We are excited to bring in Donte Curtis of Catch your Dream Consulting for our next inclusive Volunteerism Training event on Tuesday; September 24 from 9am-12pm in St. Paul! He will be presenting on "Breaking the Cycle of White Supremacy Culture," an interactive workshop that invites attendees to reflect on the ways dominant culture shows up in each of us and harms the work that we do, along with tools for breaking the cycle . Wondering why this is so important? check out this article out how white supremacy culture can foster workplace discrimination: https://ssir.org/…/en…/the_bias_of_professionalism_standards. This highly interactive workshop on healing from white supremacy culture is very important for all of us who work with volunteers. White supremacy is an issue that we must ALL collectively heal from, while simultaneously trying to break the cycle. We will reflect on how white supremacy harms us individually and organizationally. Participants will come away with antidotes to break the cycle and ultimately recover from white supremacy. This workshop is about healing and not shaming or blaming. Registration is now open - we hope you will join us for this event! Register here
Interested in learning more about the topic of racism? MAVA has put together the following list of resources:
Anti-Racism Resources
Books
White Fragility: Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, by Tim Wise
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Cullors and Asha Bandele
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram Kendi
A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota edited by Sun Yung Shin
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isbael Wilkerson
Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon (also a documentary available on PBS)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Podcasts
Code Switch by National Public Radio
Seeing White by Scene On Radio
The Uncertain Hour by Marketplace (recommend seasons 1 and 3)
Talking About Privilege, Two Sugars Podcast, New York Times
Articles
20 ways majority-white nonprofits can build authentic partnerships with organizations let by communities of color, by Vu Le on NonprofitAF
Being Black -- but Not Too Black -- In the Workplace, by Adia Harvey Wingfield in The Atlantic
How White People Handle Diversity Training in the Workplace, by Robin DiAngelo on Medium
Race/Related, weekly newsletter by the New York Times
10 Things We’ve Learned About Unbiased Hiring Practices at AAM by Katherine McNamee
Board Diversity, Inclusion Do Not Always Mean Equity: 4 Questions That Aid the Challenge for Nonprofit Boards to Incorporate Racial Equity by Andrea Rogers
The Difference That Makes a Difference by Dennis Cass
What We’re Learning about Nonprofits’ DEI Journeys by Jasmine Marrow
Nonprofit Diversity Efforts: Current Practices and the Role of Foundations, The Center for Effective Philanthropy
What Happens When I Try to Talk About Race with White People, PBS Newshour
Whites Have Huge Wealth Edge Over Blacks (but Don’t Know It) By Emily Badger
The First White President by Ta-Nahisi Coates
How Redlining’s Racist Effects Lasted for Decades by Emily Badger
Confronting White Supremacy in the Workplace by Caroline Taiwo
How to Talk About Racism, MPR News
Are You a Dream Hoarder? Brookings Institute
Movies/Videos
My Story, My Truth, Documentary by CTV North Suburbs
Thirteenth, Documentary on Netflix
I Am Not Your Negro, Documentary on Hulu
How to Deal with Police, Youtube Video
Peanut Butter, Jelly, and Racism, New York Times video
Toolkits
White Fragility Self-Test by New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Quakers
Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture by Equity in the Center
Inclusion and Equity Resources by Minnesota Council of Nonprofits