The training will explore how racism, white supremacy, and anti-Blackness show up in group dynamics and how we can transform those dynamics to achieve better outcomes for all. Throughout the training, we will:

• Create a learning community that draws on each person’s lived experience.
• Recognize the different training needs of participants based on our lived experiences of systemic racism. This will include facilitated affinity spaces with options for Black, brown, and mixed-race participants and facilitated learning space for white participants.
• Practice and critique our efforts to center those most impacted by structural and systemic racism and anti-Blackness.
• Work with what comes up in the space and what we can learn from that.
• Explore group process and agenda design.
• Practice skills and build confidence.

This workshop is for facilitators, managers, community leaders, advocates, or anyone who is motivated to guide groups to do their best work. It is best suited for folks who already have a good understanding of racial equity or who are ready to learn on the fly. It’s a great foundation for beginning and intermediate facilitators, and we often hear from more advanced practitioners that it is a good refresher or that it puts names to the skills that they already have.