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Closing Privilege Gaps
Recorded at the
3rd Global festival
Roxy Manning
Saturday, 29 May 2021
In every society, there are gaps in understanding across roles with different access to power and resources (e.g., parent-child; employee-boss; dominant racial group - historically marginalized racial groups; teacher-student; male-female-nonbinary; etc.) Even those of us committed to closing these gaps run into blocks. If we’re on the upper end of the power spectrum, we might be unable to receive feedback about ways we are showing up that consciously or unconsciously affirm existing inequities. If we’re on the lower end of the power spectrum, we may be unable to show up with a full claiming of our own power, or with the capacity to give feedback in ways that increase the likelihood we’ll be heard. Let’s discuss what gets in the way of us meeting each other fully, and explore some strategies to close the gap.
Roxy Manning’s life experience as an Afro-Caribbean immigrant to the United States combined with her academic training and professional work as a licensed clinical psychologist and CNVC Certified Trainer have cultivated her deep passion to support social change, whether that’s with individuals, couples, or institutions. Her own inner work coupled with her professional experience has grown her capacity to meet people with varying levels of education, disparate life experiences, and the most intense feelings in ways that help them feel heard, respected, supported and loved.