Led by: The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
Hosted by:
Boston College Center for Human Rights & International Justice
Haymarket People’s Fund
Madison Park Community Development Corporation
Mel King Institute for Community Building
undoing racism 2010 registration
Date
Thursday, September 30, 6-8pm
Friday, October1, 9am-5pm
Saturday, October 2, 9am-5pm
Location
Community Room at the Madison Park Village Management Office
122 Dewitt Drive, Roxbury, MA 02120
Registration Fee
$350 for small organization and individuals
$450 for large institutions and businesses
Scholarships Available for MACDC members by contacting Shirrondaa@macdc.org
Undoing Racism™ Community Organizing Workshop
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond’s Undoing Racism™/Community Organizing Workshops move beyond a focus on the symptoms of racism to an understanding of what it is, where it comes from, how it functions, why it persists and how it can be undone. The core of workshop’s systemic approach emphasizes learning from history, developing leadership, maintaining accountability to communities, creating networks, undoing internalized racial oppression and understanding the role of organizational gatekeeping as a mechanism for perpetuating racism.
HOW CAN WE UNDO RACISM?
The fabric of racism is inextricably woven and constructed into the founding principles of the United States. Racism was done and it can be undone through effective anti-racist organizing with, and in accountability to the communities most impacted by racism. The People’s Institute believes that effective community and institutional change happens when those who are agents of transformation understand the foundations of race and racism and how they continually function as a barrier to community self determination and self sufficiency.
ANTI-RACIST COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
Anti-racist community organizing and training analyzes power and how it is used to maintain a racial construct that was implemented centuries ago during the founding of the nation. This nation has always reflected rich diversity from the innumerable multitude of indigenous cultures who inhabited and sustained this land prior to arrival of European explorers to our present composition. Yet, unequivocally, whites continue to fair significantly better than all people of color. Anti-racist organizing helps us to understand why.
ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES
Through dialogue, reflection, role-playing, strategic planning and presentations, this intensive process challenges participants to analyze the structures of power and privilege that hinder racial equity and prepares them to be effective organizers for social justice. Workshop participants will:
- Develop a common definition of racism and an understanding of its different forms: individual, institutional, linguistic, and cultural;
- Develop a common language and analysis for examining racism in the United States;
- Understand one’s own connection to institutional racism and its impact on his/her work;
- Understand why people are poor and the role of institutions in exacerbating institutional racism, particularly for people and communities of color;
- Understand the historical context for how racial classifications in the United States came to be and how and why they are maintained;
- Understand the historical context for how U.S. institutions came to be and who they have been designed to serve;
- Understand how all of us, including white people, are adversely impacted by racism every day, everywhere;
- Address surface assumptions about how your work is (or is not) affected by racism;
- Develop awareness and understanding about ways to begin Undoing Racism ;
- Gain knowledge about how to be more effective in the work you do with your constituencies, your organizations, your communities, your families;
- Understand the role of community organizing and building effective multiracial coalitions as a means for Undoing Racism.
| September 29, 2010 | | September 30, 2010 | | October 1, 2010 |
Presented by the Immigrant Learning Center
Date: September 29 – October 1, 2010
Location: Westin Boston Waterfront
The National Immigrant Integration Conference (NIIC) will be held in Boston, Massachusetts this fall. The 1st NIIC successfully brought together over 300 stakeholders: policy makers and community based organizations, service providers and the government sector last June. The focus in Denver was how to move integration efforts forward at the local, state and national level. The Boston conference will emphasize promising practices with four broad themes: Immigrants and Naturalization, Immigrants and the Economy, Host Communities and Justice with 24 workshops on naturalization, civic engagement, public education, language, workforce development, recertification, integration models, community development and public services.
The Partnership for New Americans selected Boston because of the rich diversity of immigrant communities and the long history of progressive integration policies in the state. The breadth and depth of Massachusetts’ immigrant community, the 7th largest overall immigrant population in the nation, provides a unique backdrop for inclusion and integration discussions as it represents one of the nation’s most diverse populations. Governor Patrick will offer his New American Agenda as one example of uniting forces across all sectors to foster immigrant integration. New Jersey and Massachusetts are among the first states to work on an integration policy.
Register today: www.integrationconference.org
| May 13, 2010 | | 9:30 am | to | 12:30 pm |
Sponsored by Third Sector New England
Date: May 13, 2010
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm
Location: Brandon School and Residential Treatment Center, 27 Winter Street, Natick, MA 01760
Registration Fee: $79.00
Workshop Description: Leaders increasingly recognize that in a multicultural society, diversity matters when serving our constituencies, building staff teams, and interacting with the community. At the same time, many leaders have questions about what is necessary to build a diverse workforce, better work with clients from differing cultural backgrounds, and, in general, lead change to promote diversity in their nonprofits.
Achieving diversity does not mean it can be sustained without understanding the challenge of inclusion. This interactive workshop for executive directors, board members and senior leaders will introduce a systems perspective that illustrates the multiple, interrelated factors necessary for inclusive non-profit organizations.
Building on the work of Third Sector New England’s Diversity & Inclusion Initiative, workshop content will focus on exploring organizational readiness and creating the foundation for sustainable change. The facilitators will share case studies and examples from their extensive experience working with a wide range of non-profit organizations.
