Part 1: Understanding the Invisible Wounds of Racial Trauma
November 10, 2020 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Presented by Dr. Silas Pinto via Zoom https://tufts.zoom.us/j/9198320450
Free for RISPA Members, $15.00 for Non-Members
This workshop will focus on introducing participants to the various wounds related to historical racial trauma. In this first of a 2-part series, we ask educators (school psychologists, teachers, administrators, etc.) to contextualize the experiences of people who have been marginalized and oppressed within a historical-socio-political framework, and to work towards understanding the signs of these invisible wounds.
With part 1 of this workshop, participants will be able to…
Name and describe the various wounds of racial trauma
Identify the oppressive forces still operating within our educational systems
Begin to identify ways to engage and interact with students, families, colleagues (and the self) experiencing and living with these wounds.
Leave with additional resources for continued learning and awareness & encouraged to join in RISPA’s Call to Action for Racial & Social Justice
Look for the follow up workshop in the Spring (2021) that will focus on further engaging and healing the invisible wounds left by historical trauma.
Dr. Silas Pinto is currently a member of the Tufts University faculty, serving as Director of the School Psychology Graduate Program, Co-Director of the Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Program, and is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education. He is also the current Webmaster for the Rhode Island School Psychologists Association (RISPA) and is a critical member of the RISPA Board. At Tufts, Dr. Pinto teaches and works in the areas of social justice, diversity & inclusion, education law, immigrant populations, biological bases of learning & behavior, methods of research, school-based consultation, and social-emotional learning initiatives, Dr. Pinto received his Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of Rhode Island focusing on the cross-generational transmission of parenting values in Cape Verdean families. In addition, he has been conducting projects on the effects of fitness and martial arts training on social and mental health.
