Hopa Mountain and Empower Montana will offer a workshop on Strengthening Cross-Cultural Competencies on Friday, November 11 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. in Bozeman at the C’Mon Inn. This workshop, taught by Empower Montana Executive Director, Heidi Wallace and Senior Trainer, Katie Koga, along with Hopa Mountain’s Executive Director, Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer, will offer a series of experiential activities to help participants to become leaders in ending individual and institutional oppression by deepening self-awareness, increasing understanding of inequality, and developing intervention and ally skills. The cost of the workshop is $75, which includes lunch.
More information and a registration form are available at www.hopamountain.org This training session will support leadership at all levels to build positive spaces where colleagues from diverse backgrounds, life experiences and cultures feel valued and respected. Participants will learn how to create and support teams that can work effectively across group lines along with skills for working effectively with diverse participant groups and creating inclusive environments. Participants will deepen skills to promote an inclusive community, work and service environment for all.
Empower Montana creates a more just and inclusive society by developing youth and adult leaders who work to end mistreatment, correct systemic inequalities and strengthen communities across Montana. Hopa Mountain, a non-profit based in Bozeman, invests in rural and tribal citizen leaders, adults and youth, who are working to improve education, ecological health, and economic development in their hometowns. For more information about this workshop, please contact Hopa Mountain at (406) 586-2455 or Empower Montana at (406) 541-6891.
