Operationalizing a Pro-Black Culture by https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4 What processes, protocols, or practices might you put in place in your organization to disrupt anti-Black racism and/or advance a pro-Black stance? Identify some first or next steps! en-us 2021-11-22 21:23:48 UTC 2021-11-22 22:49:55 UTC hello@padlet.com The board line items coaching monies for all new/incoming or existing Black executive directors https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093110 2021-11-22 22:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093110 The board has an open discussion about what shifting to a pro-Black org means for them, and can look like https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093474 2021-11-22 22:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093474 coaching for managers and senior leaders on creating and sustaining pro-Black Culture https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093722 2021-11-22 22:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093722 https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093828 We should build a youth advisory board]]> 2021-11-22 22:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093828 https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093845 Nothing about Black communities without Black communities. Data should be collected, analyzed, and reported in partnership.]]> 2021-11-22 22:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093845 The board minutes are accurate, cleaned up, and financial info doesnt leave any new/incoming Black executive director to clean up a fiscal mess. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093881 2021-11-22 22:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093881 where do the questions the data are "answering" come from? how is that coming from a pro-Black analysis https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093907 2021-11-22 22:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093907 https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093975 Support for managers in assessing the feedback they give to Black staff - is it based in bias or supportive of their advancement?]]> 2021-11-22 22:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907093975 Restorative Practices https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094016 Create and facilitate healing-centered spaces, such as Restorative Circles ]]> 2021-11-22 22:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094016 Annual anti-racism training for all Board members. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094028 2021-11-22 22:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094028 pavetti https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094189 We have an honest and open conversation about whether we are committed to work towards a pro-black culture.]]> 2021-11-22 22:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094189 Board members REQUIRED to have anti-racism/anti-Blackness training (currently optional). Spirit_and_Place https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094242 2021-11-22 22:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094242 Develop a clear definition of what is means to build a Black centered campaign that is unanimously understood across all departments. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094295 2021-11-22 22:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094295 support black staff through career development coaching and support them in their professional aspirations https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094332 2021-11-22 22:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094332 Training on white supremacy culture and how it impacts things like perfectionism and urgency, with specific strategies to combat this. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094368 2021-11-22 22:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094368 Commitment to supporting their teams' participation in anti-racist, pro-black learning spaces https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094673 2021-11-22 22:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094673 Rethinking our "performance tools" and systems like supervision. These systems are often implicitly around controling behavior or punitive action towards staff. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094680 2021-11-22 22:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094680 https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094699 Uplifting Black perspectives & voices when we're responsible for collecting community input/feedback - and ensuring the recipients of that feedback take appropriate & timely action on it]]> 2021-11-22 22:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094699 Learn from Black community leaders on ways of leading and ways of working that can be adopted in the organization https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094841 2021-11-22 22:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094841 Develop a care plan for our partners and facilitators that work with us ... how are we attending to the healing? Spirit_and_Place https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094896 2021-11-22 22:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094896 strengthen transparency and communication https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094943 2021-11-22 22:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094943 plan for staff learning and development around how anti-Black racism manifest on the varying levels and plan for how people are supported to practice and integrate racial equity in their work https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094970 2021-11-22 22:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094970 Racial Equity Mindset https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094986 Nurture a real engagement with the concepts we have discussed today. Connect these with the 'core' functions of leadership and management. ]]> 2021-11-22 22:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907094986 integration of racial equity indicators as part of annual staff surveys to assess if the organization is living up to anti-racism goals. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095032 2021-11-22 22:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095032 Likewise with the person who added this for Boards of Directors; Senior Leaders & Managers have an open discussion about what shifting to a pro-Black org means for them, and can look like, and then takes action to implement changes to create a pro-Black culture https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095186 2021-11-22 22:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095186 Introduce black professionals to members of their network, share and encourage professional networking https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095211 2021-11-22 22:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095211 https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095236 Disaggregate data for root causes and look at trends.]]> 2021-11-22 22:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095236 protective procedures/practices for racial equity trainings for Black staff (i.e. not asking Black staff to share their experiences with anti-Blackness in multi-racial spaces, or at all if they choose not to) // suggesting and promoting boundaries for Black staff in DEI initiatives https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095296 2021-11-22 22:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095296 Approaching research from the roots, up. Building with/from/for communities vs top down approaches that erase lived realities or perspectives of Black communities https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095315 2021-11-22 22:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095315 Formally put into our hiring guidelines something like the Rooney Rule re: sufficient diverse candidates in hiring pools or won't move any forward. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095336 2021-11-22 22:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095336 Race identity caucuses to provide support and places for folks to build internal resources to engage as a mix raced staff https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095546 2021-11-22 22:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095546 Black accountability (outside the org) and paid for their labor. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095615 2021-11-22 22:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095615 Create space for racial affinity groups in orgs that are resourced/bugeted by the organization https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095643 2021-11-22 22:35:45 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095643 Talk with the team about the language nuances: white supremacy vs. anti-blackness. Spirit_and_Place https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095672 2021-11-22 22:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095672 https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095737 Black youth are adequately compensated for their time and contribution to the work of the org, and are given adequate and ample support and institutional space to lead the creation/design/direction of the work]]> 2021-11-22 22:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095737 engage in co-creation process of identifying organizational values, priorities, and norms https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095779 2021-11-22 22:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095779 BIPOC healing / wellness workshops https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095828 Offering spaces for BIPOC staff to rest, heal, and be well.]]> 2021-11-22 22:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095828 practice differentiated learning in the process of decolonization as an org https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095829 2021-11-22 22:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095829 develop and support affinity spaces https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095864 2021-11-22 22:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907095864 make space to value and celebrate people's non-work selves https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096037 2021-11-22 22:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096037 Anti-black racism work as a part of staff evaluations/performance reviews. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096054 2021-11-22 22:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096054 pavetti https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096203 We examine and interrogate our processes that are rooted in white supremacy and decide what we are/are not willing to change -- and own the implications of what we decide we want to keep even if it constrains us from becoming a pro-Black culture.]]> 2021-11-22 22:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096203 Raising the expectation(s) of IPOC/White staff to speak up and speak on race rather than placing that responsibility on Black staff https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096387 2021-11-22 22:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096387 Map our plan to grow to next level (per the anti-racist continuum) and write out relevant goals for the staff, board, and partners Spirit_and_Place https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096486 2021-11-22 22:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096486 Courageous Data Analysis https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096497 Move from "scientific" (i.e., universal averages, blind, a-cultural) data to metrics that see Black communities, measure harm, and Black liberation. ]]> 2021-11-22 22:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096497 Prioritize Black voices in research. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096502 2021-11-22 22:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096502 Assess impact of learning environment on practice https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096508 2021-11-22 22:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096508 https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096525 Reviewing policies related to dress/hair for racial bias to ensure black folks don't have to assimilate their appearance to advance at work

