A webinar presented by Dr. Stacie Walton and Julie Artz
December 5, 4-5:30 PM PT
Join diversity, equity, and inclusion expert Dr. Stacie Walton and author and book coach Julie Artz for a primer on practical steps you can take to become a culturally competent writer. We’ll provide a lively discussion of how to represent different cultures and backgrounds in your stories while avoiding stereotypes and unconscious bias.
During this free, 90-minute webinar, you’ll learn:
- What it means to be a culturally competent writer.
- To define what culture is and what “diversity” means in the context of culture and writing.
- How each individual writer fits into the cultural context.
- How to write with an inclusivity/equity lens.
- How to write for a universal audience that does not default to the dominant worldview of the white cis/het man.
RSVP today to join this impactful session!
About Dr. Stacie Walton
Stacie L Walton MD, MPH has been a Diversity & Inclusion consultant for healthcare providers and institutions for over 25 years. Currently, she has extended her expertise of inclusive leadership and implicit bias training into corporate business and higher education.
In 2018 she co-founded a Coming to the Table local group, which is structured to bring community folks together to have brave conversations about race using the indigenous practice of healing circles. She has taught classes at Sacramento State and the California Northstate University campuses incorporating circles for brave dialogue.
Her blog can be found at www.TheDiversityDoc.com and she can be followed at LinkedIn.com/in/staciewaltonmd
About Julie Artz
Julie spent her young life sneaking into wardrobes searching for Narnia. When people started to think that was creepy, she went in search of other ways to go on mystical adventures. Now she finds those long-sought doors to magical story worlds in her work as an author, editor, and book coach. An active member of the writing community, she has volunteered for SCBWI, TeenPit, and Pitch Wars and is a member of EFA, the Authors Guild, and AWP. A social and environmental justice minded story geek, Julie lives in an enchanted forest outside of Redmond, Washington, with her husband, two strong-willed teenagers, and a trio of naughty furry familiars.
