8/4 Cohort 5: Racial Equity in Community Engagement
August 4, 2021 @ 1:00PM — August 25, 2021 @ 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
A four week series on how to do the work of racial equity.
Registration is for four dates. Each session is 2 hours long. If you register, please plan to attend all four sessions (August 4,
This four week course starts with a brief history of systemic racism in America. Participants will learn how white supremacy culture norms show up in organizations, why change is vital, and tools for doing the work.
Over the course of eight hours of training, participants will:
- Understand how a history of oppression and resistance of Black, Indigenous, People of Color has led us to this moment and how progress forward will depend on white Americans dismantling white supremacy culture.
- Learn about the norms of white dominant culture which impede effective community engagement in communities of color
- Reflect on their personal relationship with those norms and identify where they have seen them play out within their organization’s community engagement efforts as well as plan for how to challenge these norms using VACV’s model
- Learn ways of equitably engaging marginalized / communities of color starting with how to listen effectively
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