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Due to current public health concerns around COVID-19, the final session (PAHRTS workshop: Liability Questions, Obligations, and Ethics) has been rescheduled from March to May 12, 2020 (new date). The session will take place  * ONLINE *  via Zoom video conferencing. Thank you for your patience, and flexibility during a strange time.

More information about COVID-19 is available on our PAHRTS website (http://www.pahrts.mntheateralliance.org), including resources, webinars, and example language for communicating with your community.

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Performing Arts Human Resources Toolkit Series:
Creating holistically healthy cultures in our performing arts communities

Join the Minnesota Theater Alliance, with presenting sponsor Kaplan Insurance, for six half-day sessions focused on the health, safety, and well-being of our performing arts individuals and organizations. This series will feature content applicable to both individual practitioners and representatives of performing arts organizations!

Attendees will come away with resources, information, skills, critical thinking on real world scenarios, and connections with fellow practitioners to help build healthy, safe, and stronger cultures within organizations and production processes.

PRICING *
     +    Members: $25 per session or $100 for six session package (2 free!)
     +    Non-Members: $40 per session or $200 for six session package (1 free!)

Thanks to IATSE Local 13, we are able to offer a LIMITED NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS for independent contractors. To request a scholarship, please select "I am an independent contractor requesting a scholarship" on the registration form. Scholarships will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.

* Funds are available through the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC) to help offset the costs of valuable trainings like these! The Management Training Fund program provides grants of up to $600 for the staff and volunteers of nonprofit and fiscally sponsored arts groups to attend management-related workshops, seminars, or conferences in the state of Minnesota. Application deadline is minimum 2 weeks before proposed training. More information at https://mrac.org/grants/management-training-fund/

While registration fees are not refundable, we would be happy to coordinate exchanges between fellow organization or company members if your plans change. Please reach out to joanna@mntheateralliance.org

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SESSIONS

1.   Preventing Sexual Misconduct
October 15, 2019 — 9:30am - 12:00pm
Wellstone Center, St. Paul

2.   Hiring People: Classification, Onboarding, Compensation, and Equity
November 19, 2019 — 9:30am - 12:00pm
Wellstone Center, St. Paul

3.   Insurance and Workers Comp Basics
December 17, 2019 — 9:30am - 12:00pm
Nautilus Music-Theater Studio, St. Paul
(PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE!)

4.   Taking Responsibility for Health, Safety, and Wellness
January 21, 2020 — 9:30am - 12:00pm
Wellstone Center, St. Paul

5.   Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: The Continued Journey
February 18, 2020 — 9:30am - 12:00pm
Wellstone Center, St. Paul

6.   Ethics in a time of COVID-19
*** May 12, 2020 — 10:00 - 11:30am
* ONLINE * via Zoom video conferencing
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ABOUT THE MINNESOTA THEATER ALLIANCE
The Minnesota Theater Alliance connects, supports, and advocates for the statewide performing arts community. We envision a vibrant and complex Minnesota performing arts ecosystem in which practitioners’ flourish in companies that are stable, accessible, safe, and healthy; achieving their missions through enthusiastic engagement with their communities and audiences.