Race Equity Culture™ Partner Training with Service Never Sleeps
What Does It Mean to Be Black-Led?
An extensive guide on liberatory organizational management, Black leaders’ experiences, and their needs from supporters to thrive.
Training Purpose: The training centers Service Never Sleeps’ (SNS) report, What Does it Mean to Be Black-Led? research project, by highlighting the major findings and providing reflection and guidance for moving forward. Click here to download and read the report.
Research Overview: SNS’ Black-Led Project is the outcome of a two-year research project that engaged 117 Black executive directors, deputy directors, race equity consultants, and race equity officers to qualitatively define Black-led organizations by exploring the following questions:
- How lived experience positions Black leaders for equitable leadership
- The internal and external challenges faced by Black leaders
- What actions and resources promote the success of Black-led organizations
Research Outcomes: The Black-Led Project research led to a resource that provides the following:
- A detailed spotlight on Black leaders’ experiences and insights
- An extensive guide of equitable practices and effective leadership by centering Black leaders
- A charge to fund and support the sustainability and thriving of Black leaders and Black-led organizations
Training Outcomes: This half-day training will share the report’s major findings, and provide space for participants to process the takeaways and identify effective ways to move forward individually/institutionally in community and with SNS’ guidance.
*Pre-reading of the Black-Led Project report is not required, but is strongly advised as a post-training assignment if not completed beforehand.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email workshops@equityinthecenter.org.
Accessibility
Our trainings are hosted on the Zoom video conferencing platform. You will need a computer or mobile device with a camera and microphone, and a quiet place to participate. A desktop computer (rather than cell phone or tablet) is ideal for accessing the training, as it allows the best ease of access to all the features in Zoom.
Trainings are interactive and most include breakout discussions. Please come ready to participate! If this is not possible for you, accommodations can be made by direct messaging the EIC Zoom host at the start of the training. We offer auto-generated closed captions through Zoom. Captions can sometimes be a little glitchy or inaccurate. Please reach out to workshops@equityinthecenter.org if you have accessibility needs or concerns.
Upcoming Workshops and Cost
In April 2022, we adopted a tiered pricing model to align with best practices in equity-focused organizations. We ask that organizations purchasing tickets on behalf of their staff purchase tickets in the tier that aligns with your organizational budget and sector. For individuals purchasing tickets for themselves, we ask that those with greater privilege purchase tickets at the higher end, which allows individuals with historically less access to wealth, disproportionately BIPOC folks, to pay the lower fees.
Training Policies | Apply for a Race Equity Culture™ Scholarship
Q3 2024 Session
Wednesday, October 30, 12:00 – 4:00 pm ET
(11am-3pm CT / 10am-20pm MT / 9am-1pm PT)
| Subsidized Rate | Actual Cost Rate | Supporter Rate | Investment Rate |
| Non-profits with budgets <$1M | Non-profits with budgets between $1M and $3,999,999; government | Foundations with assets less than $10M; non-profits with budgets between $4M and $9,999,999 | All for-profit companies; foundations with assets over $10M; and non-profits with budgets $10M and above |
| $150 | $175 | $200 | $225 |
*Budget categories based on Rockwood Leadership Institute’s tiered pricing model
Your Facilitator
Whitney Parnell (she/her)
Whitney Parnell is a Black millennial activist, singer, and the Founder and CEO of Service Never Sleeps (SNS), a nonprofit that empowers individuals and communities to catalyze social justice through service and Allyship. She grew up between Latin America and West Africa as a Foreign Service child. At Washington University in St. Louis, Whitney doubled majored in English and Spanish, and minored in Communications and Journalism, during which she also embraced her calling as an activist. Whitney’s passion for service and social justice brought her to Washington, DC to serve with City Year, and then work in homeless services. Whitney is excited to create a movement of service and allies by igniting quick social change through mass civic engagement. Whitney is also a musician, and is releasing a social justice album called “What Will You Do,” with the goal of using empathy through song to ignite action. All album proceeds will go to Service Never Sleeps.
