The Groundwater Approach: Building a Practical Understanding of Structural Racism, March 27 9 a.m.-noon
As part of its ongoing work to advance racial equity throughout the region, The Foundation is offering free community access to The Groundwater Approach, a racial equity workshop that builds an understanding of systemic racism and racial disparities through data and historical analysis.
The Groundwater metaphor is designed to help people internalize the reality that we live in a racially-structured society, and that is what causes racial inequity. The metaphor is based on three observations:
- Racial inequity looks the same across systems,
- Socio-economic difference does not explain the racial inequity; and,
- Inequities are caused by systems, regardless of people’s culture or behavior.
The workshop is provided by the Racial Equity Institute, a national alliance of trainers, organizers and institutional leaders devoted to creating racially equitable organizations and systems.
Note: Workshop sessions are not recorded.
Wherever you are in your journey to understand the roots and persistence of racial inequality, the Confronting Racism planning group at CMI, who have all attended this workshop, can attest that you will find participation worthwhile.
There is no charge for participants. Please see Leon Bailey’s invitation and more information below
https://www.cfgnh.org/events/the-groundwater-approach-racial-equity-workshop