Navigating Conversations around Anti-Racism
Replay & Resources Page
Thank you for registering for and participating in our online workshop webinar about equity, unconscious bias and anti-racism.
Here, you’ll find the replay and slide deck, plus several other helpful resources to continue your learning, exploring and action-taking.
Webinar Replay & Slide Deck
Access the webinar replay and slide show by clicking this link {click here}
Download the PDF slide deck here {click here}
note: Apologies, Marina’s internet was a bit glitchy throughout due to storms
Bonus Resources
Great Links & Downloadables
Download this article on Three Ways Mindfulness Can Make You Less Biased {click here}
Download this article on Guidelines for Bias-Free Communication {click here}
Alternatives and Substitutes for Appropriative or Problematic Language {click here} - this is a 17-page google doc of problematic language for Black English (AAVE), Ableist Language, Gendered and Trans-Antagonistic Language, and Other Terms
Download this resource on Speaking Up Without Tearing Down {click here}
(note: it’s specific to educators and classroom spaces, and has takeaways for non-educators)Desmond Tutu video about Ubuntu (shown during the presentation)
Microaggressions: “What kind of Asian are you?” video (shown during the presentation)
“Who, Me Biased?” NY Times Video Series on Implicit Bias (THIS IS GREAT! All the videos are short; Marina and LaMarr recommend the entire series)
Anti-Racist Groups Canadians can support compiled by Huffpost
Books
There are so many amazing resource lists that are available right now to begin (or continue) the work of equity and anti-racism.
One that we found particularly helpful, complied by Victoria Alexander, breaks down books into an "Anti-Racist Lit Starter Kit" and an "Anti-Racist Lit Intermediate Kit."
Anti-Racist Lit Starter Kit
* Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
* A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
* White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo**
* So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Intermediate Lit Kit
* The Burning House by Anders Walker
* The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
* The Condemnation of Blackness by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
* Dying of Whiteness by Jonathan Metzl
* A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki
* How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
A couple of other books we recommend are our own title, What I Learned in the Midst of KAOS: The Making of an Ubuntu Teacher, and Mindful of Race by Ruth King.
Teacher Resources
Teachers and educational leaders can access numerous teaching tools by joining a free community for equity-minded educators that Marina co-founded at www.jumpstartpd.com.
- SOLD OUT Equity Workshop -
Talking and learning about racism
can be hard
Facing our own biases and prejudices
(and those in our community)
is also hard
But we should do it anyway
You’re invited to join…
Navigating Conversations around Racial Bias
an online workshop & dialogue
Wednesday June 24, 2020
5pm-7pm MT (7pm-9pm ET)
I’ve invited 2 educators and equity consultants to lead a thoughtful and open discussion about racism, bias and equity.
Dr. LaMarr D Shields and Dr. Marina Gillmore are passionate changemakers and gifted facilitators.
They’ll first provide an introduction to unconscious bias and racism.
Then they’ll lead a dialogue where we can ask questions.
(Even the difficult ones - like what to say when your Uncle Bob makes racist jokes at the dinner table.)
Marina and LaMarr will teach us how to have conversations with our children, our family, our community, and with ourselves.
Their work is inspired by Ubuntu, a South African philosophy meaning “I am because we are” or “humanity towards others.” Ubuntu invites us to take action in ways that benefit our community, human to human.
If you’re curious about how to tackle these conversations - and willing to take a good look at your own personal beliefs - I invite you to join.
Dr. LaMarr D Shields
An inspirational speaker, educator, thought-leader, author, and artist, Dr. Shields creates with purpose in all aspects of his professional and personal life using the common thread of Ubuntu philosophy: a person is a person through other people.
An Open Society Institute Fellow and a former faculty member at Johns Hopkins School of Education, LaMarr is the co-founder and senior director of education and innovation at the Cambio Group, an equity consultancy.
Dr. Shields dedicates his life to inspiring adults and youth alike to pursue a higher purpose, achieve sustainable value for long-term success, and cope with adversity in order to create opportunities in their personal, professional, and spiritual lives.
Dr. Marina Gillmore
Dr. Gillmore is an educator, author, and systems-changer. She teaches, researches and writes about equity, access and social justice throughout the United States.
Marina’s equity and literacy consulting work focuses on serving culturally and linguistically diverse school communities in both urban and rural areas. She holds a doctorate in Leadership for Educational Justice and is an award-winning educational researcher.
Marina is the Chief Academic Officer for the Cambio Group, a consultancy that improves equity and removes barriers for students and for communities who are disenfranchised. She’s also the CEO and President of Full Circle Press, an independent publishing house dedicated to telling the stories of educators and change-makers. Marina weaves storytelling (and sometimes yoga) into her engaging trainings and workshops.
Who I am & why I’m hosting this
I’m a white, mid-40s mom and wife living in the ‘burbs.
Several years ago, I attended a full-day workshop on unconscious bias and anti-racism in Edmonton Alberta. I was shocked to uncover my own biases and prejudices, despite believing myself to be “open-minded” and “loving everyone.”
I was even more shocked when I truly saw how people are systemically marginalized and held back from success and livelihood because of their skin colour, religion or sexuality.
This is also a personal issue for me because some of the most important people in my life are affected by prejudice and racism on a regular basis
Canada’s long and terrible treatment of Indigenous people (and particularly Indigenous women and girls), and the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in the US, have inspired me to take action.
Providing an opportunity for people in my community (that’s you!) to learn more about unconscious bias, systemic racism and how to create equity through human connection and conversation is one of my actions.
Will you join me?
A couple notes:
I’m hosting this virtual workshop and webinar so it’s FREE for you to attend.
A replay will be available for registered participants, though you’ll probably get way more by participating in person. Please show up for the live Zoom webinar if you can.
Click the button below to register.
Registration is capped at 100 participants, so reserve your spot now.
You’ll receive an email confirmation with the Zoom webinar details.
(…and I’m not adding you to an email list; you’ll only receive info about this event.)
Thank you for participating!