Online Lecture and Discussion: "Tough Conversations in the Time of Social Unrest”, with Pat Drew
The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents presents exclusively for its members/foreign journalists an online class on: “Tough Conversations in the Time of Social Unrest”, with Pat Drew.
Our focus on Covid has moved on to the focus of social unrest. Whether we are in the field covering protests or in casual encounters with friends and colleagues, each of us is deeply concerned about how we talk about justice, fairness, and racial issues with each other. Most of us don’t know what to say, and that’s normal. Let’s talk together on zoom about how those conversations feel and how we can make them effective. The format of the session will be conversational as we learn from each other.
WHEN: Wednesday, June 24th at 5.30 pm EDT.
HOW: Online interactive class (active participation and interaction are encouraged!).
About our lecturer, Pat Drew:
Pat Drew
Pat Drew has spent twenty years managing Employee Assistance Programs and counseling employees in workplace settings, including the New York Times where she developed and directed one of the first and most successful employee counseling programs in the country across 35 properties, serving 12,000 employees.
At the New York Times for 20 years, Pat Drew designed the seminal programs for coaching correspondents in war zones, after hostage situations, or otherwise being detained. She teaches correspondents and editors to thrive in assignments such as the Iraq war, the Katrina disaster, the Ebola outbreak, loss of colleagues through terrorism, and more recently to manage the reactions from covering horrific event such as mass shootings and natural disasters.
She has provided these services to over 100 journalists at the New York Times, CNN, Getty Images, McClatchy News, Committee to Protect Journalists, Global Journalists Security, and other media and advocacy organizations. She has particular expertise in helping others develop resilience, manage transition, and manage their careers.
Pat has worked with organizations going through rapid change, coaching managers and employees alike on how to prosper when everything around them is changing. Pat is a senior executive coach, psychotherapist and has taught “Managing Change” for 20 years. She has a Master’s in Psychology, a Master’s of Social Work, and Master’s in History.
You can see her work at www.patdrew.org