[Health_Education_Promotion] Be The Change You Want to See! MCH Cultural Competency Training

[Alissa Leavitt (Green)]

Be The Change You Want to See!

Investing in ourselves to enhance how we see the world is a necessary step
to improve the quality of life for ourselves and others. The national
protests, which are in response to the numerous deaths of Black men by the
police in 2014, have the US scrambling to create better race relations.  As
the human race, it is important that we find ways to create trust.  When we
can begin to see differences as safe, than human relations can become
stronger.  We want our babies to grow up in a peaceful world.



This begins with conversations and interactions with others who have
different cultures than our own; this is called cross cultural knowledge.
Cross cultural knowledge, is one of the five cultural competencies; and it
can only be acquired through interaction with people.  Some easy steps to
get started in cross cultural knowledge, is to visit a faith house that is
different than yours, volunteer in the English as a second language
classroom, attend community events outside your community, offer childbirth
classes in different communities, join groups that represent diversity,
this is the best way to learn other cultures.  Don’t be shy, smile, laugh
and enjoy learning more about the unique cultural of others.



If you want to learn more about cultural competency than join me on

Saturday March 7, 2015, in Portland, Oregon from 10:00am-5:00pm for a
Cultural Competency Training: Working with Diverse Populations in Maternal
and Child Health.



To learn more and to register visit www.shafiamonroe.com, click on training.
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