition to involving local non-profits and churches, i.e. Rites of Passage programs, in a discussion regarding mentoring. Attendees will also have an opportunity to talk about their mentoring experiences (the good, the bad, and the ugly), and the larger group will be able to provide input/feedback.&nibs; Attendees will feel more empowered and imbued with the necessary skills to mentor as a result of this workshop. They, too, will be able to train others in becoming effective mentors.

EDUCATING BLACK YOUTH

Parent University 101:

A Community Workshop on Bridging the Gap in Our Youth's Education


The purpose of this workshop is to educate and empower parents, guardians, etc. in their interactions with schools. The participants will be given tools that are practical and able to be used by anyone concerned about our youth's education, regardless of educational background. Moreover, they will gain a sense of ownership in the school, and they will become proactive in the day to day functioning of the school. In addition, the parents will do pair/share with each other in order to discuss what works and what doesn't work, and the whole group will share what they came up with collectively in order to walk away with solutions that can be used immediately. Finally, parents will be challenged and guided in the area of connecting the dots with the key players in the equation, the youth. The participants will not only feel empowered when they leave, but they will have a true understanding of the village concept in order to bridge the gap in our youth's educational path.
SPIRITUAL GROWTH

Spiritual Growth and Awareness

This seminar will examine the relationship between leadership and spirituality. Does one's understanding and/or religious beliefs inform their leadership style? This will be a highly interactive session where the participants will be challenged to examine their beliefs, thoughts, and faith. Do our beliefs prevent us from fully taking advantage and providing leadership to the larger community? We will look at leaders whose faith tradition certainly impacted their leadership style, from Malcolm X to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
BLACK YOUTH & SOCIAL MEDIA

Social Networking Is the Internet ruining our kids?

The objective of this seminar is to deliver content that is parent and student focused to inform both entities regarding the positives and negatives of social media and other 21st Century Technology. The purpose of the lecture is to ensure that parents and students can understand the dangers and effective/good use of 21st Century technology. As we move rapidly in to an electronic based communication environment, it is critical that we know the following information:
  • Identity Theft
  • Viruses
  • Internet predators
  • Laptops
  • Tablets
  • Smart phones
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Chat Rooms
  • Webcams
  • Video Chat Platforms
RESTORING THE BLACK FAMILY

"Restoring the Black Family"


The purpose of this seminar is to examine all aspects of the relationship dynamics that tend to strain and destabilize the Black Family. Among the topics that will be explored are parent to child relationships, youth to youth, and community to youth relationships. With a particular focus of breaking down barriers and walls of communication, this seminar will be provocative, informative and Participants will walk away with techniques to better communicate with their own children or the youth that they serve. Young people will learn the language of engagement and how to be heard by adults. All aspect of family life will be up for discussion including how to make divorce work for all involved, single parent homes and creating a web of support for both parent and child, sibling rivalries, domestic violence prevention, and making blended families work.
BLACK YOUTH LEADERSHIP

"Developing Black Youth for Leadership"


The workshop will include a critical examination of how effective and committed servant leaders are developed, nurtured, and sustained. The second part of the workshop will utilize real-life scenarios in small group brainstorming sessions to demonstrate how issues in our communities are analyzed and addressed to bring about the desired outcomes. In short, this workshop is designed to help young people of today locate themselves in the ongoing process of Black struggle and to teach them to serve, lead, and organize for and with our people.
HEALING OPPRESSION'S WOUNDS

Healing Oppression's Wounds


Healing Oppression&rescue;s Wounds (HOW) is part of the larger Warriors Healers Personal Leadership Developmental Series for people of African descent. The workshop is for any person of African descent that has done or is interested in doing anything of positive significance with and for African people. Such action rings us face-to-face with oppression and internalized oppression. Unfortunately, no school, university or job has taught us how to navigate, combat, and heal oppression or internalized oppression. That is why Healing Oppression's Wounds (HOW) is so needed. A goal is for us to know our and our people's wounded-ness and to practice and develop African-Centered skills to facilitate healthy challenging and healing The workshop is designed to be experiential and very interactive. We work to make it a safe place to do deep work and skill building. The implication is that if we don't identify the respective wounds and get busy healing them, we will pass them onto our children. The participants of the workshop are always motivated to engage their healing energies to ensure that their children have the best chances to be spared these generational wounds of oppression.