DESCRIPTION:Latino Challenges is a two-day workshop for people who
live in or work with Latino communities and are interested in ending
racial disparities in our institutions and working together for social
justice. Participants engage in a critical analysis of how racism dis-
empowers Latinos, hindering both individual well-being and community
development. We examine how Latinos have been racialized in the US, as
well as the cultural backdrop of race and racism in Latin America that
shapes our layered identity today. At the same time, we explore how
our particular cultures, identities and histories of struggle are
vital sources of strength for individuals and families of Latin
American origin in the United States. Further, we directly address how
racism is used as a wedge between Latinos and African Americans and
undermines the anti-racism movement.
WHY IS CEP HOSTING RACIAL EQUITY WORKSHOPS IN SAN ANTONIO?
We believe that in order to create systemic change that dismantles the
systemic disparities in our complicated education system we need to
ensure that stakeholders, at all levels, have a strong root-cause
analysis of what got US here and how yesterday’s history has shaped
today’s reality. Because of this, we have chosen to focus some of
our efforts in building a common narrative on the history of racism
in SAN ANTONIO, the impact we see in our systems today, including but
not limited to education, and what it will take to make long-lasting
change.
WHO ARE WE PARTNERING WITH:
City Education Partners is partnering with the Racial Equity Institute
(racialequityinstitute.com) to bring several key workshops to San
Antonio community members.
HOW DO WE RECRUIT ATTENDEES?
Our focus has been with stakeholders directly involved with k-12
education in San Antonio. This includes school and district
leaders, parents and community partners, elected officials and
funders. Then we ask attendees to recommend others they believe should
be invited into these workshops and we recruit form that network.
These workshops are also open to the larger public.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
Each workshop has similar, yet slightly different objectives. Please
see the last page of this document for workshop objectives for all 4
workshops we will be hosting at City Education Partners.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF WORKSHOP ORDER:
We recommend that most attendees start with Phase I, then attend a
Latinx Challenges Towards Racial Justice and finally a Phase
II. Phase II is most effective when groups from the same organization
can come together. We will be inviting groups to attend Phase
II based on the analysis of alumni by organization data. To
participate in Phase II participants must have participated in Phase I
and Latino Challenges Towards Racial Equity. The Youth workshop is
targeted to high school students.
POST-WORKSHOP ENGAGEMENT
We host a debrief after each workshop in order to bring participants
back for check-in and to collectively brainstorm the next steps. We
are in the process of planning monthly alumni engagement events that
will keep this group engaged in continued learning and development
regarding racial equity in San Antonio. We are also in the process of
forming a voluntary alumni coalition to harness the power of this
collective group in advocating for larger-scale change efforts and
campaigns related to equity, especially education equity.
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