Cultural Appreciation

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Our pricing structure:

$1,200: School-funded, school budget over $2M

$1,000: School-funded, school budget of $1M - $2M

$800: School-funded, school budget under $1M OR Self-pay, household income over $150K

$600: Self-pay, household income $75K - $150K

$400: Self-pay, household income under $75K

Special price for a group discount for schools sending 3 or more participants. (Contact us for the discount code at connect@almapartners.net.)

This course will only run if we have a minimum enrollment of 15 participants.

Note: Pricing is per person. Our sliding-scale pricing is intended to make our courses accessible to as many people as possible. Please pay the most you are able to afford, in order to keep lower-price spots open for those who need them. If you are in a double-income family or household, have savings or inherited wealth, own your home, and/or can afford vacations, please consider contributing at a higher tier.

Price Levels:

Scroll down for more info about the course!

Our pricing structure:

$1,200: School-funded, school budget over $2M

$1,000: School-funded, school budget of $1M - $2M

$800: School-funded, school budget under $1M OR Self-pay, household income over $150K

$600: Self-pay, household income $75K - $150K

$400: Self-pay, household income under $75K

Special price for a group discount for schools sending 3 or more participants. (Contact us for the discount code at connect@almapartners.net.)

This course will only run if we have a minimum enrollment of 15 participants.

Note: Pricing is per person. Our sliding-scale pricing is intended to make our courses accessible to as many people as possible. Please pay the most you are able to afford, in order to keep lower-price spots open for those who need them. If you are in a double-income family or household, have savings or inherited wealth, own your home, and/or can afford vacations, please consider contributing at a higher tier.

Note: This course is not running in 2025. We expect this course to run again in Fall 2026.

Cultural Appreciation

Interrupting & Transforming Cultural Appropriation

Hosted by Alma Partners

Joaquin Muñoz, Aiyana Masla, & Masumi Hayashi-Smith

Three Sunday afternoons on Zoom: September 29, October 20, November 3, 2024

12-1:30pm PT / 3-4:30pm ET

Special guests include:

Meggan Gill

Keelah Helwig

As educators and administrators in schools, it can be challenging to discern what respectful cultural representation is. Opportunities to accidentally appropriate are around every corner,  from song choices, festivals, promotional materials, lesson plans, and more. Distinguishing between cultural appropriation and appreciation can sometimes be straightforward. Other times, there can be crucial nuances that take additional experience and knowledge. This course is designed to help participants hone their discernment skills with a mixture of lecture, presentation, and group discussion.

Each session will feature experienced guest presenters, a toolkit with resources for growing skills, and deep conversation on this topic, drawing from participants' questions and experiences. We will develop relationships across schools, becoming nourished and inspired by our growing connections and shared learning.

Questions about how to diversify and contextualize curriculum, about how to offer representation in school communities respectfully without culturally appropriating, are layered. This series offers an opportunity to ask these questions and listen deeply to several BIPOC educators who will share their knowledge, insight, and expertise. Participants will build skill and confidence to apply new frameworks and practices, replacing the harm caused by cultural appropriation with the respect of cultural appreciation. 

Participants will:

  • Learn theory, principles, and tools to better understand and identify cultural appropriation

  • Practice tactics for turning appropriation into appreciation

  • Process and share together in small groups, working from both case studies and personal experience

  • Leave with an Alma Partners Toolkit for continued work 

Cost: Sliding scale from $350 - $1500, with a group discount for schools sending 3 or more participants. (Contact us for the discount code if you are coming as a group.)

*Please note: in alignment with the Alma Partners core value of Centering Relationship, we do not record our sessions! Please plan to attend all three sessions.

Join us as we gather to learn, share, and practice cultural appreciation in a learning cohort for three supportive sessions.

Click here for presenter bios.

Note: This course is not running in 2025.

Course Schedule 2024:

Session 1, September 29: Attribution: An Introduction

Session 2, October 20: Reciprocity: The Borders Between, with Meggan Gill

Session 3, November 3: Action: A Case Study, with Keelah Helwig

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