Virtual Anti-Racism Training
This interactive series is designed to provide your staff with shared language and understanding of how to move towards anti-racist practices and implementation in their personal and professional lives. Our workshops offer meaningful learning and reflection opportunities for participants of all racial identities, while issuing a clear call to action for those upholding current systems of white supremacy. By examining how the concept of “whiteness” influences various existent systems within the United States, this training creates space for white folks and people of color alike to reflect on their individual and collective contributions to the larger systems around us.
The foundation of our model challenges organizations to recognize how the work of dismantling oppressive systems requires both individual and collective accountability for our roles within these systems. It challenges folks to have the courage to lean into discomfort and engage in conversation-based learning through a lens of empathy; especially for white folks who may be grappling with racial privilege and the responsibilities associated with those privileges. Throughout our facilitated sessions, you will witness our facilitators guide folks through this process by modeling their own vulnerability and reflecting upon their own privileges. We believe this is the only way to actively dismantle inequitable systems and move towards collective action.
White Folks (Part I): We Have to Talk About Race
1.5 hours — This virtual workshop will focus on strategies for engaging in racial equity conversations.
Objectives:
Explore the social construct of race;
Recognize and examine our privilege in society based on the intersectionality of our identities; and
Examine the impact of systemic racism.
White Folks (Part II): A Call to Action
1.5 hours — This virtual workshop will focus on strategies for taking actionable steps in your communities.
Objectives:
Explore the difference between being non-racist and actively anti-racist;
Co-create action steps for accountability; and
Name and combat racism in practice.
Reflection Toolkits
After each workshop, you’ll also receive an aligned toolkit that will help your team reinforce and further reflect on content. These toolkits can be used as an independent activity or a guide for facilitating further internal dialogue.
Meet Your Facilitators
By modeling personal vulnerability, the facilitators create space for participants to engage in honest dialogue and learn strategies for taking accountability.
In partnership with Diversity Talks, we hope to provide a virtual space for internal reflection so that we can begin to move the conversation from what it means to be non-racist to one that is focused on being actively anti-racist.