This workshop provides an opportunity for the following groups to momentarily pause to compassionately see themselves in one another’s struggles:

• Dark-skinned participants who often feel they maintain a monopoly on pain; and who often find it difficult to dismantle notions about dark skin as to fully embrace the beauty of their reflection within U.S. cultural context;
• Light-skinned participants who often wish they had darker skin, so they could feel more worthy of "being Black;" who often feel hurt by childhood memories of relatives who made darker skinned siblings/cousins feel de-valued; and who often feel that their pain goes unrecognized;
• Brown/tan/caramel-skinned participants who often feel confused, invisible, and pushed to the sidelines in conversations about colorism; and who often reflect on their own skin tone as much lighter or darker than it actually is just to be part of the conversation;
• Anyone open to learning more about colorism and its impacts and influences.

SIgn up today as space is limited.
http://www.diversity.gatech.edu/griot-employee-resource-group-skin-im