Racial Equity Institute Workshops
Schedule
| Workshop | Date | Time | Location | Public/Community Registration Form | SF Employees & Students Registration Form |
| Phase I | Jan 25-26 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Online | Public Registration ($375) | |
| Groundwater | Jan 29 | 9 a.m. - 12 noon | Online | Public Registration ($89) |
*All workshops have been moved online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
*For group bookings, email tanisha.byars@sfcollege.edu.
Past Workshops:
- Phase I: October 25-26, 2021 (Online)
- Groundwater: October 22, 2021 (Online)
- Groundwater: June 29, 2021 (Online)
- Phase I: June 21-22, 2021 (Online)
- Phase I: March 29-30, 2021 (Online)
- Groundwater: March 19, 2021 (Online)
- Groundwater: February 19, 2021 (Online)
- Groundwater: October 28, 2020 (Online)
- Groundwater Plus: September 4, 2020 (Online)
- Groundwater: June 9, 2020 (Online)
- Groundwater: May 6, 2020 (Online)
- Groundwater: April 20, 2020 (Online)
- Groundwater: Feb. 21, 2020 (SF Northwest Campus)
- Groundwater: Dec. 2, 2019 (Andrews Center)
- Groundwater: May 29, 2019 (Mt. Moriah Baptist Church)
- Groundwater: April 10, 2019 (Matheson Museum)
- Phase I training: May 30 - 31, 2019 (Mt. Moriah Baptist Church)
Workshop Descriptions
Measuring Racial Equity: A Groundwater Approach
This workshop is an interactive presentation on the nature and impact of structural racism and what it looks like across institutions. We examine narratives around racial disproportionality and make use of compelling research data to illustrate the systemic nature of racism and the fallacy of typical explanations like poverty, education, social class, individual behavior, or cultural attributes that often get associated with particular racial groups. Before addressing racial inequity or perceived acts of discrimination or oppression it is critical to understand what institutional racism looks like and the devastating impact it wields on our nation’s people, economy and social institutions. The Groundwater Approach teaches how to use data to measure the systemic impact of racism and to track institutional change.
Fee: $89 public fee, no cost for Santa Fe College employees
Visit REI Trainings website to register.
Phase 1: Racial Equity Workshop
Even those who are concerned about racial disparities in all American systems and institutions are challenged in their understanding of how racism remains alive and well, advantaging some while harming others. The Racial Equity Institute’s (REI) two-day Phase I training is designed to develop the capacity of participants to understand racism in its institutional and structural forms. Moving the focus from individual bigotry and bias, the REI Phase I workshop presents a historical, cultural, structural and institutional analysis of racism. With a clear understanding of how institutions, systems, and culture are producing unjust and inequitable outcomes, participants are better equipped to work for change. Phase I builds the capacity of participants to identify the root causes of disparity and establish goals and strategies based on that deeper understanding. Participants develop an analysis of institutional racism that helps their organization develop a common understanding of the problem and a common language to address it. This paradigm shifting experience redefines issues of equity as they manifest in systems and institutions today and the attendant actions of individuals who seek to address them.
Fee: $375
Visit REI Training website to register.