Cultivating Inner Strength and Courage to Address Injustice

Your Course Description

Your Competency Focus Area

The Field of Youth Work

Cultivating strength and courage to speak up and stand against injustice has always been challenging. But in a world of increasing conflict, fear can cause us to shut down, ignore, or even deny our values and our true selves.
Learning how to be able to be true to yourself when it’s possible and teaching young people to be true to themselves is critical to creating real change in the world.
This discussion will provide insights and ideas to help you cultivate inner strength and courage and share those skills with young people.

Your Learning Objectives

Gain an understanding of the dynamics of fear of the other and how those fuel injustices
Build awareness strategies to gain insight into your values and what motivates you to speak up or shut down
Learn how to be true to yourself and teach young people to be true to themselves
Gain tools to help young people process conflict and injustice

Your Course Details

Full Access members only
Completion Certificate
Youth Worker Track
This training will count as 1 CE hour for most boards. Please contact your board directly with questions on submitting. You are encouraged to print or save this training information as a PDF for your records.

Your Trainer

Tamar Ghidalia (she/her) is a Jew of Color of Sephardic (Spanish) heritage who was born in Tunisia, fled with her family to France, and subsequently immigrated to Israel and Palestine, and then to MN. She has a B.A. in Education and Hebrew Literature from Paris Sorbonne University and a B.A. in Music (Percussion) from the Conservatoire de Paris. Tamar is an educator and professional musician with 30+ years of experience in teaching, facilitating, leadership, mentoring, program building, curriculum development and program management. Most recently, she worked for over six years as the Executive Director of Urban Arts Academy, a South Minneapolis non-profit serving diverse students and families through art-infused education. Tamar is currently a leader in the racial equity, diversity, and inclusion (REDI) space, working through 3W Consulting, as well as with Edot-The Midwest Regional Jewish Diversity and Racial Justice Collaborative.