Date: December 8, 2021 from 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM (PT)
Webinar Description:
In this webinar, speakers will explore strategies common in the adult education sector and discuss their applications for the health education field. They will examine:
-The pedagogy of popular education, problem posing strategies, and work of educators such as Paulo Freire and bell hooks
-Ways to challenge common power imbalances and reflect on the roles of educators and professionals in creating spaces that are grounded in anti-oppressive principles that raise up the experiences of community members
-Centering the knowledge and expertise of communities around health
-Framing work through a strength-based approach and a lens of cultural humility
Objectives:
- Recognize several benefits to a popular education approach to health education
- Identify ways to incorporate popular education strategies into health education
- Reflect on one’s own work and ways to create more community-centered learning strategies
Speakers:
Melanie Sampson, MA
Content Director at Clear Language Lab
Melanie Sampson is Content Director of Clear Language Lab at Literacy Works, where she supports mission-driven professionals in making communications inclusive, understandable, and effective. She provides training to more than 500 professionals a year and consults on and revises materials such as flyers, slide decks, handbooks, and web content. She also works closely with community members, prioritizing their perspectives and needs in creation of materials. She has an MA in linguistics from Northeastern Illinois University.
Keighty Ward, MA
Community Literacy Program Director
Keighty Ward is the Community Literacy Program Director at Literacy Works. In this role, they oversee professional development programming through a social justice lens that supports adult literacy program staff and volunteers across the Chicago area and beyond. They are experienced as both an educational ASL interpreter as well as English as a Second Language instructor. They also have an MA in Applied Linguistics, exploring experiences of d/Deaf adult English learners in their thesis.
Webinar Slides:
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Webinar Video:
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