Black empowerment Training

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	Training Courses Available Self Empowerment For Women Restoration of the Black (Afrikan) Family Financial Management Other Services Offered Self Empowerment For Women Aim of course: To enable women to take control of their life, using strategies which breakdown the cycle of learned helplessness. (What I call the “Skinners Rat Syndrome”). First Session: Explores aspects of power Teaching Method: Lecture and group work What is power? Identify whom you would say is powerful in society? Look at yourself and identify what power you have? Second Session: Explores ways in which we give up our power Teaching Method: Lecture and group work Use of examples – Your boss informs you without discussion that you are to be moved to another area to work. What would you do about this? Make a list identifying how you think this matter should be handled Where do you think the balance of power lies in this situation? Identify what happens when we give up our power in different situations In the family At work In the community In relationships Third Session: Explores reclaiming your power Teaching Method: Lecture and group work A look at personal and human rights A look at how to assert yourself without being aggressive When to say no When to say yes What to do when people are afraid of your power Exploration of how this makes you feel How you think this makes them feel? Whose problem is it? How to deal with this Restoration of the Black (Afrikan) Family Aim of course: To explore what needs to be done to heal relationships in the Afrikan (Black) family, following the tragedy of the Maafa, which interrupted our culture and destroyed our identity. Session one: Will look at what we mean by restoration of the Black (Afrikan) family Teaching Method: Lecture, group work, case studies and role-play What exactly happened to the Black family? A look at capture and enslavement Loss of names, loss of cultural norms, loss of our religion and spirituality Loss of our family structures Loss of our sense of belonging Session two: What has been the impact and consequences of this experience on people of Afrikan origin? Teaching Method: Lecture and group work Break-up of Afrikan family life Divisions between Afrikan’s from different parts of the world Confusion about selfhood, identity and belongingness Effects of this on our mental health Session three: What steps must be taken to restore the Black family structure? Teaching method: Lecture and group work Undoing the damage, changing long held beliefs and behaviour to create wholeness Changing patterns of unhealthy behaviour for our women & our men and restoring balance What part must parents play to produce healthy, well-adjusted children? Sankofa and the importance of Black History events each year Building on the legacy left to us by our ancestors Healing through self and spiritual awareness Financial Management (Heng yu hat weh yu can reach it – Jamaican Language) [Learn to live within your means] Session One: What causes people to get into debt? Teaching Method: Lecture and group work What does society have to say about what we need to have to live good? How does this affect people within society? Should people buy into this way of thinking Session Two: Money Management Teaching Method: Lecture, group work and case studies How may of us can afford to live like “flash Harry” Budgeting – written and referred to “Cutting ones coat according to ones cloth” How to take control of and manage ones money Session Three: How and why people get into debt? Teaching Method: Lecture and group work What kind of spender are you? Are you self-aware? Who taught you how to manage your finances? Do you exercise self-control? Do we really need to buy everything we see? What role does self-discipline play? Do you honestly use most of the things that you buy? Session Four: Saving money and how to get out of debt Teaching Method: Lecture and group work Can you afford to save, if not why not? How much should you save? What would you say about saving 25% of your salary? If you cannot afford to save, what happens if there is a rainy day? Setting targets to pay off all unnecessary debt How to stop buying what you don’t need Identifying ways to live within ones means Control your self and your money and you will never be in debt Other Services Offered Structured lectures and presentations, including power point, about Black history, Black identity and culture. A comprehensive Afrikan History Exhibition, which includes a variety of books, magazines, historical calendars and other artefacts. A historical selection of video and available for viewing, also audiotapes, followed by general discussion. Sale of books, toys, games and other artefacts, about black people, this includes books for all ages and tastes. As a Registered Nurse and Registered Health Visitor, I am also available to speak on aspects of childcare and management, child development and parenting issues.