Additional Information and Registration: Here
| May 7, 2010 | | 7:30 am | to | 10:00 am |
Hosted by the Boston Center for Community & Justice
Date: Friday, May 7, 2010
Time: 7:30am – 10:00am
Location: Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, 14th Floor
As Greater Boston’s cultural diversity increases, companies draw their workforce, customers, suppliers, and partners from a world of global complexity. In that global market, what strategic opportunities exist for organizations to institutionalize diversity? What would establish the “business case for diversity” in our region? Can we measure returns on that investment for both companies and the wider community? Speakers will discuss the challenge of leadership and business strategy that address cultural diversity in order to grow multiple bottom lines.
The program will focus on issues of strategy and leadership more than issues of implementation. When registering online, participants will be invited to contribute to a list of implementation resources that will be distributed at the breakfast.
Registration Information Here
For addition information, please contact:
Janeen Smith
JSmith@BostonCCJ.org
617-451-5010 x21
Sole & Associates, Inc. has been providing group development experiences and organizational change consultation of the highest quality since 1974. Founded by Kenneth Sole, Ph.D., Sole & Associates offers organizational clients, and program participants, a dedication of purpose, a profound concern with excellence, a focus on individual well-being, vast experience, and mature skills. Sole & Associates is respected for their consistent quality of our work. Their programs convey an energy, a deep curiosity about groups and their members, and a contagious spirit of fun.
Upcoming Open Enrollment Programs:
Exploring Group Dynamics
Date: Sunday, January 24, 2010 – Friday, January 29, 2010 (also available April 11-16, 2010 & May 2-7, 2010)
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Registration Fee: $4,400.00
With the guidance of highly experienced professional consultants, participants in Exploring Group Dynamics will learn more about the implications of their behavior for such group processes as inclusion, leadership, support, control, decision making, and the resolution of conflict. Using the Sole Associates support model, workshop members will have the opportunity to learn more about how “others see them”, and through this process will come to view their own perceptions and behaviors in new and fascinating ways.
Additional information and Registration: http://www.soleassociates.com/calendar.htm
866-659-3169
Skills for Productive Conflict
Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010 – Sunday, March 12, 2010
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Registration Fee: $4,400.00
Some people attempt to avoid conflicts, believing they produce little but pain. In many situations however, conflict stimulates great energy and creativity. Sometimes it brings people much closer together. Conflicts are often the source of valuable change, insight, and growth. When it is well resolved, conflict generates enormous individual and group benefit.
This six-day workshop is designed to support program participants as they learn more about the psychological forces, skills, and behaviors, that contribute to the productive resolution of conflict.
Additional information and Registration: http://www.soleassociates.com/calendar.htm
866-659-3169
Advanced Group Dynamics Clinic
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 – Monday, April 30, 2010
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Registration Fee: $4,400.00
This program is for those experienced professionals who are already knowledgeable in the field of group dynamics. Participation is for those who wish to extend their conceptual knowledge and methodological skills in the field of group dynamics. Though the program has a focus on the concepts that guide our understanding of groups, it will also support participants as they learn more about their own behavior and its implications for the development of the groups with which they work.
Additional information and Registration: http://www.soleassociates.com/calendar.htm
866-659-3169
Facilitation Skills
Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010 – Friday, June 11, 2010
Location: Boston Area
Registration Fee: $1,250.00
“Facilitation” is a set of techniques that allows groups to become “more than the sum of their parts.” Facilitation skills can have great benefit in virtually any interactive setting. Of course, some people have the formal role of facilitator, but facilitation skills can be useful in any situation in which one hopes to improve the productivity and creativity of groups.
This program is for those who want to enhance their group facilitation skills quickly. It is well suited to professionals who wish to increase their professional contribution with regard to these practical skills, whether or not their professional title includes the word “facilitator.”
Additional information and Registration: http://www.soleassociates.com/calendar.htm
866-659-3169
| December 3, 2009 | | 12:00 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
The Color of Class
Join the Multilingual Action Council in the exploration of class in a context that takes race fully into account. This workshop will develop a shared language & understanding of class issues and explore the ways that race and class intersect on individual and societal levels through experiential activities, dialogues, and documentary videos.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
12:00 to 4:00pm
Wheelock College
43 Hawes St. Brookline, MA 02446
Lunch and networking opportunities will be provided
Registration is required, please call or e-mail the Multilingual Action Council at:
617-879-2370
jalexandre@wheelock.edu by November 30
| September 24, 2009 | | October 15, 2009 | | November 5, 2009 | | December 10, 2009 | | January 14, 2010 | | February 11, 2010 | | March 11, 2010 | | April 15, 2010 |
Third Sector New England’s Nonprofit Capacity Building Training Series provides ongoing learning opportunities specifically designed by and for those within the nonprofit sector. The series includes 9 workshops to help nonprofit managers, staff and board members strengthen general management skills from fundraising to financial management to effective supervision.
Choose among the 9 monthly workshops from September 2009 to May 2010 at TENE’s NonProfit Center. Workshop topics include fund development, financial planning, marketing and communications, diversity and inclusion, and much more.
Registration and Location Information
The Initiative for Diversity in Civic Leadership provides education and training opportunities to help individuals from diverse political backgrounds to successfully run for elected office, manage and run political campaigns, and serve in all levels of government.
http://www.initiativefordiversity.net/
The 16-week program includes four major thematic elements:
Leadership
Public Policy
Candidate Training
Public Administration
September 15, 2009 Info Session @ Suffolk University
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
McDermott Conference Room (128)
Donahue Building
41 Temple Street
Boston MA 02111
RSVP: Alejandra @ 617-426-6633
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