Phase 1 of Racial Equity Institute’s (R.E.I.) two-day training is designed to develop the capacity of participants to better understand racism in its institutional and structural forms. Moving away from a focus on personal bigotry and bias, this workshop presents a historical, cultural, and structural analysis of racism. Topics covered include R.E.I.’s fish/lake/groundwater analysis of structural racism; understanding and controlling implicit bias; race, poverty, and place; markedness theory; institutional power arrangements and power brokers; importance of definitions of race and racism; history and legacy of race in American economic and policy development; racial identity and its interaction with institutional culture. With shared language and a clearer understanding of how institutions and systems are producing unjust and inequitable outcomes, participants should leave the training better equipped to begin to work for change. 

We are asking that partners register and attend together as teams of three to one of the two session options provided. Attendees must commit to be in attendance from 8:30am-5pm each day.  If you cannot commit to the dates, please have someone else from your organization attend.  We are recommending that the team of three be the CEO/Executive Director, a Board Member, and Program Manager (that regularly attends CFY’s managers meetings). 

Two date options are being offered to ensure ample opportunity for your attendance. Please select the session option that works best for you and your team. Lunch will be provided. Please let us know in your registration if there are food limitations for anyone on your team. Click on the link below to register your team for one of the two options.

Date option #1- February 13-14, 2020, 8:30 a.m.- 5:00

Date option #2- February 20-21, 2020, 8:30 a.m.- 5:00