Two FREE training workshops are being provided by the Winona County Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention (ASAP) for all professions and community members. CEU’s or contact hours are available at no cost.
Workshops:
9:30 am – 11:00 am: Learning to Work Across Differences
Intercultural development consists of bridging cultural differences and commonalities by building specific knowledge and skills. Come explore how to develop your capacity to effectively bridge cultural differences and commonalities, and discuss how this might inform your work for a healthier community.
Learning objectives:
- Get shared meaning on commonly used terms like: diversity, inclusion, culture and intercultural competence.
- Explore how we develop the capacity to bridge cultural differences and commonalities.
- Begin to become more aware of how our cultural identities shape how we see and experience our work.
11:15 am – 12:45 pm: Resilience in Leadership
Do you spend much of your time listening to and helping others? If so, how are you taking care of yourself so that you can take care of others? Come build and deepen ways to cultivate your own balance, health, and wholeness.
Learning objectives:
- Discuss resilience and its importance to the practice of leadership.
- Reflect on the resources we can draw from to build our own resilience.
Trainer:
Sara Schonwald
Sara Schonwald is a dynamic facilitator, trainer, listener and coach. Her practice of leadership and consulting centers the belief that we’re all connected to each other, and that it is our collective opportunity and responsibility to work together for justice and peace.
Sara is a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory and a trained practitioner of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Art of Hosting. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from George Washington University and M.A.Ed. in Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies from Stanford University.
