Why Race Matters Workshop Series

/ Remote Participation - Zoom/

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!

  • Session 1: Monday October 19th 9:30am-12pm

  • Session 2: Wednesday October 21st 9:30am-12pm

  • 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:

  • Examine beliefs about race, advantage and justice, and how these issues impact our communities, organizations, and institutions.

  • Define and discuss implicit bias and explicit bias and examples of how they operate on individual and institutional levels.

  • Gain awareness of historical cases of institutional racism.

  • Define terms and develop an understanding of the difference between: structural, institutional, and individual racism; and equity and equality.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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