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Foundations for Racial Equity is designed for people who already have grounding in basic racial equity terms and principles. We expect all participants to have read the SPARC report and to have familiarity with key terms and concepts. Please ensure that you have familiarity with the following terms, tools, and resources (i.e. that you've done your "homework") so that conversation as a group can focus on what we want to accomplish as a group, rather than what certain concepts are.
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SPARC's Phase I Findings
- Read the full report if you have not already.
- If you've read the report and are looking for a quick refresher, watch our SPARC Phase I Findings webinar recording.
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RMI Webinar Series (Nov 2018 - Feb 2019)
- Read the pre-reading, notes, and slides from each webinar.
- Webinar 1: Unpacking Key Concepts to Address Racial Equity
- Webinar 2: Creating a Racial Equity Backmap
- Webinar 3: Conducting a Racial Equity Impact Analysis
- Webinar 4: Strategies to Advance Racial Equity in Your Organization (coming soon)
- Watch the debrief video of the first two webinars
- Read the pre-reading, notes, and slides from each webinar.
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Key Concepts: Please make sure you understand the following concepts and definitions. We've included some starter resources below, but don't limit yourself to just these for your learning journey.
- Racial equity
- Structural racism (part I and part II)
- Levels of racism: institutional racism, interpersonal, systemic (cheat sheet, longer descriptions)
- Implicit bias (also this video)
- White privilege (and another resource)
- White fragility (and another article, both by Robin DiAngelo)
- Targeted universalism
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How white people can show up better in racial equity work.
- Here is a list of resources on how white people can better show up
- Why Black People Are Not Here to Teach You
- Why we need to go beyond cultural competency to talk about race and power
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History of race and racism in the US
- Here is a list of resources to help educate yourself on race and racism in the US. If you haven’t already, the documentary 13th on Netflix is a good place to start.
If you would like to have an in-depth conversation about any of these fundamentals, please reach out to Stephanie to set up a time to talk.