Equity 101 Series - Registration & FAQ
/Better Health Together is offering an Equity 101 Series of workshops with the goal of growing a shared understanding of equity concepts and language across BHT partner organizations. This series grows from our equity assessment work together last year and the clear need to combat systems of oppression and steward change in our community.
For more information about the series, please see our Frequently Asked Questions Document.
A note on the evolving equity journey
We have yet to see an anti-racist world, but we believe we can build one. We do not strive for perfection in our equity journey, but an openness to learn and willingness to be moved. We will make mistakes, and those mistakes will help us grow. We strive to build accountability in our work that will prevent and reduce the harm to those who have already been impacted by oppression along the way. We owe so much of our learning to people of color and members of other oppressed groups who have taken on a great burden in sharing their experiences of oppression in order for us to see how we must do better. To that end, we do our best to express our commitment as we know how to live it out today in this document. However, our commitment to anti-oppression work is evolving and how we communicate and activate our commitment to this work will also evolve and grow.
Who should attend?
Contracted partners are encouraged to send members of their transformation teams to this series and the subsequent equity statement workshops in October. Submitting an equity commitment statement is a requirement in Year 2 contracts.
Collaborative members with a current MOU are also encouraged to join us, and are eligible to receive up to $2,500 per organization for participating in the series. ($500/session).
More information in the FAQ linked above.
Workshop Topics
Week 1: Equity 101 and Dominant Culture
Week 2: Dominant Culture Impacts, Implicit Bias, Intersectionality, and Representation deep dive.
Week 3: Racism and White Supremacy Culture – what are we really talking about?
Week 4: So why is Spokane so white? Exploring more White Supremacy culture in systems, historical trauma, and cultural appropriation.
Week 5: Small group workshops - How to integrate equity in your work and organization.
Workshop Format
We are offering four cohorts for the 5-part workshop series. The workshops are held once a week at a standard time, with 1 hour of content, 30 minutes of Q&A, and 30 minutes of optional continued discussion or processing time.
Cohort workshops will be led by BHT staff, based off of our internal Equity Workgroup conversation model. The workshops lean heavily on small group discussion and activity. BHT staff will introduce a concept and prompts for discussion/activity, then facilitate small group discussion.
BHT is offering CEUs for this series.
Before you register
This is a 5-week workshop series. Please commit to a standard day/time of the week to participate in these trainings with a cohort.
Maximum of 3 attendees per organization may register at this time (total, not 3 per cohort).
Please designate a team lead among attendees for your organization. Team leads are responsible for correspondence and ensuring team completes any related assignments.
There will be an expectation that after each session you will bring activities and reflection questions back to your organization (start the conversation, or keep the momentum!)
How to Register
We are using Eventbrite for our registration process. Please click on the buttons below to reach the event page for your preferred cohort. Please register for and save each of the five weekly meeting dates for your cohort in your calendar, including the Zoom information sent in the confirmation email. You will receive a separate confirmation email for each date/event in the series.
You will be asked to provide your name, email, title, organization, and whether or not you would like to receive CEUs.
Cohort 1
August 11, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
August 18, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
August 25, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
September 1, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
September 8, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
Cohort 2
August 11, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
August 18, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
August 25, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
September 1, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
September 8, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Cohort 3
September 15, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
September 22, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
September 29, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
October 6, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
October 13, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
Cohort 4
September 15, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
September 22, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
September 29, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
October 6, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
October 13, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM