Sparta Twp. Public Schools Community Talk

Rewriting the Narrative: A Virtual Panel Discussion on Racial Trauma

June 18, 2020

Virtual Discussion Guidelines

• Session Recording• Mute Feature• Chat Box Comments• Questions

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Panel Moderator Dr. Saskia Brown, Ed.D.

• STPS District Administrator • STPS Anti-Bullying

Coordinator• Sparta C3 Committee

Facilitator• Adjunct Professor at Drew

University• Mother

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Student Representative Ms. Maia Albuquerque

• Student Advocate • SHS We are the Dream

Founding Member

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Panel ExpertDr. Broderick Sawyer, Ph.D.

• Clinical Psychologist• Activist• Meditation Teacher at the

Behavioral Wellness Clinic in Louisville, KT

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Panel ExpertDr. Howard Stevenson, Ph.D.

• Professor of Africana Studies at UPENN

• Director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative and Forward Promise

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Purpose and Objectives

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1. To provide a platform to engage in meaningful conversation

about racism and related topics

2. To introduce a research-based framework on racism

3. To discuss racial literacy and the impacts of racial trauma

Overview

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Mindful Practice Dr. Broderick Sawyer

Student Narrative Ms. Maia Albuquerque

Research-Based Framework of Racism and

Racial Trauma

Dr. Broderick Sawyer

Addressing Racial Literacy and the Impacts of

Racial Trauma

Dr. Howard Stevenson

Question and Answer Guest Panelists

Closing Remarks Dr. Saskia Brown

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Mindful Practice

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Student Narrative

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Research-Based Framework of

Racism and Racial Trauma

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Addressing Racial Literacy and

the Impacts of Racial Trauma

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Panel Experts

Question and Answer

Closing Remarks

Thank you for your engagement!

We are #spartanproud

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Dr. Howard Stevenson, Professor of Africana Studies

at UPENN and Director of Racial Empowerment

Collaborative and Forward Promise

Dr. Howard Stevenson is the Constance Clayton

Professor of Urban Education, Graduate School of

Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the

Executive Director of the Racial Empowerment

Collaborative, designed to promote racial literacy in

education, health, and community institutions. His most

recent research focuses on helping children and adults

develop and use assertive coping strategies during face-

to-face microaggressions. Key to this racial healing work

is the use of culture to reduce in-the-moment threat

reactions and increase access to memory, physical

mobility, and voice.

Dr. Howard Stevenson’s Resources

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TED TALKStevenson, H. C. (2018). How to Resolve Racially Stressful Situations. Feb 21, 2018. If we hope to heal the racial tensions that threaten to tear the fabric of society apart, we're going to need the skills to openly express ourselves in racially … https://binged.it/2r8Puu5. TEDMED Talk selected for presentation on the TED Talk Network as well.TED RADIO HOUR• https://www.npr.org/2019/03/29/707193061/howard-stevenson-how-can-we-mindfully-navigate-everyday-racism

Video Clips• UPenn GSE interview & video - "The Educator's Playbook: How to confront hate speech at school"

Links to Social Media Interviews

• https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/6/9/21283715/how-to-talk-kids-racism-race-protests

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-talk-kids-racism-george-floyd-protestss_l_5ed7de95c5b62135db476590

• https://www.wfmj.com/story/42206577/parents-educators-experts-talk-to-kids-on-race-amid-unrest

• https://www.inquirer.com/health/mental-health-black-americans-george-floyd-racism-20200606.html

• https://www.phillymag.com/news/2020/06/05/white-philadelphians-anti-racism-anti-blackness/

PodcastsDrew Scott show - http://apple.co/athomehttps://open.spotify.com/episode/60JS6gHIQsVCl6Hskek0Dm?si=3vnaNCtbRPqJ-DAxOZbfSQTwo mothers talk to their teenage sons about race and police brutality in the US followed by commentary by Dr. Stevenson on the benefits behind preparing parents and children to have racial conversations

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Dr. Broderick Sawyer, Clinical Psychologist, Activist, and Meditation Teacher at Behavioral Wellness Clinic in

Louisville, KT

"Broderick Sawyer, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist at a group practice, providing therapy for race-based stress and trauma, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorders, depression, trauma, and eating disorders. While obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Louisville, Dr. Sawyer developed specialties in race-based stress and trauma, and mindfulness/compassion-based meditation. Dr. Sawyer speaks to a wide range of audiences about mental wellness and race-based topics, including community organizers, health professionals, and university audiences. As a meditation teacher, he collaborates with community organizers to find creative solutions to social justice, with a particular focus on the use of mindfulness practice to strengthen resilience against racism."

Dr. Broderick Sawyer’s Resources

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Suggested Reading• The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told by Alex Haley (Ballot or the Bullet on YouTube- a talk by Malcolm X)• Long Walk to Freedom- Nelson Mandela• Wherever you go, there you are- Jon Kabatt-Zinn• Tattoos on the Heart: The power of boundless compassion- Gregory Boyle• The Fire Next Time- James Baldwin

Meditation Apps• "Liberate" app: Meditation app designed for people of color• "Calm" app

Selected PublicationsWilliams, M. T., Sawyer, B. A., Ellsworth, M., Singh, S., & Tellawi, G. (2017). Obsessive-compulsive disorder in ethnoracial minorities: Attitudes, stigma, & barriers to treatment. In J. Abromowitz, D.

McKay, & E. Storch (Eds.), Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders, Vol. 1. Wiley.Sawyer, B. A., DeLapp, R. C. T., & Williams, M. T. (2016). Community violence exposure and racial discrimination as barriers to treatment: Implications for African American males in counseling. In W.

Ross (ed.), The African American Male Series: Counseling in African American Males: Effective Therapeutic Interventions and Approaches. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Sawyer, B. A., Williams, M. T., DeLapp, R. C. T., Davis, D. M. (2016). Posttraumatic stress disorder, Chapter 14. In A. Breland-Noble, C. S. Al-Mateen, & N. N. Singh (Eds.), Handbook of Mental Health in African American Youth (pp. 237-247). Springer

Sawyer, B. A., Williams, M. T., Chasson, G., Davis, D. M., & Chapman, L. K. (2015). The impact of childhood family functioning on anxious, depressive, and obsessive–compulsive symptoms in adulthood among African Americans. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 4, 8-13.

Williams, M. T., Malcoun, E., Sawyer, B. A., Davis, D. M., Bahojb-Nouri, L., Leavell, S. (2014). Cultural adaptations of prolonged exposure therapy for treatment and prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder in African Americans. Behavioral Sciences, 4, 102–124.