Session Information:

Presenters: Kate Phelps (Wisconsin-Madison), Whitney Gecker, Anna Jaysane-Darr
Level of Interaction: Medium (some discussion, optional participation)

Description:

Please have writing or doodling materials (e.g., pen/pencil and paper) on hand during the workshop.

This session will feature guest facilitator Dr. Kate Phelps, a dynamic educator and Director of Creative Embodiment at the 4W Initiative at University of Wisconsin (Madison). The interactive workshop will introduce students to the reflective exercise of body mapping. Students will engage in dialogue around embodiment towards disability justice and awareness, and walk away from the session empowered to try body mapping to help engage them in body awareness. This session aims to provide students with a starting place for engaging with disability issues through a grounded sense of how individuals occupy their own bodies.

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Participant Learning Outcomes:

Participants in this session will:

Critically reflect on and explain their own social identity in relation to ability
Employ skills for effective dialogue, including deep listening, suspending judgments, identifying assumptions, voicing, reflection and inquiry, and respect
Identify and address group dynamics and processes that enhance or hinder dialogue

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