Skills for Growth Workshop 5: Building Meaningful Connections
Note: If the workshop date or time changes, all registered participants will be notified immediately via email.
About This Workshop:
Meaningful connections aren't built by chance—they're built with intention, confidence, and clear boundaries.
Join us for the fifth workshop in our Skills Development Series designed specifically for Black disabled professionals, where we focus on strengthening your self-advocacy skills and building the confidence needed to navigate professional systems, relationships, and boundaries. This workshop gives you the language and strategies to advocate for yourself clearly and confidently in various professional contexts.
Through interactive exercises and guided discussion, you'll learn how to set healthy boundaries, communicate your needs effectively, and navigate workplace or community systems with intention and assurance—all while building the meaningful connections that support your growth as a Black disabled professional.
What You'll Learn:
Self-advocacy techniques for navigating professional relationships and systems
How to set and maintain healthy boundaries in networking and mentorship contexts
Language for communicating your needs clearly and confidently as a Black disabled person
Strategies for building connections that honor both your goals and your boundaries
Who Should Attend:
This workshop is designed for Black disabled professionals and community members who want to build genuine professional relationships while maintaining healthy boundaries. Whether you're navigating new workplace dynamics, seeking mentorship, or strengthening existing connections, this session will equip you with essential self-advocacy skills.
Previous attendance at other REAL Knowledge Series workshops is helpful but not required—all Black disabled folks are welcome!
What to Expect:
This is an interactive workshop with reflection exercises, small group discussions, and practical skill building activities focused on self-advocacy within professional relationships. Come ready to engage, learn, and develop strategies you can implement immediately. The session is designed to be fully accessible with accommodations available upon request.
About the REAL Knowledge Series:
The REAL Knowledge Series (Restorative Education and Awareness Learning) is a national education and awareness certificate program grounded in intersectionality and delivered through a community-based approach. The series challenges anti-Black racism, ableism, social exclusion, gender-based violence, and other intersecting systems of oppression shaping the lived experiences of Black disabled people.
Delivered through the REAL Knowledge Project, the series equips participants with critical knowledge, frameworks, and tools to understand and challenge systemic inequities, while fostering collective growth, leadership, and meaningful community engagement.
The Skills Development Series, a core sub-series of the REAL Knowledge Series, is a six-workshop learning journey designed to build practical, real-world skills. Centered on professional growth, leadership development, advocacy, and self-empowerment, each session focuses on actionable strategies participants can immediately apply to advance their personal, and professional goals.
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