Working and Leading Towards Equity in White Affinity

3-hour Virtual Workshop

Enrollment Options

Upcoming Workshops

Thursday, January 11, 2024

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT

About

About The Workshop

This workshop is designed to support leadership development from the “inside-out”. Participants will be supported to consider how we can see, engage, and act in fresh, new ways with increased agency, purpose, and efficacy. We offer some foundational ideas for how to approach ‘equity work’ as white-identified people - specifically how we:

  • See how we have been shaped individually and how our systems have been created to uphold and perpetuate systemic oppression

  • Engage with others in ways that counteract White Supremacy Culture and create opportunities for more liberatory collaboration

  • Act in ways that transform power and support us to work both in our own racial group and across difference as co-conspirators

[If you or a teammate identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or Person of Color (BIPOC)/Person of the Global Majority please register for our Working and Leading Towards Equity for BIPOC/PGM workshop.]

 
 
Reviews

What Participants Are Saying

“The NEP facilitators are thoughtful, kind and skilled. They've made challenging topics such as whiteness in equity spaces accessible and discussable, which is so important for building the society we all need.”

– Anna Metnick

“I appreciated the time to be able to reflect outside of my workspace with new people with new perspectives. I also appreciate being in a space with people who have a common goal and are spending time sharpening their skills/learning/reflecting on equity work.”

– Emily Taylor

“Today's session left me with a lot of food for thought. I'm taking away some practical tips (building in moments of pause to reflect on white supremacy culture; using "I" statements) for daily work. The list of 10 White Supremacy Characteristics and Antidotes was a useful breakdown for me, and it's helping me think about how I might be able to refine my equity focus area within my own sphere of influence. The breakouts and the combined home group worked well!”

– Nina Ford

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

  • We are excited to offer Center for Equity Leadership Virtual Workshops. Our workshops are 3-hour interactive sessions where participants will engage with a single focused topic, connect with other equity leaders around the world, and gain new tools to add to their equity practice. Workshops are bite-sized nuggets of knowledge, frameworks and tools that are delivered in a highly engaging way.

    This workshop will be delivered in a live, 3-hour interactive learning session conducted online in Zoom. Attend the live session with facilitators and fellow participants and gain new knowledge and skills to bring back to your own context. Participants receive electronic versions of all resources and tools.

    We are intensely focused on humanizing our virtual spaces. We focus on interactivity and connection (these workshops are not webinars), frequent screen and body breaks, and attending to learning, practice, and healing in community with people around the world.

    • People who are new to equity leadership and want to dip their toes in before registering for a course

    • Seasoned practitioners of equity and rebel leadership who are looking to connect with other leaders outside of their organizations

    • People who have attended or are currently attending a Center for Equity Leadership course and want to supplement their course work

  • We provide an advance draft of our slide deck 24 hours before the session and enable live transcription and closed caption during the live Zoom session. Our sessions are recorded (absent any technical difficulties) and can be accessed for up to 30 days after the course concludes.

  • Because our trainings include attention to building a learning community and interaction with other folks in small groups, we encourage full participation for the duration of the training. However, we understand that our homes and workspaces are commingling in this time. We hope participants can fully engage during sessions, but support participants to attend to their own unique needs.

  • Workshop fee: $200/registration

    You will receive a password-protected Zoom link and any other pre-reads and resources prior to the event via email.

    Registration by credit card is our preferred method. We are a small (but mighty) organization and processing and collecting check payments for our events has a high administrative impact.

    Click here for information on paying by check or purchase order.

  • Information about cancellations and registration transfers can be viewed here.

  • Reach out to us at events@nationalequityproject.org

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“Fish did not discover water. In fact, because they are completely immersed in it, they live unaware of its existence. Similarly, when a conduct is normalized by a dominant cultural environment, it becomes invisible.”

— Marshall McLuhan