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Conjuring Wellness and Renewal

Conjuring Wellness and Renewal. A Transnational Feminist Approach To Global Travel. Presented by Skye Ward. Workshop Guidelines. Honor time allocations for workshop segments/topics. Pay attention and listen analytically, respectfully and empathetically. (Active listening)

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Conjuring Wellness and Renewal

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  1. Conjuring Wellness and Renewal A Transnational Feminist Approach To Global Travel Presented by Skye Ward

  2. Workshop Guidelines • Honor time allocations for workshop segments/topics. • Pay attentionand listen analytically, respectfully and empathetically. (Active listening) • Speak for yourself. Use “I” statements. • Address the group when speaking, not just the facilitator. • Be gentle and compassionate with yourself and other participants.

  3. Goals and Objectives • Presentation & Discussion: • Disseminate international travel resources; • Exchange anecdotal tips; • Discuss cultural and societal barriers to international travel for women of color; • Create a preliminary plan for traveling to a new destination.

  4. Travel Research Sources • Print • On-line • Colleagues • Affinity Groups • Friends and Family

  5. Preparation • Visualization “Fear is a doorway, not a wall.” [Stephanie Austin] • Logistics Flight, lodging, health and safety, and packing. • Cross-cultural issues Gender, ethnicity, class, economic, and religious

  6. Money Issues • Plan in advance. • Obtain hotel/air package deals. • Pay monthly bills prior departure! • Use ATM. Hotel safe. Bring small amount of local currency • Maintain expense list for U.S. Customs declaration.

  7. Health & Safety • Center for Disease Control (CDC) • Immunizations months in advance. • Review medical insurance. • Prepare mini-first aid kit-include extra prescriptions. (pills & glasses). • Drink sealed bottled water. • Exercise, Exercise, Exercise!

  8. Security Issues • Duplicate passport, drivers license, birth certificate, itinerary & pay stub. • Beware of racial profile. (e.g. drug mule, sex worker, economically poor.) • Don’t document lesbian identity or activity. • Beware proliferation of closed circuit cameras. (e.g. public/private, in/outdoors) • Leave confidential voice mail or paper trail of your whereabouts.

  9. Inhibitors • What notions of self-worth, accessibility and scarcity act as barriers to travel? • Indoctrination? • Paucity of role models? • Self-imposed limitations? • Modest income & leisure time?

  10. Conjuring • Develop tools and gather information to dismantle inhibitions and barriers. • Advance planning and research. • Be flexible and patient. • Participant in organized trips and use alternative lodging. • KNOW that you are worthy and deserving of global travel experiences.

  11. Transnational Feminism As a feminist approach, it can be said that transnational feminism is generally attentive to intersections among • nationhood, • race, • gender, • sexuality and • economic exploitation • on a world scale, in the context of emergent globalcapitalism. Wikipedia

  12. Feminist Traveler • Develop an awareness of the unequal distribution of economic and natural resources that results from global capitalism. • Inquire into social, political and economic conditions of local communities where you plan to visit. • Be mindful of contributing to economic and cultural exploitation on a world scale.

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