Using Curiosity to Achieve Equality: How to Know what You Don't Know

Our formal education only skims the surface of all the information there is to know, especially when systemic racism is involved. So, how can you identify gaps in your knowledge and learn more about topics and perspectives that are often excluded from history books and other mainstream sources?

In this hands-on workshop you will:

• Learn how to find the answers to your questions
• Learn how to share your findings so others can learn about them too

• Knowledge gaps are inevitable, and everyone has them​
• Knowledge gaps can vary from inconsequential or mildly embarrassing to highly damaging to society or individuals​
• Dominant groups often have the power to tell stories and create narratives. ​
  • This leaves marginalized groups underrepresented or removed entirely from public discourse.  They might have experienced educations that have either completely erased their history or whitewashed it.​
• Knowledge gaps themselves aren’t as problematic as who gets to decide what information we learn and from whose perspective we learn it​
• We only learn so much in school, so it is important to continue learning on our own, but filter bubbles can limit the information we find on our own