PHASE ONE
Laying the Groundwork
Where is your team starting from? Have racism and equity been part of your dialogue for a while, or are they new? The readings and activities in this phase will help you build a new vocabulary and a deeper understanding of racism and equity together.
In this phase, you will:
Learn how to define and more deeply understand racial equity, and see why a focus on racial equity specifically is critical to education
Explore what equity-mindedness looks like in action and how it differs from deficit-mindedness
Understand how to build a high-functioning team
Take part in activities to build equity-minded competence and a new shared vocabulary across your team
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Tool Overview
CORE CONCEPTS OF RACIAL EQUITY
Familiarize yourself with a glossary of terms that will become core to your discussions.
GUIDE FOR COMPOSING A CAMPUS RACIAL EQUITY TEAM
Learn about the key roles on an equity team and how to best fill them.
CONCEPTS & ACTIVITIES FOR RACIAL EQUITY WORK
Dive into the imperative for this work and what equity-mindedness looks like, then get started with insight-sparking activities.
The full PDF includes a brief reading plus eight activities:
Finding Your Racial Equity Stance
Creating Your Educational History Map
Defining Campus Equity
Creating A Campus Equity History Map
Identifying Deficit- & Equity-Minded Statements
Equity Quadrant
The “Bob” Cartoon: Unpacking Institutional Racism
Facilitating Equity-Minded Conversations & Navigating Resistance To Race
VIDEO: IMPLICIT BIAS IN ACTION
Witness the harmful consequences of racial bias in higher education by following two students, one White and one Latinx.
LINKS TO RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
Dig deeper with a selection of relevant books and articles on the Publications page.
“It’s been very enlightening on many levels … I've learned to be more aware of my demographic in my classroom and … I've really learned the faultiness in the color-blind approach.”
A reflection on engaging with the tools
in this phase from a white male instructor
with 20+ years teaching experience
