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Understanding Social Identity Development

This webinar will explore the concept of identity within a U.S. context that is shaped by individual characteristics, family dynamics, historical factors, and social and political contexts. Understanding how these factors affect our own and other’s identity development is critical to leadership, positive youth development and community building. A lack of awareness and understanding of the significance of identity development, or language for discussing and addressing these issues impedes our ability to develop comprehensive strategies to effectively and authentically build and navigate relationships across differences. This model can serve as a tool for understanding and framing the prevailing conversations regarding race and race relations in our country.
 
Webinar Objectives     
·        To explore a stage model of social identity development
·        To identify the ways in which our unexamined assumptions, stereotypes and bias impact both our individual and other’s identity development
·        To identify how the messages individuals receive from peers, the media and society in general are internalized and affect their sense of self
·        To explore how our identities are part of a larger system of power, privilege and oppression
·        To identify strategies for supporting social identity development as part of our ongoing leadership, positive youth development and community building.

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This technology is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension (funding opportunity no. USDA-NIFA-OP-010186), grant no. 2023-41595-41325 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Extension Foundation. For more information, please visit extension.org. You can view the terms of useat extension.org/terms.

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