Teaching Community Engagement Through an Anti-Racism Lens: Lessons Learned From a Pilot Micro Course in Public Health and Health Care

IF 1.1 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Vicky Gomez, Amia Nash, Brittany Chambers, Meredith Minkler
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Growing appreciation of the necessity of, and evidence-based strategies for, working collaboratively with communities in health promotion and related fields have been well documented. Yet community engagement, the umbrella term for many of these efforts, is rarely taught as a standalone course, nor is a critical component of community engagement –antiracism practice—typically included. Following a review of the literature, we discuss the contexts, pedagogical grounding and strategies, learning objectives and piloting of a “micro course” on community engagement using an antiracism lens at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. Designed for graduate students interested in community-based participatory research and practice but unable to take a full academic course in this area, the 30 hour pilot course drew a diverse mix of 16 students. Focused attention on racism, systematic racism, and antiracism practice was provided through lectures, in-class exercises, homework reflections, and the course final. Case-based examples of the critical role of antiracism practice in community engagement, particularly in and with BIPOC communities, were shared, and a range of strategies explored for building and maintaining cross-cultural partnerships and transforming our own institutions to better reflect antiracism practice. Challenges faced are highlighted, and lessons learned shared, including the imperative of creating, in both course planning and teaching, sharing our positionality and creating safe spaces for discussing any tensions that may arise.
通过反种族主义视角开展社区参与教学:从公共卫生和医疗保健试点微型课程中汲取的经验教训
在健康促进和相关领域,人们越来越认识到与社区合作的必要性,也越来越认识到与社区合作的循证策略。然而,社区参与作为其中许多工作的总称,却很少作为一门独立的课程来讲授,社区参与的一个重要组成部分--种族主义实践--通常也不包括在内。在对文献进行回顾后,我们将讨论加州大学伯克利分校公共卫生学院以反种族主义为视角的社区参与 "微型课程 "的背景、教学基础和策略、学习目标以及试点情况。这门 30 学时的试点课程是为对社区参与式研究和实践感兴趣但又无法学习该领域完整学术课程的研究生设计的,吸引了 16 名学生参加。通过讲座、课堂练习、家庭作业反思和课程期末考试,重点关注种族主义、系统性种族主义和反种族主义实践。通过案例分享了反种族主义实践在社区参与中的关键作用,特别是在黑人、印地安人和其他有色人种社区中的作用,并探讨了建立和维护跨文化伙伴关系的一系列策略,以及如何改造我们自己的机构以更好地反映反种族主义实践。会议强调了所面临的挑战,并分享了所吸取的经验教训,包括在课程规划和教学过程中,我们必须分享自己的立场,并为讨论任何可能出现的紧张关系创造安全的空间。
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