BIPOC USHR Liberation School is a free 8-week course (meeting once a week) in which we will examine various, decolonial approaches to understanding ourselves and others, with a focus on mental health and well-being. Each week we will discuss a different topic highlighting the many ways in which BIPOC peoples have, and continue to, understand themselves, the world, and their mental health and well-being within those worlds. The course will be led by multiple instructors, including some lectures, as well as activities and discussions. This course is for BIPOC folks only.
Course objectives include:
- To understand what decolonization is and how it looks in practice
- To apply the decolonial understandings of the world in their lives
- To have a better understanding of decolonial worldviews
- To have a better understanding of themselves
Topics will include (tentative schedule):
| Week | Topic | Cohort 1 | Cohort 2 |
| 1 | Introduction | May 6, 11am – 1 pm | July 8, 11am – 1 pm |
| 2 | Latin American/Liberation perspectives | May 13, 11am – 1 pm | July 15, 11am – 1 pm |
| 3 | Indigenous perspectives | May 20, 11am – 1 pm | July 22, 11am – 1 pm |
| 4 | Black perspectives | May 27, 11am – 1 pm | July 29, 11am – 1 pm |
| 5 | Islamic perspectives | June 3, 11am – 1 pm | August 5, 11am – 1 pm |
| 6 | Chinese/East Asian perspectives | June 10, 11am – 1 pm | August 12, 11am – 1 pm |
| 7 | South Asian perspectives | June 17, 11am – 1 pm | August 19, 11am – 1 pm |
| 8 | Wrap up | June 24, 11am – 1 pm | August 26, 11am – 1 pm |