Whose bodies are seen as dangerous? Whose bodies are seen as deserving?
Informed by over 20 years of experience in anti-oppression work, presenters Shilo George, MS, and tash shatz will explore what we’ve each been taught about our bodies, and others’ bodies. Using an anti-colonial framework, participants will explore historical events and current headlines, and examine how U.S. policies have created a body hierarchy based on race, gender, ability, body size, and more.
This discussion will provide space for practitioners to challenge their own unconscious biases, and leave them better equipped to implement more equitable and inclusive practices in their workplaces.
Following this workshop, participants will have the ability to:
- Understand the colonial project of the U.S.
- Recognize historical body hierarchies in present-day events
- Integrate body sovereignty analysis personally and professionally
Shilo George, MS (she/they) a Southern Cheyenne-Arapaho and Irish/Scottish international speaker and owner of Łush Kumtux Tumtum Consulting, which means “a great awakening of the heart and spirit” in the Chinuk Wawa trade language. Her consulting work covers both trauma informed practices and how those practices align with and support anti-racisit and anti-oppression work within organizations and communities. They are a community educator with more than twenty years of experience as a social worker with values rooted in Native cultural and spiritual practices. Shilo is committed to continued learning about the effects of trauma on children, adults, and communities of color and how organizations and government systems can and should be supporting the most marginalized and vulnerable in our communities. She has created a number of trainings and presentations that address systemic oppression, trauma informed care, white supremacy within professional culture and weight stigma in medical systems. She received her Bachelor of Science in Art Practices and a Masters of Science in Educational Leadership and Policy from Portland State University.
For over 20 years, tash shatz (they/them) has been involved in social change work. As a Jewish transgender youth with disabilities, tash became an educator by necessity in 2004. Since then, tash has served as a LGBTQ policy and community organizer, an advocate for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and a consultant and coach on organizational development and racial equity. For their work, tash has received awards and recognition from Basic Rights Oregon, Northwest Gender Alliance, Portland State University Office of the President, PSU Sexual and Gender Equality Task Force, Queer Heroes Northwest, and The Trans 100.
