new roots Session 2 shifting cultures

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In order to co-create equitable organizational cultures we must acknowledge how our historical and current realities continue to cause harm and develop solutions that break these oppressive cycles.

In preparation for next session, please see the educational materials below.

Out of many we are one.

AMERICAN Distortion

You can have your own personal truth. In a free society, no one can, will or should take that away from you. You can stick with that to any extreme you want, provided you don't subtract from the freedoms of someone else.

SYSTEMIC RACISM & White Supremacy

For decades following the Civil Rights period, white people tended to think in terms of "racist" or "not racist" categories, focusing on individual behavior and denying the presence of systemic racism. This mainstream understanding of racism as individual race prejudice downplays the way in which society in structured - both formally and informally - in ways that systematically disadvantage people of color. White supremacy is a term that can help us discuss the ways in which racism is systemic - a chronic, all encompassing problem, not just a series of random, acute incidents. To address white supremacy, we'll need to understand its function. The information provided below will help to better understand systemic racism and the function of white supremacy.

From the Inside Out: Doing Our Work

The Cycle of Socialization helps us understand the way in which we are socialized to play certain roles, how we are affected by issues of oppression, and how we help maintain an oppressive system based upon power.

As people come to a critical level of understanding of the nature of oppression and their roles in this systemic phenomenon, they seek new paths for creating social change and taking themselves toward empowerment or liberation. Developing a liberatory consciousness allows us to live within current systems with greater awareness and intentionality. Changing larger systems and institutions is a slow process that requires the work of many individuals who challenge oppression in small and big ways. With awareness and intentionality we can begin to let go of automatic response patterns and patterns of thought we learned through our cycles of socialization, as these response patterns reinforce and perpetuate the systems of oppression.

Identity Development, Personal Transformation, & Building Community

Bobby Harro | The Cycle of Liberation

Racial Equity Tools | Summary of Stages of Racial Identity Development

For People Who Have Come to Be Known as White

Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere (AWARE) | Introduction to Towards a Radical White Identity

Paul Kivel | The Costs of Racism to White People

Witnessing Whiteness | On-ramps and Lanes on the Racial Justice Freeway

Bettina Love | Video: Co-Conspirators vs Allies

For those Who Identify as BIPoC

Sharon Park | Non-Black People of Color Need to Start Having Conversations about Anti-Blackness in our Communities: A guide to starting anti-racist conversations with friends and family

BIPoC Project | Solidarity Principles

BIPoC Project | Our Theory of Change

Racial Equity Tools | What is Internalized Racism?

Milwaukee Independent | The Battle to Be Me: How Internalized Racism Impacts People of Color in America

Equity Work at the Institutional Level

To provide context on our journey to better understand our work at various levels, please see the readings below. We will dive into equity work at the institutional level in our third session.

Dismantling Racism | Predictable Phases of Equity Work

Dismantling Racism | Six Phases of Racial Equity Practice

Crossroads Ministry | Continuum on Becoming an Anti-Racist, Multicultural Institution

Reaching back to acquire knowledge in order to progress forward; this is sankofa, this is how we achieve clarity and start the process of making an equitable future.

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