A live, interactive online workshop that looks at how people can work for racial justice in your organization by:
Identifying and exploring the characteristics of white organizational culture
Understanding how white organizational culture operates in your organization
Exploring remedies to help replace white organizational culture with multiracial, anti-racist culture and to heal and repair the negative impact of white organizational culture on your organization
Transforming your organization to be anti-racist, diverse, equitable and inclusive
Moving toward an Anti-Racist Multiracial Organization
Many professionals and organizations know something about “white privilege,” and maybe “structural racism,” but fail to recognize how their organizational culture embodies white cultural values, practices, norms, and expectations. What appears to be “business as usual” and “the way things are” actually reflects unexamined white cultural values which are often problematic and limiting. Learning what this means and what to do about it are key skills in light of the persistence of white organizational culture.
The workshop uses an explicitly anti-racist frame, rather than a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) perspective. DEI broadly outlines the efforts an institution takes to create a more welcoming environment for people of less-privileged identities. Anti-racism focuses on being actively conscious of race and racism, and taking action to end racial inequities. This includes challenging systemic racial oppression manifested in our organizations and institutions.
Our task in this workshop is to explore transforming white organizational culture by decentering whiteness and centering an anti-racist multiracial culture.
The workshop uses didactic presentation, and both small and large group discussion. Immediately after each session all registrants will receive a resource page via email, with homework for the next session, and supporting materials such as readings or videos.
Who Should Attend
You may want to take this workshop if your organization is one where:
HR people say, “We can’t find qualified People of Color”
Staff members object, “Why talk about race — there’s no problem here”
You have difficulty retaining skilled employees of color
Staff of color identify and/or experience an unsupportive work atmosphere
You cannot get traction in communities of color or even figure out how to begin
People say the organization is “too white,” or you suspect that yourself
The workshop is appropriate for:
Meeting and committee clerks, treasurers, FDS teachers, ministers
Organizational decision-makers
Trustees
NYYM members and attenders
Staff members
Anyone who has an interest in transforming an organization to one that is truly multiracial and anti-racist
Workshop Topics
The workshop touches on several topics in an introductory way, including:
Definitions of culture & white organizational culture
Values and beliefs of white organizational culture
Socialization process into white organizational culture
Comparison of personal values and beliefs to white organizational culture
Manifestations of organizational culture in your organization
Impact of organizational culture
Ability to influence change
Inclusive, anti-racist organizational culture
Remedies to help replace white organizational culture with multiracial, anti-racist culture and to heal and repair the negative impact of white organizational culture
Next steps as agents of change
Costs
Workshop costs will be covered by New York Yearly Meeting. The normal per person price for this workshop is $195. To keep this work alive, we invite Friends meetings and individuals to donate to the work of NYYM through the Sharing Fund and/or through the General Fund.
