SRI Prep
Preparatory Work

Our Structural Racism Initiative started with two 3-hour sessions of preparation for the change teams.  Those two power point presentations are below:

Addressing Structural Racism November 1, 2016

We also utilized some edited videos from John Powell and Julie Nelson (and some slides from Julie Nelson) which you can look at below
To view the slides from Julie Nelson's Powerpoint that we utilized, click here.*

You can watch the video of John Powell here: https://youtu.be/cH_fv3OMmw0

You can watch the video of Julie Nelson here: https://youtu.be/lWG1Alvv0qQ

* Julie Nelson's full Powerpoint, Health Equity in Action, is available here.
Ken Hardy March 27, 28 2017:

To view a video of Ken's remarks from Day 1, click here.
To view a video of Ken's remarks from Day 2, click here.

One of the participants typed up her notes and made these available for people here.

Ken also shared the following 2 articles:

Ken also utilizes the V-C-R approach in his relational model (Validation-Request-Challenge) which he spoke of in his presentations.  For a further exploration of Dr. Hardy's V-C-R model click here.  (from Chapter 7 of his book Teens Who Hurt (2005))
Who is being consulted?

In doing change work within an organization, it is important to think about who is being consulted in the organization.  For a brief reflection on this, click here.
Assessing Bias

We all have bias that shapes how we interpret information in the world.  Tests have been developed that help us to see more closely what those biases are and how they might be shaping how we interpret reality.

To take Harvard University's Implicit Association Test (IAT) click here

Addressing Internalized Racism

Besides encouraging people to take the Implicit Association Test (IAT), we wanted to provide some resources for organizations that wish to utilize supplemental materials to explore how internalized racism operates within your organization.

For white people we would recommend that you begin with something like Peggy McIntosh's "Knapsack" article below and then explore other articles on "Detour Spotting", "White Supremacy Culture" and the "Checklist for White Allies." Robin DiAngelo's "Why it is so hard for white people to talk about race," is also an excellent resource for thinking about the mechanisms that prevent white people from further reflection.

For People of Color, we would recommend the article by Suzanne Lipsky on "Internalized Racism" or the "Internalized Racism Inventory."

Naturally we encourage everyone to explore all of these resources, but suggest the above if you want to know where to start.
Each organization participating in the SRI process is encouraged to develop a “change team” in order to help make the initiative more successful and sustainable. A change team is a kind of working group that provides leadership, momentum and accountability within the organization.

You can look at a resource on change teams here, and this is taken from an excellent resource called Dismantling Racism: A Resource Book for Social Change Groups from the Western States Center which can be accessed at http://www.westernstatescenter.org/tools-and-resources/Tools/Dismantling%20Racism
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