This one-day, interactive course provides participants with the skills to identify and expose lateral violence within Aboriginal communities/workplaces and learn how to reduce its effects within both personal and professional settings.

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Course topics include:

What is Lateral Violence?

The organised, harmful behaviors that we do to each other collectively as part of an oppressed group: within our families; within our organisations and; within our communities. When we are consistently oppressed we live with great fear and great anger and we often turn on those who are closest to us – R Frankland and P Lewis, Presentation to Social Justice Unit staff, Australian Human Rights Commission, 14 March 2011.

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Why Does Lateral Violence Occur?

[Lateral violence] comes from being colonised, invaded. It comes from being told you are worthless and treated as being worthless for a long period of time. Naturally you don’t want to be at the bottom of the pecking order, so you turn on your own – R Frankland in Creative Spirits, Bullying and Lateral Violence

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Workshop Goal

To expose lateral violence within Aboriginal communities and reduce its effects both in the home and within the broader community.

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Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

• Define the concept of lateral violence

• Identify why lateral violence occurs

• Identify when and where lateral violence occurs

• Describe the effects of lateral violence

• Develop strategies and tools to combat lateral violence and it’s effects

 

Skills to identify and expose lateral violence within Aboriginal communities/workplaces.