Application Form for Healing Together: Addressing Slavery in Our Families' Histories
Course space is limited. We are currently engaged in an application review process. Our application deadline was Nov. 10, however we may consider additional applications, at our discretion, until the course roster has been decided. Also, we will keep a waiting list for those interested in being considered should space open up.
Please copy the application form below to your computer and either:
* email completed application to info at newlegacypugetsound.org,
or
* mail hard copy of completed application to New Legacy Puget Sound, PO Box 22043 Seattle, WA 98122.
After an application review process, one of us will contact you by mid-November.
Questions? Use the contact form here.
Application Form
Name:
Phone:
Email:
Do you know or suspect that some of your ancestors were enslaved or enslavers, or had another direct connection to slavery? If so, what have you learned or heard?
Why are you interested in participating in this course? What do you hope to get out of it?
What experience, if any, do you have with genealogical research?
Do you have access to a computer and the Internet?
Please describe what experiences, if any, you have had with the following:
* interracial dialogue on race related issues
* cultural competency trainings
* diversity training
* other relevant experience
Can you commit to attending each of the six classes and the public presentation (including the run-through)?
How many hours per week can you devote to "homework" between classes? ____ # hrs/wk
(Homework will include some reading, genealogical research, talking to family members, checking in with course partners on the phone.)
This exploration could bring up emotions like anger, fear, embarrassment, shame and grief. How do you think you would deal with such feelings and emotional expression in yourself and others?
We hope to achieve some degree of balance in the course with regard to age, "race," "class"/socioeconomic "status," and gender. Please tell us about yourself as relates to these identity, heritage and social location groups.
How did you learn about this course?
Name:
Phone:
Email:
Do you know or suspect that some of your ancestors were enslaved or enslavers, or had another direct connection to slavery? If so, what have you learned or heard?
Why are you interested in participating in this course? What do you hope to get out of it?
What experience, if any, do you have with genealogical research?
Do you have access to a computer and the Internet?
Please describe what experiences, if any, you have had with the following:
* interracial dialogue on race related issues
* cultural competency trainings
* diversity training
* other relevant experience
Can you commit to attending each of the six classes and the public presentation (including the run-through)?
How many hours per week can you devote to "homework" between classes? ____ # hrs/wk
(Homework will include some reading, genealogical research, talking to family members, checking in with course partners on the phone.)
This exploration could bring up emotions like anger, fear, embarrassment, shame and grief. How do you think you would deal with such feelings and emotional expression in yourself and others?
We hope to achieve some degree of balance in the course with regard to age, "race," "class"/socioeconomic "status," and gender. Please tell us about yourself as relates to these identity, heritage and social location groups.
How did you learn about this course?