Racial Justice Training Institute – Onsite
Opening Reception
Monday evening, June 22, 2015
Please join us for an opening reception on the evening of Monday, June 22, 6:00 p.m. Place
and speakers to be confirmed.
Day One
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Schedule
Session
9:00 – 11:00
Welcome, introductions & context. Provides an introduction to onsite retreat and
to each other.
11:00 – 11:15
Break
11:15 – 12:00
Opportunity Framework: Case Examples. Presents case examples using
opportunity analysis to support advocacy.
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch
1:00 – 2:15
Social Cognition & Implicit Bias. Continues exploration of social cognition &
implicit bias concepts and tools and introduces priming and debiasing as vehicles
for counter-acting implicit bias.
2:15 – 2:30
Break
2:30 – 4:15
Returning to the Four Levels. Examines issues of race, identity and privilege in the
context of racial justice advocacy.
4:15 – 4:45
Walk & Talk
4:45 – 5:00
Team Meetings
5:15 – 6:30
Meet & Greet – open bar/appetizers
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Day Two
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Schedule
Session
9:00 – 9:30
Reflections Day 1; Intro to Day 2
9:30 - 10:45
Pursuing Racial Justice through the Courts. Reviews legal handles and emerging
issues in pursuing racial equity through litigation.
10:45 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 12:30
Racially Equitable Policy Advocacy. Introduces tools to assess existing and
proposed policies and legislation through a race-equity lens.
12:30 – 1:30
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00
Selecting & Developing Issue Campaigns. Introduces suggested criteria to use in
selecting racial equity issues to address; also provides opportunity to use strategy
development tools for individual team’s racial equity initiatives.
3:00 – 3:15
Break
3:15 – 4:15
Selecting & Developing Issue Campaigns. Equity Teams use “strategic planning”
and “Campaign Timeline” worksheets to develop initial plans to move their racial
equity initiatives forward.
4:15 – 4:30
Break
4:30 – 5:15
Team Presentations
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Day Three
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Schedule
Session
9:00 – 9:30
Reflections & Evaluation of Day Two; Intro to Day 3
9:30 – 11:45
Introduction to Framing and Strategic Communications. Introduces concepts and
tools for crafting effective race-informed messages with time to apply these to
prepared case scenarios.
Including break
11:45 – 12:00
Break
12:00 – 12:45
Equity Team Meetings. Teams apply framing and communication tools to their
proposed racial equity initiatives.
12:45 – 1:45
Lunch
1:45 - 3:15
Building Multi-Racial/Multi-Ethnic Alliance. Examines factors that contribute to
building and maintaining diverse alliances.
3:30 –5:15
Power Dynamics in Office/Organization. Considers racial equity issues within the
context of participants’ offices or organizations.
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Day Four
Friday, June 26, 2015
Schedule
Session
8:45 – 9:15
Reflections & Evaluation of Day 3; Overview Day 4
9:15 -10:30
Organizational Change. Provides review of leadership needed to align
organizations to prioritize and support racial equity work.
10:30 – 10:45
Break
10:45-12:00
Equity Teamwork. Presentation on research planning plus tips for building a
effective racial equity teams, assessing needs & opportunities, and confirming
racial equity goals.
12:00 – 12:45
Lunch
12:45 -1:45
Sharing Team Plans. Peer learning about plans for equity team work in coming
months.
1:45 – 3:00
Training Evaluation & Review of Next Steps
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