Rise Up Conference

Diane Nunn
Diane Nunn
LMFT
Penny Lane Centers
Diane Nunn
Diane Nunn is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT) and has been supervising for 15 years, the past 9 of which have been at Penny Lane Centers. Currently serving as the Clinical Consultant for Penny Lane’s Enhanced Care Management program in North Hills, Diane has also supervised the Therapeutic Behavioral Services Program and clinic case managers, focusing on underserved populations. Diane is a facilitator of Penny Lane’s “Diversity Beyond the Basics” training series for staff and co-leads “Erase Hate” workshops at LAUSD elementary schools. Throughout her career, Diane has worked to lift up clients and families through various programs including Outpatient, Intensive Services, Residential (adolescent and adult DD), Day Rehab, foster youth, and chemical dependency. Diane’s work focuses on helping others to generate positive energy through heartfelt communication to foster connection and mutual empathy to improve their lives as well as the world around them.

SESSION OVERVIEW

Standing up to Unconscious Bias: My Journey through Allyship
Through this workshop I will explore my experience as a white female, born in the 70s, growing up in the 80s and 90s, reconciling the world I grew up in (messages and misinformation I received from family/society/media) with the person I try to be today. I’ll invite the group to offer their experiences of messages learned from family when they were young as well as culture (media/television). I’ll explore the “grieving” process I’ve observed many white people go through when they feel they are no longer “allowed” to laugh at things they once found funny. After understanding this particular cultural foundation of racial stereotyping, I’ll break down my thought processes behind my once-unconscious biases and explore the complexities of challenging these automatic reactions, including emotional responses that lead to a variety of counter-thoughts and actions (using specific examples). Finally, I’ll explore what “being an ally” looks like for me and how I have begun to use my counter-thoughts and actions to challenge those around me. At this point I would like to open up a conversation to all to explore the many different ways those who possess white privilege can embrace the role of Ally to help lift up those who are disenfranchised. I’ll encourage them to use personal experiences of allyship (from both the perspectives of allies and those experiencing others as allies) and how it can help create a more empathetic community.