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Sexuality Educator Anti-Racist Training (SEAT)

Title of Event: Sexuality Educator Anti-Racist Training (SEAT)
 
Description of Event:
Developed in partnership with The Institute for Intimacy & Sexuality and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, the Sexuality Educator Antiracist Training (SEAT) empowers sexuality professionals of all racial identities with skills to confront, interrupt, de-construct, and challenge racism in personal attitudes and sexuality education instruction. SEAT was developed from a pluralistic viewpoint, designed to go beyond centering "white supremacy culture" standards. Grounded in Critical Race Theory (Delgado & Stefancic, 1998), Intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1991), and Sociocultural Learning Theory (Vygotsky, 1978) frameworks, SEAT will help educators use critical analysis to reduce harm and create a space that amplifies marginalized voices.
 
SEAT is designed to move through an experiential learning cycle, in which participants address affective and attitudinal responses to racist incidents, and gain skills to apply outside the training to reduce harm, interrupt racism, and utilize trauma responsive care in a learning environment. SEAT will also help educators to understand how the intersections of several oppressions exist and are perpetuated in sexuality education. Educators will also be challenged to understand how their self-identified cultures uphold, perpetuate, and maintain racism. SEAT also includes trauma responsiveness as a core component in training to help educators identify core places where education can be triggering/harmful and identify where more educational support is needed.
 
Date of Event: May 16, 2025
 
Time of Event: 8am-3pm PT / 10am-5pm CT / 11am-6pm ET
 
Location: Online through Zoom 
 
Sexuality Education (SE) Training:
SE4. Theory and methods of approaches to sexuality education with specific populations (e.g., youth, older adults, couples, ethnic/ cultural/ faith-based populations, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities).
 
Sexuality Counseling (SC) Training:
SC2. Theory and methods of sexuality counseling approaches to specific populations (e.g., youth, older adult, couples, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, ethnic/ cultural/ faith-based populations).
 
Presenter/Speaker: Crystal Ellis, MPH, CSE and Michelle Linschoten, MPH/MSW
 
Company/Organization Sponsor: Office of Continuing Education at The Chicago School in partnership with Planned Parenthood- Great Rivers
 
Contact Name: Office of CE at The Chicago School
 
 
 
AASECT Approved CEs: 5.5

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