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{Victor Lewis } Leader in the Field of Anti-Oppression Diversity Work and Alliance Building 
Victor Lewis is an internationally recognized leader in the field of anti-oppression diversity work and alliance building. As an educator, trainer and activist, he has conducted keynote speeches, seminars, workshops and "train the trainer" programs throughout the U.S. as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Germany. Lewis is currently Co-Director of the Center for Diversity Leadership, a human relations training and consulting firm.
A veteran diversity worker with national recognition, he specializes in
teaching, guiding and inspiring individuals and organizations in the
creation of communities learning and action to heal and dismantle
racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, homophobia and the other "isms" that
undermine people's ability to live, love and work well together.
He is best known for his inspiring and catalytic leadership role in the award-winning race relations documentary, "The Color of Fear." Lewis is co-author, with Hugh Vasquez, of Lessons from "The Color of Fear," a four volume curriculum to be used in conjunction with the film. This is an indispensable resource for educators, diversity trainers and facilitators. Lewis also conducts trainings using the curriculum.
He is also a contributor to the anthology, Crash Course: Reflections on the Film “Crash” for Critical Dialogues about Race, Power and Privilege.
Lewis has served as Chaplain/Spiritual Director at the Starr King
School for the Ministry (Unitarian Universalist), a seminary of the
Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. An ally in the
struggle to end sexism, Lewis is a former member of the Leadership
Council of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS).
From 1993-1995 he also served as Co-Chair of the organization. Between
1990-96, Lewis served as Director of Adult Education at the Oakland
Men's Project (OMP), one of the oldest and most respected multicultural
violence prevention training programs in the nation. He is a past
member of the board of A Safe Place, the battered women's shelter
program for the city of Oakland, California. Currently, he is Co-Chair
of the Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute. An activist with
deep environmental concern, Lewis is a co-founder of the Urban Habitat
Program, and a former board member of Urban Ecology, Inc.
Lewis is available for individual lectures, workshops and trainings or in events with Hugh Vasquez, another leading diversity trainer and educator who also appears in "The Color of Fear." They can be accompanied by the film as part of a dialogue exploring our hopes and visions for a multicultural society.
Quote Victor Lewis's anti-racism training was deeply transformational for our organization. His integration of social and cultural analysis, psychological insight, tools for reframing beliefs and assumptions, and methods for healing offers a path for profound change for individuals, organizations, and the larger world. I hope people everywhere can experience his skills, wisdom, and mentoring. Victor Lewis is simply the best trainer I have ever encountered.
-Ken Butigan, Director, Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service "Victor Lewis is a man of extraordinary talents. He is an articulate speaker, a powerful and charismatic teacher and an inspiring presence..."
— Emory Elliot, Director of the Center for Ideas and Society, University of California, Riverside "He is so powerful and candid in his interactions, yet always open to the possibility of transformation, to the possibility of healing. Absolutely dynamic!
— Cornell West, author and scholar "He brings gentleness and rigor and an analytic political understanding which can rescue spirit, body, heart, and mind from institutionally enforced incomprehension about matters of race, class, sex, sexuality, and religion."
— Peggy McIntosh, Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College |
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