Workshops: hands on change
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workshop 1: Embracing (our) diversity: Awareness workshop for individual and cultural diversity
Diversity encloses much more than sexual orientation and gender identity. Rainbow families (and LGBTI people in general) can be very diverse within and among themselves in relation to various biological, social and cultural categories - such as gender, ethnicity, age, class, (dis)ability, religion, and other dimensions of identity. The first step to embrace (and promote) diversity lies on being aware of our own cultural baggage and biases. The goal of this workshop is to encourage, through practical exercises, self-awareness and self-knowledge to develop participants’ sensitivity towards individual and cultural diversity. In this way,…Read more Read more
Workshop 2: From worthless to respected: old materials, new meanings
We all know waste and unexpected materials can be resources for new toys and decorations. What you might not know is how some of these magic transformations are very easy and fun to do with children all ages. In this workshop, we'll explore optimistic, fun and hands-on ways of developing values like environmentalism and building change through giving value to garbage and apparently worthless objects. On this journey, parents and kids can promote new opportunities for creativity in a perspective of respect for objects, the environment, and human beings.Read more Read more
Workshop 6: Same-Sex Parenting for Success through Adoption: developing psychosocial skills
The increasing number of gay men and lesbians choosing to adopt has brought the issue of gay and lesbian parenting to the forefront. Yet, not much information is available for current or prospective parents regarding the development of psychosocial skills for making a difference in children’s lives. This workshop will cover topics such as “Making the Decision to Adopt”, “Choosing a Type of Adoption”, “Preparing to Bring Your Child Home”, “Parenting your child”, and “Managing your new family as an LGBT parent”. Although adopting may feel overwhelming at times, the bottom line is…Read more Read more
Workshop 4: The butterfly effect- small changes, large differences
The butterfly effect- small changes, large differences (Creative Dance) In this workshop, the focus will be on connections and relationships: between us, between movement and thought, between copying and improvising. Inspired by images of Nature's patterns, we will experience different types of movements and we will find out what creative dancing proposes: that we are all dancers! Every-body can dance. Every-body is welcome to this workshop.Ana Margarida has been a Dance and Drama teacher for the past 15 years and she recently finished Forum Dança's course on Community Dance. Her approach to contemporary…Read more Read more
Workshop 3: Illustration for non—ilustrators
Do you know that you don't have to be an illustrator to illustrate? Flavia will work with us and help us develop techniques we didn't know we had :) Flavia Barbera was born in Biella, in the north of Italy, in 1987. After the high school art studies, she got her three-year degree in Paiting, in the Urbino's Faculty of Fine Arts. In the same city, Flavia did the Advanced course in Animazione e Illustrazione in the Art school " Scuola del Libro". She is inside the independent comic drawers group INCUBO ALLA BALENA,…Read more Read more
Workshop 5 & 7: Sociodramatizing our lifes: play and share
In the certainty of life my body doesn’t work. In doubt we change, we grow. We try to go further, to make the difference in someone’s life. We have to see change through the theatrical staging and then we will believe. Be the change you want to see in the world. In this workshop, we'll use sociodrama techniques to approach our common values and to improve our personal - and family - awareness. Lara Antunes - workshop leader Lara Antunes comes from Portugal, where she has been doing a solid work on sociodrama and playback…Read more Read more
Workshop 8: Empowering our children to navigate the straight world
workshop: Empowering our children to navigate the straight world LGBT parents are very aware of their responsibility for the well-being of their children. However, prospective parents often find themselves confronted with less than optimal legal and social conditions when planning their families. This often leads to parent’s concerns about how everything is going to work out, how to best protect their child from homophobia and how to prepare their children for handling heteronormative society. Even though life as a LGBT family turns out to be easier than expected, explaining the family’s structure to…Read more Read more