Racial Justice Stances: Grounding in Our Truths
A workshop supporting more effective and humanizing conversations across layers of power and privilege.
Description
Imagine if your conversations about racial justice were consistently nourishing and energizing. Imagine that tension and conflict around race ended up as gateways to deeper relationships. Imagine racial justice conversations that feel expansive, allowing space for imagination and shared exploration. What if this were possible more of the time?
The work of dismantling white supremacy challenges us to embody our truest selves and our deepest values. But often, even talking about racism with others takes us away from ourselves and from conscious choice in how we show up. This workshop supports participants in developing new tools to stay rooted in who they are and what they value, even in moments of tension and conflict.
Racial Justice Stances: Grounding in Our Truths will introduce you to stance, explore the layers standing between you and your true power, and hold space for you to practice holding your stance in racial justice conversations.
Stance is a tool for rooting in your core self, so that your inherent wisdom, power and sense of connection are available to you as you challenge racism in others, within yourself and in the systems we seek to transform. It is both a journey and a destination. Rooted in stance, we are better able to speak our truth, to ask for or demand what we need, to hold ourselves and each other accountable, and to build deeper relationships that further liberation.
This workshop will give participants the groundwork to:
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Develop a stance for racial justice conversations rooted in their core values, beliefs and longings for the world;
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Better understand, notice and navigate their triggers;
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Sharpen discernment around when and how to engage in racial justice conversations;
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Practice their stances in real-world scenarios, guided by facilitators; and
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Hone their practice of racial justice conversations over time.
Format
Grounding In Our Truths is offered on both an open enrollment basis and for member-serving networks seeking to advance racial equity. The workshop takes place over two, two-hour sessions spaced a week apart. The format emphasizes individual reflection, small-group exploration, and full-group practice. The workshop is designed for participants with at least a basic knowledge of systemic racism.
Date, Time and Cost
Equity in the Center is updating service pricing to a tiered pricing model beginning April 2022 to better align with best practices among equity-focused organizations. We ask that organizations purchasing tickets on behalf of their staff purchase tickets in the tier that aligns with your organizational budget and sector. For individuals purchasing tickets for yourself, we ask that people with greater privilege purchase tickets at the higher end, which will allow individuals with historically less access to wealth, disproportionately BIPOC folks, to pay the lower fees.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email workshops@equityinthecenter.org.
Partial scholarships are available. Please complete this “application” if you are interested.
Workshop Cost:
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Subsidized Rate |
Actual Cost Rate |
Supporter Rate |
Investment Rate |
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Non-profits with budgets <$1M |
Non-profits with budgets between $1M and $3,999,999; government |
Foundations with assets less than $10M; non-profits with budgets between $4M and $9,999,999 |
All for-profit companies; foundations with assets over $10M; and non-profits with budgets $10M and above |
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$200 |
$225 |
$250 |
$275 |
*Budget categories based on Rockwood Leadership Institute’s tiered pricing model
July Session
Monday, July 18, 1-3pm ET
AND
Thursday, July 21, 1-3pm ET
Facilitators
Tamir Novotny, MPA
Tamir Novotny is principal of Ahimsa Strategies, a coaching and facilitation practice that supports progressive leaders and organizations in advancing justice while living in our full humanity. Their projects focus on supporting individuals and teams in moving through the tensions, contradictions and conflict inherent in equity work while strengthening relationships and promoting accountability beyond punishment culture. Prior to starting Ahimsa Strategies, Tamir ran Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, a progressive, membership-based organization working to empower emerging leaders and elevate philanthropic practice in order to build a more just, equitable and sustainable world. Tamir received a Masters in Public Administration from the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a BA from NYU in Metropolitan Studies. They are also a Certified Professional Coach. In their spare time, Tamir enjoys climbing, hanging out with their nibblings, making music and competitive gaming.
Kristell Caballero Saucedo
Kristell Caballero Saucedo serves as the Program Officer for the Racial Equity Initiatives at Borealis Philanthropy. Her work is committed to social justice work that puts race with an intersectional analysis at its nexus. Through her coaching practice at Living Change, Kristell supports individuals in the social sector committed to practicing antiracism. She received a Change Management certification from Cornell University. Recently, she participated in the Hispanics in Philanthropy Leadership Program. Kristell served as a grantmaker for the Community Innovation program at the Bush Foundation during her Ron McKinley Philanthropy Fellowship. She has worked as a consultant to foundations and nonprofits on racial equity and community-led work. First as a New Sector Alliance Fellow, and later as the Racial Equity Project Manager at Northside Funders Group she led and curated a racial equity toolkit and learning curriculum for grantmakers. As a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico, Kristell focused her research on Afro-Mexican rights. She spent a year working on anti-racist non-formal education at Phiren Amenca, an International Roma Rights organization based in Hungary. Kristell holds a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish from St. Olaf College.
