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Dear John,
"What would a racially just world look like? How would it sound? What
are the flavors like?"
These are the questions I enjoy asking when facilitating one of our
racial equity trainings as a way to get folks to talk about race.
Talking meaningfully about racism and racial justice seems like a simple
and easy thing to do, and yet it is a competency - so necessary for
organizational and systemic change - that not everyone has or tries to
learn.
As Angela Davis says in her book Freedom is a Constant Struggle , "If we
do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move
in misleading directions."
And it's true. When we are unable or unwilling to talk explicitly about
race, our institutional strategies and interventions fail to take into
account the disparities rooted in racism. For example, even with the
rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine,
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racial disparities
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persist, and justice for black folks like Breonna Taylor
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remains elusive.
This is why trainings stand at the core of our efforts to advance racial
equity in communities, government
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, social justice nonprofits, and arts and culture institutions. I have
seen first-hand how our racial equity trainings provide folks an entry
point into the movement, a tool for organizing with allies and
colleagues, and a solid foundation for the work of improving the
material conditions of and shifting power to Black, Indigenous, and
People of Color.
Support Racial Justice Training!
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In 2020 alone, we trained over 3,000 people via our Building Racial
Equity Trainings
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, and engaged 2,000 more in intersectional conversations about race via
our #RaceAnd webinar series. With your support, we were able to offer
hundreds of scholarships to organizers and folks who despite
pandemic-year struggles are eager to equip themselves with racial equity
tools.
"This program does a great job of synthesizing history, racial justice,
and ‘future dreaming' to lead us toward a better world." - recent
participant in our training
With your continued support,
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we're able to offer more spaces for individuals and organizations to not
just learn about racial equity concepts and tools and ways to organize
with each other, but also spaces to dream and vision of a world that is
racially just, where Black, Indigenous, and people of color thrive, and
not just survive.
Your support of Race Forward
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is an investment in this critical work.
In solidarity,
Nikko Viquiera
Training Strategy Director, Race Forward
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P.S. No matter where you are in your racial justice journey -
skill-building is an ongoing pursuit, opportunity, and is essential to
the movement. Join us.
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