Recorded Workshops.

This workshop will analyze how power and privilege frame the world around us, creating conscious and subconscious bias, microaggressions, and stereotypes. Participants will be introduced to “marginal” thinking and how it can be used to reset the frame and foster responsible allyship.

This workshop will review PAFA's policy on sexual assault and harrassment under Title IX, and will highlight your rights and responsibilities under the law.here

Benjamin Evans, from Penn Behavioral Health, joins the PAFA community as we kick-off our The Morning After Series. In this webinar, Ben highlights our employee assistance program and goes over their newly introcuded MyLifeExpert tool.

For our Morning After Series, Demond Drummer, CEO & Co-Founder of New Consensus, led us in a discussion on “The Role of Artists in Driving Change”. We talked about how we can remain engaged and continue advocating for the issues we care about.

Our The Morning After series ended with licensed psychologist, Dr. Thema Bryant (Associate Professor of Psychology at Pepperdine University), who spoke about self- and community-care for activists and change agents.

OISE held its inaugural MLK Celebration in January 2021, which was, and continues to be, dedicated to Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, commitment to racial justice, and the full impact of the changes he had championed. Our 2021 MLK Celebration theme is “The Transformative Power of Education” and our inaugural keynote speaker is Dr. Karen Goff.

WOMENSCAPE is a time for us to check in on each other, learn from each other, and talk about issues that affect us as women leaders. Participants will engage through virtual break-out sessions, workshop sessions, and guided activities. We will hear from women artists, leaders, and trailblazers in our community.es here

On January 19, OISE held its second annual MLK Celebration on the theme, “Bending PAFA Towards Justice” which is taken from MLK’s last public sermon, “Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution” (delivered March 1968). Our 2022 Keynote Speaker is John Lee Gaston White.

The third annual MLK Evening Celebration was held on January 17. The theme for this year was "The Light of Creative Altruism." It comes from MLK's 1960 sermon at Friendship Baptist Church entitled "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life." What can we do to live out MLK’s dream and become a light for creative altruism in the world?

During this session with CultureAlly, we learned about systems of oppression as well as actions of anti-racism and allyship. We dove deeper into the meaning of Black Resistance and Black Joy and what it means to take up space and amplify culture. This section personalizes the learning by highlighting American figures of Black Resistance and Black Joy across many states throughout the country.

For part 1 of our Women’s Leadership Series, Co-author of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems, Dr. Smith introduced the power of paradox and how to manage seemingly competing agendas and priorities. Dr. Smith also came to PAFA in June for part 2 of the series titled Strategies for BOTH/AND Thinking to Solve Your Toughest Problems.

Change in the workplace is inevitable, and unfortunately, changing environments often produce stress and anxiety. This workshop explores the various stages of change, and steps employees can take to achieve balance and acceptance, and increase their ability to more effectively cope with change in both their professional and personal lives.

This Health Advocate training seminar explores the typical flow of human reactions and responses, and offers participants practical tips for enjoying and thriving in whatever stage they may be in. Proven strategies including gaining clarity, creative brainstorming, re-framing and parallel paths are also discussed.

This workshop explores the six phases of retirement from a social perspective: everything from pre-retirement planning to the honeymoon phase, and ultimately to reorientation and development of a new lifestyle. This workshop reviews all of the stages, which can span 5 to 15 years before retirement to up to 15 years or more after retirement.

Recognizing when you or a loved one needs support is the first step to connecting with resources to help. It is equally important to normalize and de-stigmatize seeking mental health support. This workshop session explored multiple strategies on how to manage our emotional and mental health and identify resources to help when we need extra support.

Throughout this training led by Karen Rech, MSW, we will discuss how to proactively create goals and routines that can strengthen our mental health and well-being. Discussion will include the importance of managing our goals and expectations, along with embracing gratitude.