Equity Workshop Series

Microaggressions: Reflecting on Harmful Language

February 24, 2022

11:00am-12:30pm

MRBN Member: $10 Non-member: $20

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7040215445

MRBN is offering a workshop series to engage Maine community members to increase knowledge around systemic injustice. 

Anti-racism education builds resilience for everyone. Evidence shows that systemic injustice has a negative effect not only on the marginalized community members who are directly impacted, but every community member, regardless of identity. Studies support the idea that when communities take action to address racism, outcomes for every group improve.

This workshop will expose and explain the subtle nature of microaggressions, which are defined as "daily verbal, behavioral, and environmental communications, whether intentional or unintentional, that transmit hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to a target person because they belong to a stigmatized group."

Sultana Khan, MRBN Special Projects Director, believes equitable communities can only be developed through education, acknowledgement, and action, and tailors her approach to meet people wherever they are in their journey towards collective liberation.