Organizing Institutional Change: Anti-Racism Workshop for
AdministratorsPresenters - Jessica Valzquez Torres and Joy Bailey,
Crossroad Organizing and Training
THIS WORKSHOP IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION DEANS.
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce stakeholders to the idea
that oppression, and in particular, racism is not only a matter of
individual prejudice but a systemic, institutional problem of power,
which requires structural intervention to dismantle. It is meant to
provide a courageous space for a good conversation about racism and
power. Participants will be exposed to a shared definition of systemic
racism. A rationale will be explored for developing a fuller analysis
of racism, including understanding its historic and legal roots and
contemporary functioning. Participants will be introduced to racism as
a systemic and structural problem that:
•Shapes individual attitudes and actions in ways that pull
people into complicity with dominant cultural norms
•Impacts institutional norms and the ability of institutions
to fully and appropriately serve all constituents
•Creates institutional mono-culture that makes it difficult for
People of Color, immigrants and refugees to access and receive
services in culturally sensitive and appropriate ways
•A brief overview of Crossroads’ institutional organizing
methodology will be introduced as one strategy that is being
used in institutions nationwide to dismantle institutional racism and
transform institutions.
Because Crossroads understands part of its role to be raising
questions as opposed to providing answers, we design our workshops
around the exploration of how an antiracist lens applies to your
institution. For example:
•How does the staff at your institution participate in the
maintenance of a dominant cultural power arrangement that oppresses
inovert and covert ways those who do not fit its definitions of what
is “normal and standard” regardless of its intentions?
•How can your institution develop practices that interrupt
their complicity in systemic oppression?
This workshop also provides your institution a way to assess the
interest of specific people in the organization who have an
“appetite” for doing longer workshops and who may also want to be
involved in the long--term strategic work of dismantling institutional
racism.
THIS PARTICULAR WORKSHOP IS INTENDED SPECIFICALLY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
DEANS.
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