Exploring Class
Total time for the section "Exploring Class": 50 minutes
Introduction: The first portion of this “Food Dignity® 201” we began to think about the biases or gaps in understanding that we bring to food insecurity work. For the next three portions, we will talk about specific topics that intersect with hidden hunger and Food Dignity®. This first topic is about economic class.
Course Components:
Introduction: The first portion of this “Food Dignity® 201” we began to think about the biases or gaps in understanding that we bring to food insecurity work. For the next three portions, we will talk about specific topics that intersect with hidden hunger and Food Dignity®. This first topic is about economic class.
Course Components:
- Food Dignity® podcast with the founder of the aha! Process on culture, class, and frameworks of poverty.
- A group or individual learning activity exploring Ruby's theories.
During the course, you will:
- Learn about the ways that economic environments, or class, shape culture.
- Recognize that many of us have little understanding of the culture, or hidden rules, of economic environments other than the one we grew up in.
- Begin to consider the ways that a project can promote dignity for people coming from different economic or class environments.
After this course, you will:
- Reflect on and highlight portions of the economic models diagram that resonate.
- Identify and list action steps within a Food Dignity® project that makes sure to create a safe space for people who come from different economic environments.
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