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MAR Shift: Is it Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation?
MAR Shift Presents… What is Cultural Appropriation?
Wondering if wearing those Indigenous-made earrings is cultural appropriation or appreciation? Unsure if your child should be wearing a particular costume for Halloween? Think AAVE is for everyone? This interactive and informative 1.5 hour workshop is facilitated virtually by Kerry Cavers, Founder & President of Moms Against Racism Canada. With compassion and connection, Kerry helps attendees build the foundational knowledge and understanding they need to critically discern for themselves the difference between cultural appropriation and appreciation.
Kerry invites participants to reflect upon personal experiences and relationships to different cultures while leading them through a thought-provoking session covering:
- Fundamental defintions like culture, appropriation, and appreciation
- Power dynamics at play in cultural appropriation
- How appropriation has been normalized
- How we can take personal accountability
- Questions & Answers
Additional resources are also provided following the session.
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About the Facilitator…
Kerry Cavers (she/her/hers) is an anti-racism advocate, facilitator, and Founder of Moms Against Racism (Canada). She is a biracial Black, cis-gender, neurodivergent woman of African, English, Swedish, and Irish descent. With immense gratitude, Kerry, her partner, and their 3 kids live as guests on the unceded traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən people, colonially referred to as Victoria, BC. She created MAR Canada to bring together people who raise and guide youth in a mutual aid movement to fight systemic racism together.