Social Justice and Anti-Racism Training and Research

I have been learning and adapting social justice and anti-racism practices for the theatre industry and design/tech education. I have participated in a number of trainings and in the spring of 2020 I enrolled as a non-degree student at Mason to take CONF 399 Diversity, Anti-Racism, and Conflict Resolution. My research in this area has been particularly influenced by adrienne maree brown’s book and training in Emergent Strategy and Nicole Brewer’s Anti-Racist Theatre Foundational Course. 
In Nicole Brewer’s training on anti-racist theatre, she encourages the creation of an anti-racist theatre ethos as an accountability statement that can be shared. This semester I refined mine and added it to my syllabus. It reminds me of my responsibility to my students and of the power I wield as a professor. 
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Professor Mojgani’s Anti-Racist Theatre Ethos: In my work as an educator and artist, I strive to disrupt racist systems and transform a capitalist society to support a theater industry that celebrates and welcomes BIPOC communities.