The Invisible Wounds of Racial Trauma Workshop Series

Part 1: Contextualizing & Understanding

May 12, 2021 @4:30pm-6:30pm

Part 2: Engaging & Healing

May 26, 2021 @4:30pm-6:30pm

Presented by Dr. Silas Pinto via Zoom

FREE for RISPA Members; $25.00 for Non-Members

**The Invisible Wounds of Racial Trauma Workshop Series Flyer**

This set of workshops will focus on engaging and introducing participants to the various wounds related to historical racial trauma. In the first part of the series, Dr. Pinto guides educators (School Psychologists & other Mental Health Service Providers, Teachers, Administrators, etc.) in contextualizing the experiences of people who have been marginalized and oppressed within a historical-socio-political framework; and then towards understanding the signs of these invisible wounds. In Part 2 of the series, participants will move towards reflection and discussion around engaging in the process of healing said wounds. 

At the conclusion of this workshop series, participants will be able to…

1. Name and describe the various wounds of racial trauma.
2. Identify the oppressive forces still operating within our educational systems.
3. Begin to identify ways of engaging and interacting with students, families, colleagues (and the self) experiencing and living with these wounds.
   
4. Leave with additional resources for continued learning and awareness; participants are encouraged to join in RISPA’s Call to Action for Racial & Social Justice.

Dr. Silas O. R. Pinto is a highly regarded member of the RISPA Board. He 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.  Dr. Pinto conducted projects on the effects of fitness and martial arts training on social and mental health, and completed his pre-doctoral and postdoctoral work at the Met High School in Providence, RI.

Currently, Dr. Silas Pinto is a faculty member at Tufts University where he serves 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. 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.  

Within the community, Silas is well-known and respected for his commitment to community building and preservation of Cape Verdean culture. He is Chair of the RI Cape Verdean Heritage, helping to coordinate student scholarships, cultural and linguistic education, and the largest Cape Verdean Independence Day Festival in the country! Silas also serves as Director of Programs at New Wave Martial Arts and Fitness, where he brings together cultural and martial arts to drive social justice education and physical and mental health