Our world is filled with wicked problems. Business problems with sustainability challenges and/or social, economic, and political factors. These exist within all of our organizations, our communities, or even the entire world. Unfortunately wicked problems require wicked answers. To uncover ways to do this I looked into how people solved wicked problems in the past. This lead me to a practice used to solve some wicked problems such as:

- Learning ways of fighting against oppression in their daily lives
- Developing the skills and faculties to liberate themselves and others
- Inspiring real acts of resistance

The practices that lead to these solutions are collectively called "Theatre of the Oppressed". Theatre of the Oppressed could be considered a combination of brainstorming, improv, interactive theatre, and empathy building.

In this session we will explore the foundations of Theatre of the Oppressed and how we can use them in our organizations and communities. Specifically in this session we'll:

- Discuss the origins and foundation of Theatre of the Oppressed
- We'll discuss the philosophy and key practices in Theatre of the Oppressed
- We'll play several of the games designed to connect the participants with the problem from multiple perspectives (not just their own)
- We'll plan and deliver a short "Forum Play" around a topic we select and explore in the session

Please join us as we use these practices to uncover new and better ways to work together, build empathy, and support one another. All while having a blast doing it.