]]> 2021-11-22 22:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096525 https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096529 Reexamining org culture and what is valued in staff - valuing competencies because they advance the mission vs. default white dominant definition of professionalism]]> 2021-11-22 22:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096529 Provide anti-racist training for Boards that incorporates how racial equity shows up in governance. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096548 2021-11-22 22:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096548 Giving rest days/rejuvenation days for staff after long/extensive periods of work. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096556 2021-11-22 22:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096556 identify gaps in data https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096559 2021-11-22 22:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096559 https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096613 Provide opportunities for celebration of black culture ]]> 2021-11-22 22:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096613 Committing to all Senior Leaders having leadership over something outside their program area, to combat the "lived experience" pigeon hole dynamic https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096616 2021-11-22 22:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096616 Give Black staff access to paid coaching and mentorship to advance their careers https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096689 2021-11-22 22:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096689 disaggregate data to encompass the nuances within the African diaspora (immigration, class, location, etc) https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096701 2021-11-22 22:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096701 Add new Black Board Directors - and ensure that all Directors get orientation and support-- as well as take on areas of the org- they are interested in https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096891 2021-11-22 22:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907096891 Time to Learn and Un-learn https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097124 Staff are given designated time - and their workload decreased - to support time for individual and group learning on white supremacy and anti-Blackness and interrogate their own biases. ]]> 2021-11-22 22:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097124 pavetti https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097247 We dig deeper into what it means to lift up the experiences of people with lived experience and only do it if we can do it in an authentic way.]]> 2021-11-22 22:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097247 When data indicate there are barriers/challenges for Black employees or students (in a higher edu context). they should be addressed by leadership in partnership with Black communities as addressed above. People evaluating data should be trained to looks for such disparities and to report them to people with power to address them. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097252 2021-11-22 22:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097252 White people do their work outside of the organizations! https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097257 2021-11-22 22:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097257 cultivate deep listening and empathy as an org norm https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097360 2021-11-22 22:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097360 https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097401 Making sure Black staff have Juneteenth off!]]> 2021-11-22 22:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097401 all white board learn about culture of whiteness. open conversations about racial identity, the story of racism in USA, globally, colonization and how non profit industrial complex perpetuates white savior and elevates white supremacy https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097454 2021-11-22 22:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097454 All team reflections on how white supremacy shows up in our organization and co-creation of practices to address it. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097463 2021-11-22 22:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097463 Provide team building for leaders in how they work together from an anti-racist lens that decenters whiteness. https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097504 2021-11-22 22:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907097504 https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907098295 White staff take on risks and emotional burden proactively so Black staff don't need to]]> 2021-11-22 22:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907098295 Provide bereavement days or sick leave to be used for healing from daily traumas https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907098547 2021-11-22 22:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907098547 pavetti https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907098690 Don't expect Black people to do all the work of making a pro-Black Culture.]]> 2021-11-22 22:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907098690 research and publish the past 10 years of more of hiring, retention practices aggregated by race. help people be in reality about patterns https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907099022 2021-11-22 22:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907099022 Be transparent with the community about our journey, successess, failures and needs. Spirit_and_Place https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907099372 2021-11-22 22:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907099372 pamelamartinez4 https://padlet.com/fkanagasingam/9689ts3ctrzmuig4/wish/1907101976 regularly reflect on how white supremacy characteristics show up in our workplace 

https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/characteristics.html

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