and Inclusion - Racial Equity Tools

1 Written by:Ilana Shapiro, for Conflict TransformationProduced by:Project Change Anti-Racism Initiative andThe Aspen InstituteRoundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives forChildren and FamiliesIn Consultation with:The Center for Assessment and Policy DevelopmentA GUIDE TO SELECTED PROGRAMSforRacial EquityInclusion:TrainingandWritten byIlana Shapiro, GUIDE TO SELECTED PROGRAMSTr ai ningforRacial Equityand Inclusion :EXTENDEDUSES:The Aspen Institute encourages the use of this document. Reproductions in whole or in part are allowable without permission provided appropriate references are :Additional copies of Training for Racial Equity & Inclusion : A Guide to Selected Programscan be obtained from:The Aspen InstituteFullfillment OfficeP.

2 O . Box 222109 Houghton Lab LaneQueenstown, Maryland 21658 Phone: (410) 820-5338 Fax: (410) 827-9174E-mail: 2002 by The Aspen InstituteThe Aspen InstituteOne Dupont Circle,NWWashington, DC 20036-1133 Published in the United States of Americain 2002 by The Aspen InstituteAll rights reservedPrinted in the United States of AmericaISBN 0-89843-353-3 Inventory No. 02-034 PRODUCEDBY:The Project Change Anti-Racism Initiative:Project Change was established in 1991 as an initiative of LeviStrauss & Company through its corporate foundation. The project addresses Racial prejudice and insti-tutional racism in four communities throughout the United States: Albuquerque, New Mexico; El Paso,Texas; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Valdosta, Georgia.

3 Project Change unites community leaders servingdiverse constituencies and assists them in developing leadership capacities that both complement andtranscend their Racial and ethnic interests. Shirley Strong, Executive DirectorThe Aspen Institute Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Children and Families:TheAspen Institute Roundtable is a forum for leaders working to improve the life circumstances of chil-dren and families in distressed urban neighborhoods. It provides a venue where they can discuss chal-lenges, emerging lessons and work on issues of common concern. The Roundtable also serves as aclearinghouse for information about community change efforts and undertakes in-depth work on keydilemmas facing the field.

4 This publication is one product of a longer-term project examining struc-tural racism and community revitalization, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Charles Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Anne Kubisch and Karen Fulbright-Anderson, Co-DirectorsINCONSULTATIONWITH:Center for Assessment and Policy Development:The Center for Assessment and Policy Development(CAPD) is a non-profit research, planning and policy organization based outside in 1988, its mission is to improve the quality of life for children, adolescents, families andneighborhoods by helping to build the capacity of organizations, collaborations, government,schools and others who do the day-to-day work on their behalf.

5 Through their evaluation, CAPD helps people use the Tools of democracy leadership, civic engagement, anti-racism work, systemreform, public will, outcome tracking to build stronger communities, particularly for children, ado-lescents and families. Sally Leiderman, PresidentWRITTENBY:Ilana Shapirohas a doctorate in Social Psychology and is completing a second doctorate in ConflictAnalysis and Resolution at George Mason University. She is the President of the Alliance for ConflictTransformation (ACT), a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding the knowledge and practiceof conflict transformation in and international communities. Her work focuses on integrating the-ory, research and practice to develop appropriate interventions into Racial and ethnic conflicts in , Middle East and Central and Eastern 1992, FACED WITH THE daunting task of choosing a training program to assist in developingits anti-racism initiatives, Project Change commissioned Gary Delgado and the Applied ResearchCenter to conduct a study of ten programs.

6 The goal was to better understand the differencesamong these ten anti-racism programs, assess their potential utility in assisting community organi-zations like Project Change, and address some of the critical issues around anti-racism activities andprograms. The resulting publication, Anti-Racist Work: An Examination and Assessment ofOrganizational Activitymade a crucial contribution to the field by advancing a structural analysis ofracism and assessing organizational activities through that lens. It also pioneered an importantconceptual and research framework for understanding and differentiating anti-racism organiza-tions and years later, recognizing the changing nature of race relations in communities and the varietyof new training programs that had emerged to address Racial and ethnic prejudice, oppression anddiversity, Project Change commissioned this Guideto build upon and update the 1992 Change selected the Center for Assessment and Policy Development (CAPD) to draw upontheir considerable experience and expertise in program assessment in leading this initiative.

7 CAPD,in turn, designated Ilana Shapiro, President of the Alliance for Conflict Transformation, as the princi-pal researcher because this project closely paralleled her own research a comparative analysis ofinterventions addressing Racial and ethnic tensions in natural partnership with the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiativesfor Children and Families soon formed, based on a shared focus on the importance of addressing struc-tural racism and a common interest in developing Racial justice " Tools " for community leaders andorganizations. The Aspen Roundtable s team has been an integral part of supporting, designing, col-lecting and analyzing data, editing and publishing this study.

8 Together, Project Change in Oakland, California, the Aspen Institute Roundtable onComprehensive Communities Initiatives for Children and Families in New York City, the Center forAssessment and Policy Development in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Alliance for ConflictTransformation in Fairfax, Virginia formed a cooperative partnership to develop this I HAVE TAKEN THE lead in collecting information and writing this publication, this study wastruly a cooperative effort. As such, there are numerous people to , many thanks go to the directors, trainers and staff of all the programs reviewed in this study whoexpressed excitement and support for this project. They trusted us with their materials, gave us access totheir trainings, and provided reflective, candid interviews.

9 I extend sincere appreciation to the directorsand trainers of these excellent programs for their significant contributions to this Guide through inter-views and comments on their program summaries including: Sharon Martinasand Chris CrassatChallenging White Supremacy Workshop; Tema Okunat Changework;Joe Barndtand Chuck RuehleatCrossroads Ministry; Patricia Harbourat Healing the Heart of Diversity; Rob Corcoranat Hope in theCities; Larry Bellat National Coalition Building Institute, Washington, ; Reggie Williamsand MartinRafananat the National Conference for Community and Justice, St. Louis, MO; John Maguireat theNational Network for Anti-Racism and Community Building Institutes; Ron Chisomand Barbara Majorsat the People s Institute for Survival and Beyond; Emily Styleand Peggy McIntoshat Seeking EducationalEquity and Diversity; John Landesmanat Study Circles Resource Center; Antje Mattheusand GeorgeLakeyat Training for Change; Valerie Battsat Vigorous InterventionS Into Ongoing Natural Settings; andLindsay Friedmanat the Anti-Defamation League.

10 I am additionally grateful to Lindsay Friedmanfor herhelpful suggestions about questions for selecting a training program and to Maggie Potapchuk,at the JointCenter for Political and Economic Studies, for her insightful comments on several program Guidewould not be possible without the intensive collaboration of the project team. Shirley Strong,Executive Director of Project Change, had the vision, leadership, insight and unfaltering commitment tofurthering the field that inspired and organized this project. Sally Leiderman,President of CAPD, broughtindispensable guidance and sage judgment to bear throughout the research and writing process. AnneKubisch,Co-Director of the Aspen Institute Roundtable, inspired all of us with her wisdom, encouragement,generous spirit of collaboration and practical leadership in bringing this project to completion.