AWARE-LA Saturday Dialogue “What is a White Anti-Racist?” February 1, 2014 New Members please arrive at 12:30pm sharp. Facilitators please arrive at 12:15pm sharp. Facilitator Prep Time 12:15pm – 1:00pm Select new member orientation leader, greeter, and facilitators for each section. New Member Orientation 12:45pm – 1:15pm Welcome to the space and introduction of AWARE-LA organizational model. All Members please arrive at 1:00pm. Returning Member Check-Ins Informal check-ins, reconnect with each other. 1:00pm – 1:15pm Welcome and All-Group Check-In 1:15pm – 1:40pm Welcome to the Saturday Dialogue. Check in: share your name, your preferred gender pronouns (PGPs), and something that came up for you about race over the last month. Read Communication Guidelines. Ice Breaker 1:40pm – 1:50pm And the wind comes and takes you away.... One person will stand in center. The person in center says something related to race. All people for whom this statement is true stand up. Facilitator says, "And the wind comes and takes you away." Then all standing participants move to a different seat (including the person in the center), leaving one participant standing. That individual continues the process. Open Dialogue Facilitated all-group discussion to address the following questions: -What is white anti-racism? -What does it mean to practice anti-racism as a white person? -What do you need to practice anti-racism as a white person? -What does community do to address those needs? Snack/Break 1:50pm – 2:45pm 2:45pm – 2:55pm Personal Solidarity /Snack 2:55pm – 3:25pm Groups of three have 10 minutes each for sharing/strategizing/active listening on personal/interpersonal issues around race & racism. Ask for timekeeper to make sure each person has 10 minutes. Make time for feedback if desired. Announcements & Volunteers • Workgroup Announcements • Community Announcements 3:30pm – 3:45pm Pass-the-Hat & Check-Out 3:45pm – 4:00pm Pass the hat for AWARE-LA donations. Share 1 plus, 1 change, OR 1 insight from today. AWARE-LA Volunteer Dialogue Saturday Dialogue Facilitation Team, Active Resistance & All-Workgroup Discussion Saturday, February 1, 2014 | 4:30-7:30PM 4:15-4:30PM Space prep and facilitation volunteers meet: task out greeter, facilitator/ timekeeper people for AR and SD space, facilitators for all-workgroup discussion • On wall: Community Organizing goals; Org Map; and discussion guidelines. 4:30-4:40PM Check-in if any new people joining: • Name, any preferred identity or pronoun recognition, share something about yourself • Review organization goals, and goal of Volunteer Dialogue space 4:40PM-6:00PM Workgroup breakouts for continuing volunteers Saturday Dialogue Facilitation - review pluses, changes, deltas from last dialogue (10 min) - plan March Dialogue: Leadership Format (Shelly) - Discuss Yearlong Schedule - Start up AWARE Education Space? - What else can SD planning do to improve SD gatherings? Active Resistance - review agenda; additions, changes? 1. Following up with contacts from surveying and outreach 2. Creating & editing AWARE documents for outreach • What do we have? What do we need to do? 3. Goals? Get 20-25 white DT residents involved and active members - Which tactics get us to this goal? - How can we make the most of limited time and resources? 4. Discuss tasked out work from Dec Google Hangout • Poster, organizations, social media 5. Looking for new space - Jan or Feb Learning exchange with LA CAN - report back from West Coast Day of Action, WS Workshop - When to make the partnership public? (Jan-May) - What do we need to have in place before we do? - What would be a good opportunity to publicize our work? · 6:00-6:20PM Workgroups check-in Participants discuss important topics, issues, or ideas that came up in the workgroup space • Get feedback and input from all participants 6:20-7:20PM All Workgroup Discussion • Discussion Topics: o How to handle conflict in meetings o Challenging privilege in the aware space o New space updates • New VD Ideas: o Quarterly VD “mini-retreats” to discuss theory • Task Board (@ every meeting workload check-ins) o Do you need help? Do you want to help? • Questions Corner (@ every meeting running list of questions/topics for discussion) o Questions you would like to bring to the all workgroup space! § Example: How can we document our lesson plans, activities, etc? o Newer members: Do you have any questions about AWARE? § Example: What are the values of AWARE? • One on Ones Requests? Offers? 7:20-7:30PM Individual check-out: plus, change, and/or insight