A dialogue based event where you can discuss your "-isms" from a place of wanting to understand & unlearn in a safe space. ie. "why is it racist if I say this...", "I don't understand how to be an ally to women or minorities", "how do I deal with people who want me to use different pronouns", etc.

Do you want to expand the circle of people you can have authentic conversations with, in a safe space?

Do you want to share your experiences and learn from others who want to focus on the things that unite us as humanity rather than dividing us?

Do you feel as though it is time to unlearn some of the biases you may have?

If you answered yes to any of the above then YOU are invited to embark on a journey of connection with us.

Agenda

17h35: Introductions

17h45: Grounding exercise

17h50: Guest Speaker

18h10: Discussions

18h40: Snack break (light snacks and drinks will be provided so please register via the link below)

18h50: Discussions

Our speaker will be Dinesh Joseph, who will be introducing us to the topic of "Unconscious Bias". This talk is aimed at fostering deeper understanding and meaningful change. Dinesh, a Learning & Leadership Consultant based in the UK, brings over 20 years of experience working with a diverse range of organisations. His passion for empowering people to grow and lead with insight makes him the perfect guide to kick off this important journey.

What to bring: Respect and good intent.

Hello Human Connect's origins:

I believe that there is massive "unlearning" of biases that has to happen for us all to move forward to a place where we can all call each other a human being and not by other labels.

As I plan and think about how to structure these events I can literally feel the fear rise in my throat. The same fear that has been in my mind since I first got the idea. However, I , like all of us, must overcome the fear of being judged or failing because not doing anything to try to save our collective humanity is a cost too large to bear for my conscience.

What is happening in the world makes me sad. A lot of it has to do with the many "us vs them" that takes place on this rock hurtling through space.

So now, I'm going to take a deep breath, schedule the first event in this series and invite all you beautiful humans to come and co-create with me, for all of us.

It will be a dialogue based event where people can come to discuss their "-isms" from a place of wanting to understand and unlearn, in a safe space. ie. "why is it racist if I say this...", "I don't understand how to be an ally to women or minorities", "how do I deal with people who want me to use different pronouns", etc.

Deep and potentially hot topics but we will create a safe space for people who genuinely want to take the first step of change in their own lives and make friends beyond their regular homogeneous groups.

Living in South Africa in the 90's and watching the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu go through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission talks when apartheid ended makes me believe that there is something powerful in dialogue and forgiveness.

Hello Human Connect is a mix of two concepts:

1. "Ubuntu" - a concept in which your sense of self is shaped by your relationships with other people. It's a way of living that begins with the premise that "I am" only because "we are."

2. Kintsugi - the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. The idea being that the dialogue and understanding is the golden bond that reunites all the splintered labels and definitions of self into a functioning beautiful whole again. So come to connect, share, learn, eat a snack and meet some real humans 🙂

Sincerely 

David Degbor

Hello Human Connect

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