Intersectionality and Culture

Live Interactive Webinar 
Instructor: Alcia Peterkin, LCSW
Level: Intermediate
CE/Contact Hours: 2.5 
Target Audience: Social workers and other social service providers who are thinking of becoming supervisors or recently have started providing supervision.
Course Delivery Method, Format and Instructor Interaction: Live interactive webinar with discussion and small group activities. Instructor will use chat and verbal discussions for Q and A as well as break out rooms. Attendees are visible to one another in Zoom meeting and are encouraged to be active participants with their camera and/or microphone in order take part in discussion. Login information will be emailed to all program participants in January at the start of the program.
System Requirements: Attendees will need access to a computer with working camera and microphone. All courses are offered using Zoom conferencing software.

This session offers an exploration of culture, power and experiences of marginality and oppression as these influence the supervisory dyad and the supervisee’s work with clients.  Emphasis will be on exploring the dynamic nature of culture and developing an appreciation for how to develop and negotiate complex, intersecting cultural identifications.  Discussion will focus on how these cultural meanings appear in and influence supervisory dyads and require reflection and self-examination. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Define the lenses of cultural sensitivity, cultural competence and cultural humility
2. Explain ways in which clinical supervision can support the exploration of cultural narratives, conscious and unconscious meanings and the motivations that accompany those narratives
3. Apply concepts from the Racial/Cultural Identity theory to the supervisory relationship
4. Demonstrate approaches for building skill and capacity to address race, culture and power within the supervisory relationship
5. Explain parallel processes relative to intersectionality and culture
6. Recognize the centrality of intersectionality and the necessity of reflection

Outline:

Part I: 1 - 2:15 p.m. ET

• Delineate the lenses of cultural awareness to understand social conditions that create oppression and inequality
• ​Discuss the underlying assumptions about power, privilege, domination, stratification, structural inequality and discrimination from various theoretical perspectives

Break: 2:15 - 2:30 p.m. ET

Part II: 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. ET

• Experiential activity to formulate assessments and apply concepts from the Racial/Cultural Identity
• Demonstrate an understanding of how racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, discrimination toward ethnic and religious groups influences the supervisory dyad