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Our Turn builds skills within organizations to confront systemic barriers, develop new practices, and center equity and justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5a354bd745628bc77a6a6f/1611685066522-RJE38VIZWB4HN9ZZSX5W/Cool+Girls+People+Illustration+T-Shirt.png Home - Know Thyself: A writing workshop Mandela Masanii (AnyXMeans) and Aviva McClure (Our Turn) team up to offer a unique virtual writer’s workshop for High School and College students that has the power to unite and inspire. In this session, Mandela will lead you through activities to create safe space to express personal experiences, trauma, adversity, as well as dreams and aspirations. 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The teacher provided you with information that you were expected to memorize and regurgitate upon demand in tests and worksheets. This method is called the “Banking Model” of education, and a method that Our Turn seeks to confront. Rather, we seek to build upon cultural capital and ancestral knowledge that has better outcomes for marginalized voices (Frier, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1970). Many educators and practitioners want to learn a new way of leading but don’t know where to start. Steeped in extensive research in culturally relevant approaches, Our Turn offers a solution that enables us to shift power away from the “banking model” and instead reinforce our inherent skills of the “facilitator”: returning to indigenous practices and better outcomes for our community. Our Turn has a roster of teaching artists and experienced practitioners that want to help you develop your practice and offer collaboration & support along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5a354bd745628bc77a6a6f/1591225087476-HVEBN4MLJJTXHR5279CZ/IMG_1247.jpg Mission - Aviva McClure Aviva (she,her/they,them) founded Our Turn as a response to organizations needing to connect with change makers in the arts community for better outcomes. After 20 years working as a K-12 teacher, administrator, artist, and activist; Aviva journeyed outside of institutions to design programs and professional development that move humanity and community development to the forefront. In collaboration with teaching artists and activists, Our Turn seeks to bridge the gaps between social learning, academia, and open spaces. In addition to local ventures in advocacy and K-12 to adult education, Aviva has also developed programs with international partnerships. Out of a desire to promote excellent outcomes for historically marginalized populations, Aviva’s practice aims to include all of us as Leaders. They are also co-director & field coordinator at Signal Fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5a354bd745628bc77a6a6f/1586732932324-HQXS8B2ZPAR0Z4CZ0IMI/mick%252Bpic.jpg Mission - Micknai Arefaine Micknai (she/they) is an indigenous Ethiopian, cultural organizer, educator, and artivist. She recently completed a Masters in Applied Anthropology at Oregon State University where she served as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for AYA-Womxn of Color Initiative, Vice President of the Black Graduate Student Association, and Vice President of Social Justice for the Coalition of Graduate Employees (Local 6069). She is a founding member of the Radical Imagination Collective and lead organizer of it's annual gathering in Corvallis, Oregon. She has received several awards for her culturally aware and equity focused leadership. 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Crenshaw is an independent Hip Hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the African HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. In his teenage years, Crenshaw actively confronted white supremacist gangs that were a growing part of the hard-core music scene. In addition to his highly-acclaimed work in spoken work and Hip Hop, Mic co-founded GlobalFam, a non-profit (EducationWithOut Borders 501c3) project to create and maintain a computer center for disadvantaged youth in Burundi, Central Africa. Mic has released numerous albums available on most popular digital platforms and has toured internationally in Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Russia, Germany and Cuba. 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