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Building Bridges: Racial Understanding Webinar Refresh

Join our webinar to clarify your work with dialogue processes, address questions, and concerns. Learn to organize individual change, collective action, and institutional impact for diversity and equity. Facilitator training and community action planning tips included. Presented by Bethany Javois-Johnson. Get started with basic steps, build coalitions, recruit participants, and guide dialogue circles effectively. Sustain your program, expand impact, and promote fairness and justice. Connect with us to address racism in a diverse nation. Contact Carolyne Miller Abdullah at cabdullah@everyday-democracy.org or Gwen Whiting at gwhiting@everyday-democracy.org.

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Building Bridges: Racial Understanding Webinar Refresh

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  1. Coming Together for Racial Understanding Refresher Webinar • Purpose: to clarify your work with the dialogue process • What are your questions and concerns?

  2. Action Organize Individual Change Collective Action Institutional and Policy Impact Dialogue Organizing Training Facilitator Training Community Change Action Planning Training Action Forum Kick Off Coalition Building Recruit Participants & Facilitators

  3. Intergenerational and Racial Equity Equity ≠ Diversity (Diversity = Variety) Equity ≠ Equality (Equality = Sameness) Equity = Fairness and Justice From a presentation by Bethany Javois-Johnson

  4. Getting Started: Basic Steps • Build a strong, diverse working group and organizing coalition • Develop a Plan • Define your program goals • Clarify your issue • Decide on discussion materials • Decide how you will achieve diversity in dialogue circles • Decide what support you will provide for action ideas • Talk about resources – what you have and what you need • Make sure there is effective communication among all involved

  5. Share the work of organizing for dialogue circles • Communications • Budget and Fund Raising • Document and Evaluate Program • Recruit Participants; Form Diverse Groups • Recruit, Train and Support Facilitators • Plan for Kickoff • Find sites and Handle Logistics

  6. Hold a Round of Dialogue Circles • Kickoff (optional) • Conduct the facilitated conversations (dialogues) • Provide support for facilitators throughout • Hold an action forum • Provide support for action teams • Track action efforts

  7. Sustain your program and Expand the Impact of your work. • Review initial goals and evaluate for the future • Communicate successes to larger community • Take care of yourselves and support one another

  8. Facing Racism in a Diverse NationDiscussion Guide

  9. Keep In Touch Carolyne Miller Abdullah cabdullah@everyday-democracy.org 860-727-5907 Gwen Whiting: gwhiting@everyday-democracy.org 703-801-5198

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