This practical session equips participants with practical strategies to foster inclusive and equitable environments. It will cover essential frameworks and tools to identify and address racial biases in organizational processes, including Sunflower Strategists’ Racial Equity Prime. Attendees will engage in interactive sessions to develop skills for implementing equitable decision-making practices in their workplaces. By the end of the workshop, participants will be empowered to drive positive change and promote racial equity within their teams and organizations.

In this workshop, participants will build a shared language for everyday manifestations of racism, specifically focused on developing tactics to mitigate microaggressive actions, through an anti-oppressive lens that addresses positionality and white dominant culture. We will meet this goal by: (1.) Identifying racial microaggressions, how they permeate the relationship between colleagues, and how they impact the workplace; and (2.) Describing strategies to mitigate racial microaggressions, discern healthy from unhealthy dialogue, and engage conflict resolution methods.

Advancing social justice and equity hinges on effective collaboration. In this workshop, we will explore the critical role of conflict within movement-building and introduce clear strategies for navigating it. Participants will learn through anti-oppressive lenses, focusing on Community Accountability and insights from Non-Violent Communication (NVC). This session aims to equip organizers and activists with practical approaches to handle conflict constructively and maintain accountability in their collaborative efforts.

This workshop is designed for organizations committed to fostering anti-oppressive leadership. Using a specialized rubric for social change, participants will assess key aspects of their culture and identify strategic shifts necessary to embody antiracist and anti-oppressive principles daily. The session empowers leaders with the tools to implement meaningful changes within their teams and workplaces.

This two-training series is intended for workplace professionals interested in anti-oppression and social justice in practice. The series aims to support professionals in understanding the key principles underlying anti-oppression and social justice and to consider strategies for applying those principles in their teams. Facilitators will draw on Black Feminist frameworks and a combination of equity-centered and project-based learning methods to describe these principles.

“[A] sense of belonging is a basic human need, a fundamental right, and defined as ‘a feeling that members (of a group) matter to each other and to the group,’ which is largely affirmed, reflected, and signaled in (and through) a constellation of institutional policies, programs, and practices that conspire, converge, and cooperate to clearly communicate: You belong here.” — Dr. Terrell Strayhorn’s College Student’ Sense of Belonging (2019)

In this workshop, participants will engage in identity-based experiential activities collectively, aiming to build competencies for inclusivity and equity in relation to culture, identity, and positionality. Participants will explore various topics, including understanding and interrogating our own identities, and examining how our identities are viewed through the lens of power.

Practicing equitable strategies requires a deep reworking of who we are and how we engage in decision-making in the workplace. Traditional work culture habits show up in our work to block creativity and undermine collaboration. Trying innovative mindsets allows us to replace harmful habits with intentional practice. In this workshop, participants will analyze how the power of six growth mindsets works to shift our collective understanding of the current workplace landscape.

Historically, people of color have united to organize against white supremacy under the premise of shared struggle. BIPOC organizers have continuously struggled to make this framework work and have struggled to overcome the ever-present oppression Olympics. But perhaps the framework is limited and fails to recognize that BIPOC aren’t all impacted by white supremacy in the same way because of our nuanced racial identities. In this workshop, participants will unpack the histories of BIPOC organizing strategies, relevant learnings, and the outcomes.

How can we, as managers, lead with an anti-oppressive lens? How do we recognize, respect, and uplift the identities of our teams? This interactive 3-hour session (with a break in the middle) supports participants in exploring different managerial styles to create and sustain anti-oppressive work cultures. Together, we’ll discuss ways to manage teams that recognize, respect, and uplift the identity and social positions of your staff. You will leave this workshop with a more nuanced understanding of the principles of anti-oppression and anti-oppression management and practices to create an engaging and supportive social justice-oriented work environment.

Characteristics, attitudes, and behaviors in the workplace are all judged through a cultural lens of whiteness in a white supremacist, patriarchal United States. White dominant culture refers to the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that the norms, fears, preferences, and expectations of white people shape how we interact and engage in the workplace. Participants in this workshop will define white dominant culture and explore the tangible ways in which it is normalized in workplaces under the current socio-political climate. Using specific cultural norms, participants will envision new ways of being that are explicitly anti-racist and uplift cultural differences in the workplace.