Transforming Culture and Naming Racism in Organizations
a one-day workshop for teams with Mattice Haynes and Jen Willsea
May 1, 2019
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
This workshop is designed for organizational teams (2-5 people from the same organization) to develop or strengthen:
Mattice Haynes and Jen Willsea are Atlanta-based master facilitators and consultants who support residents, leaders, and organizations in Atlanta and across the country in deepening their inner and outer racial justice work. Mattice and Jen regularly collaborate as a multiracial facilitation team to lead workshops, convenings, and sessions which engage groups in understanding and taking actions on the root causes of racial injustice. Our reputation in Atlanta is as the multiracial facilitation team that consistently brings people together for honest and breakthrough conversations, using cutting edge methodologies from the evolving field of racial justice, and modeling what anti-racism looks like as individuals and as a team.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
This workshop is designed for organizational teams (2-5 people from the same organization) to develop or strengthen:
- An understanding of the system of racial inequity and how it operates within organizations
- A shared awareness of practices that support an inclusive and equitable organizational culture
- Actionable next steps to implement within your organization
Mattice Haynes and Jen Willsea are Atlanta-based master facilitators and consultants who support residents, leaders, and organizations in Atlanta and across the country in deepening their inner and outer racial justice work. Mattice and Jen regularly collaborate as a multiracial facilitation team to lead workshops, convenings, and sessions which engage groups in understanding and taking actions on the root causes of racial injustice. Our reputation in Atlanta is as the multiracial facilitation team that consistently brings people together for honest and breakthrough conversations, using cutting edge methodologies from the evolving field of racial justice, and modeling what anti-racism looks like as individuals and as a team.
Workshopping Whiteness Series
a six-month peer learning group for white folks with Jen Willsea
some inspiration for this work... |
Dates and Location Coming Soon!
For people socialized as white, acknowledging that we have white privilege and believing that racism is wrong are not enough. White supremacy is a culture, a system we are all indoctrinated into. Whiteness is the set of characteristics and experiences shared by European-descended people; most of these are hard for white people to see and thus disrupt. We can choose, daily, to see and to undo white supremacy where it manifests within ourselves and in our spheres of influence. This is lifelong work; and it must be done in community. If you're ready to go deeper in your own work as a white person to undo white supremacy, and looking for a community of like-minded people to learn from and with, this program is for you. While you will learn some history, concepts, and practical approaches to anti-racism in this program, we will also devote significant time to peer-to-peer coaching, addressing specific situations from participants' own life and work. Participation in this program requires a commitment to attend six monthly sessions in person (1:00-5:00 p.m.). In this series, we will explore aspects of whiteness and white supremacy that, with an investment of time, will support each of us in showing up as strong white allies more consistently and impactfully:
While I do not believe that white only spaces are the only or the primary way white folks learn, I do believe they can play an invaluable role in taking responsibility for doing our whiteness work on a deeper level without leaning on BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) to teach and guide us. This series is meant to supplement, not to take the place of multiracial learning environments and BIPOC-led workshops about race and racism. |
Reckoning with a "Changing" Atlanta
a multiracial, intergenerational workshop
Date and location coming soon!
Moving beyond familiar conversations about race and place with Mattice Haynes and Jen Willsea
Moving beyond familiar conversations about race and place with Mattice Haynes and Jen Willsea
The physical landscape of Atlanta continues to change rapidly and yet the racialized socio-economic landscape of persistent inequities remains the same. White people and wealthy people are reaping tremendous gains at the expense of poor people, black people and people of color who are disproportionately oppressed in this place we call home. Depending on your identities and social location in Atlanta, you may be feeling excited, unsettled, shocked, sad, afraid, relieved, included, displaced and/or other emotions.
Reckoning with a “Changing” Atlanta seeks to offer a multiracial, intergenerational space for participatory learning, storytelling, and reflection. Together we will co-create a more complete understanding of:
Reckoning with a “Changing” Atlanta seeks to offer a multiracial, intergenerational space for participatory learning, storytelling, and reflection. Together we will co-create a more complete understanding of:
- Our stories of home, place, belonging and displacement
- Atlanta’s history through a race and power lens
- The emotions that are present for us about Atlanta’s landscape
Transforming White Privilege:
A 21st Century Leadership Capacity
a two-day workshop
Date and location coming soon!
The Transforming White Privilege (TWP) curriculum is designed to help current and emerging leaders from a variety of sectors better identify, talk about and intervene to address white privilege and its consequences.
Major topics we will cover are:
As a participant in this workshop, you will identify your strengths, and build your confidence and skills to take action for racial justice.
This workshop curriculum was created by The Center for Assessment and Policy Development (CAPD), MP Associates and World Trust Educational Services, funded by The W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
The Transforming White Privilege (TWP) curriculum is designed to help current and emerging leaders from a variety of sectors better identify, talk about and intervene to address white privilege and its consequences.
Major topics we will cover are:
- Understanding how white privilege operates and is maintained within a system of inequity
- How “whiteness” itself was created
- Ways in which specific history, culture, laws and policies, economics and power helped to create and maintain a set of accumulated advantages for groups labeled “white” and a set of accumulating disadvantages for groups not considered “white” at various points in U.S. history
- Tools for change, including: strategic questioning, entry points, mental checklists, framing
As a participant in this workshop, you will identify your strengths, and build your confidence and skills to take action for racial justice.
This workshop curriculum was created by The Center for Assessment and Policy Development (CAPD), MP Associates and World Trust Educational Services, funded by The W.K. Kellogg Foundation.