
Workshop on Animating Antiracism as a Way of Being And…
July 12 @ 9:00 am - July 13 @ 12:30 pm
Talking about race and racial discrimination can be hard, but it’s important to understand how to fix these ongoing social issues. When we talk about belonging and diversity as strengths for communities and organizations, we must also recognize the challenges preventing these goals. Crossroads’ experience shows that understanding antiracism and what it requires from leaders is key to creating diverse, fair, and welcoming places. This involves developing a shared understanding of how systemic discrimination, particularly racism, operates within institutions, practicing the identification of its impacts in people and their communities, recognizing how institutions unintentionally contribute to these impacts, and exploring tools for imagining solutions. This special edition of Crossroads foundational workshop will provide participants with an expanded exploration of institutional organizing and how to navigate the climate of retrenchment permeating our culture.
Workshop Objectives:
• Introduce a way to understand antiracism and what it asks of institutions and their leaders.
• Surface how systemic racism arises from a culture that values dominance as a core principle.
• Explore how our systems uphold systemic discrimination, benefiting dominant groups and harming marginalized ones, especially people of color.
• Begin exploring the long-term work needed to break down systemic racial injustice in institutions and society.
Details
Date: July 12
Time: 9:00 am