Dr. Shakti Butler Workshop: Understanding White Culture as a 21st Century Leadership Skill

On February 16th, we welcome to campus, Dr. Shakti Butler, facilitator, lecturer, trainer, and activist around race and social justice. Dr. Butler is the founder and president of World Trust.

All Gustavus faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend her workshop "Understanding White Culture as a 21st Century Leadership Skill" scheduled from 2:30-5 pm in Alumni Hall.

This interactive session will help us to understand racial inequity as a precursor to building strategies that address racial and socio-economic barriers and will cover

• history, identity, and culture;
• internal components of bias, privilege and internalized racism; and
• external components consisting of relationships that are interpersonal, institutional and structural.

Further information about Shakti Butler can be accessed at: http://world-trust.org