Do you want the opportunity to meet regularly with other equity professionals to develop your skills and strategies, build community, brainstorm and troubleshoot your organizational challenges in a container of trust and confidentiality towards achievable goals and intersectional liberation? We know you do! That is why we are offering our inaugural Equity Professionals Collaborative from March – June 2020!
What is it?
The Equity Professionals Collaborative will meet biweekly from March 20 - June 26 for a total of 28+ hours of professional development, community building and collaboration. Sessions will be designed and tailored to the needs and goals of participants, and will likely cover topics including:
Tools for raising your organization's equity knowledge baseline and commitment.
Strategies for organizing stakeholders, building coalitions and managing resistance to your equity initiatives.
Skills for facilitation, conflict resolution and restorative justice within a racial justice framework.
Strategies for self-care, self-regulation, and resiliency for sustaining you and your work.
Relationship building with peers doing similar work in a range of fields.
Opportunities to brainstorm, troubleshoot and consult with peers and facilitators real-time about your specific organizational challenges, away from the politics and relationships of your workplace.