| USFSM Center for PAInT, PISAB to partner on anti-racism workshop series |
| SARASOTA, Fla. (June 28, 2019) – The Florida Center for Partnerships for Arts Integrated Teaching (PAInT) is partnering with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) to host a workshop series next month to promote anti-racism strategies.
The series, “Undoing Racism®: Transforming Community through the Arts,” is planned for July 12-13 at USF Sarasota-Manatee, 8350 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, and July 14 at New College of Florida, 5800 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota. “This interactive workshop is extremely enlightening, intense at times, but empowering for community members to find ways to engage in transformative conversations to develop cultural competence and racial equality in schools and communities,” said Denise Davis-Cotton, EdD, director of the Center for PAInT at USF Sarasota-Manatee. PISAB was founded in 1980 by community organizers Ronald Chisom of New Orleans, and Jim Dunn, PhD, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, to help empower communities to defeat racism. The organization has provided training, consultation and leadership development to more than a million people and organizations nationally and internationally. “Undoing Racism®” is the organization’s signature workshop. Davis-Cotton said she hopes the sessions draw community leaders, business owners, educators and students, and that a plan emerges to move the community forward through cultural sharing and networking. The sessions are scheduled:
The workshop is $50. Visit https://forms.gle/pboYeRSrGafGxjej9 to register and learn more. For more information about the Center for PAInT, visit www.usfsm.edu/academics/center-for-paint/. For more about USF Sarasota-Manatee, visit usfsm.edu/. ### |
| About USF Sarasota-Manatee (USFSM) USF Sarasota-Manatee is a regional campus of the University of South Florida system, offering the prestige of a nationally ranked research university with the convenience of a hometown location, including classes in Manatee and Sarasota counties and online. USFSM is ideal for those interested in pursuing a baccalaureate or master’s degree, professional certification, or continuing education credit in a small, personal setting with distinguished faculty and a dynamic curriculum of more than 40 academic programs. Website: www.usfsm.edu. About People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond is a national and international collective of anti-racist, multicultural community organizers and educators dedicated to building an effective movement for social transformation. Website: www.pisab.org/. |
