MDWA Belonging Community Conversation - Race

Belonging Community Conversations

Part 1 of 3 part series:

What is Race and who defines it?

Imagine Fox Cities’ (IFC) Community Conversations are coming to MDWA’s WILD workshops! We will be hosting a series of three conversations provided by IFC to explore and share our experiences and thoughts on race, racism and anti-racism with each other in safe, supportive small group discussions. Increased fluency in these topics related to racial justice is an important leadership skill for all of us, especially women as leaders in our community, our businesses, and our organizations. What better way to learn than with MDWA and WILD? 

To maximize your learning, we recommend watching a few videos for some individual exploration prior to joining these discussions. For our Part 1 Race conversations, please consider watching:

1. Dr. Jesus Smith speaking on "The Changing Faces of Race" from the Imagine Fox Cities' convening "Anti-Racism, Belonging, and Community" starting at the 6:00 minute mark; if the above link does not work you can find the link on the Imagine Fox Cities homepage:  https://www.imaginefoxcities.com/
2. From Stanford University's RaceWorks series, "Doing Race" and "Racial Perception" sections: http://sparqtools.org/raceworks-videos/ 

Attendance of all three sessions is strongly recommended as each session will build on the discussions and themes from the previous session:

Race, Racism, Anti-Racism

Oct. 22, Nov. 5, Nov. 19

Our small group discussions will culminate in an inspirational December program where we will continue to learn about Imagine Fox Cities, Belonging, and insights from our own Belonging Conversations. Make plans now to attend all 3 conversations plus our program on December 16.