Navigating difference in play spaces is an important part of sex positive community.

As Sex Positive World works to develop an international offering to all of our chapter members and everyone who comes to our events to grow and learn, we are grateful to the work Sex Positive Portland has already done ot bring this class into being.

This anti-racism class helps folks think about the many power dynamics that affect us when we interact in a community. It’s a good space for beginners who are eager to learn. We’ll think about our many identities and how they shape our expertise, and the areas where we need to learn and grow. We’ll spend some time talking about the inevitable mistakes we make and the ways we hurt each other, and walk through the protocol we’ll use for those hard times when we’ve done things that don’t align with our values. We’ll center race while also addressing intersectionality with other identities; and encourage folks to work on perspective-taking from our privileges as well as our oppressions.

About your facilitator:

Jimena Alvarado has been teaching social justice professionally since 2009. She is a tenured professor at Portland Community College, and earned a PhD in Community Psychology and a Master's in Women's Studies. She specializes in conversational learning and her curriculum focuses on getting comfortable with learning from the social justice mistakes that we all make. She regularly provides training to organizations on incorporating intersectionality and anti-racism work into their everyday processes. More of her materials can be found at her educational site: www.everydaysocialjustice.com