Flipping the Script: Challenging Our Perceptions about Race


Event Details

This event finished on 30 April 2021


Please note the times are different for each event: April 21 @ 2 – 3:30 PM and April 29 @ 7 – 9:30 PM

Race impacts us daily yet many of us have little awareness of how our cultural “scripts” influence our identity and perceptions of others. This two-part workshop, co-led by Agustin McCarthy and Melanie Oram (Borough of Manhattan Community College), is designed to cultivate awareness and communication skills that are essential for all of us during this time of racial reckoning. During these interactive sessions, participants will investigate their racial “scripts” by engaging in activities to help them relate to their thoughts with greater skill: discussion of images and film clips, mindful journaling, and pair-share exercises.

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About Jessica Murray

Jessica Murray received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY in 2020. She is the Director of Digital Communications for Transformative Learning in the Humanities (TLH), a three-year initiative supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She is also working on a web project with teaching materials about civil rights struggles in New York City, including disability rights history. She advocates for improving public transit accessibility in New York City for people with disabilities and chairs the Advisory Committee for Transit Accessibility for New York City Transit.