Please join us for “Why Race Matters” led by Greater Spokane Progress.
October 19th, 21st, and 23rd
This training is open to all BHT partners. Please limit registrations to 2 individuals per organization.
Note that this training is held in 3 sessions over 3 days. *YOU MUST REGISTER FOR ALL 3 DAYS!
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Session 1: Monday October 19th 9:30am-12pm
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Session 2: Wednesday October 21st 9:30am-12pm
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Session 3: Friday October 23rd 9:30am-12pm
The Why Race Matters Workshop has been designed to provide a foundation for further racial equity work. Our objectives are to:
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Examine beliefs about race, advantage and justice, and how these issues impact our communities, organizations, and institutions.
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Define and discuss implicit bias and explicit bias and examples of how they operate on individual and institutional levels.
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Gain awareness of historical cases of institutional racism.
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Define terms and develop an understanding of the difference between: structural, institutional, and individual racism; and equity and equality.
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Identify structural and institutional racism, how it continues to impact us today, and begin to look at the complexities of the intersections with other oppressed identities.
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Discuss local examples of institutional racism and begin to think about next steps for our ourselves and our organizations.
* Attendees will be asked to view two one hour documentaries following session one and two in addition to the 3 facilitated sessions. More instructions will be emailed to you prior to session 1.
