Why Race Matters Workshop Series: Last chance of the Year!
/Please join us for “Why Race Matters Workshop” led by Greater Spokane Progress.
November 30th, December 2nd, and December 4th
Using the acclaimed documentary “Race: The Power of an Illusion,” the Why Race Matters Workshop, led by a multi-racial team of local facilitators, addresses how racial inequities have been built into institutions and structures throughout our country, why it is important to use a racial equity lens, and what we can do to advance racial equity in our organizations and in our community.
Note that this virtual training is held in 3 sessions over 3 days. *YOU MUST REGISTER FOR ALL 3 DAYS!
Session 1: November 30th 9:30am-12pm
Session 2: December 2nd 9:30am-12pm
Session 3: December 4th 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.
What participants are saying about the virtual Why Race Matter Workshop:
“The activities and ability to discuss in small group”
“Openness of everyone in sharing”
“Liked having the different facilitators”
“The space that was created to be able to ask questions and to be authentic and transparent”
“I really liked being able to get a local view on the system racism and discrimination”
“Honest conversations, good material, good facilitators”
“The historical context provided through the videos”
“I found the videos very eye opening and very much appreciated the debriefing conversations we had afterwards. It was an important opportunity to process what I watched.”
“I loved the videos and the graphics”
“A big THANK YOU for a unique opportunity to start "unpacking" some of the subjects involved when talking about race. I have a much better understanding of why race matters.”
