Awake to Woke to Work

Awake to Woke to Work®: Building a Race Equity Culture™ Workshop

Once a month, we are offering virtual open enrollment workshops to individuals and organizations on building a Race Equity Culture™.

Description

The first module is training on the Race Equity Cycle® framework for organizational transformation and includes break-out groups for discussion and Q&A. The second module is a deeper dive on operationalizing equity and includes break-out discussions designed to support the definition of specific priorities and action steps to build a Race Equity Culture™.

During these workshops, we will:

  • Provide training on the EIC Race Equity Cycle framework and research
  • Review management and operational best practices that help organizations transform culture
  • Address how structural racism manifests in organizations
  • Review the behaviors, beliefs and policies that dismantle institutional racism
  • Create an engaging space to discuss where your organization is on the Race Equity Cycle
  • Share tools and resources to support staff in dismantling white dominant culture
  • Guide teams in prioritizing action steps to build and sustain momentum

Refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) below if you have questions. If you have any other questions about the Open Enrollment sessions or our partner trainings, please email us at workshops@equityinthecenter.org.

Upcoming Workshop Dates and Cost

Equity In The Center updated service pricing to a tiered pricing model in April 2022 to better align with best practices among 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 will allow individuals with historically less access to wealth, disproportionately BIPOC folks, to pay the lower fees.

Refund Policy | Apply for a Partial Individual Scholarship

For Individuals and Small Teams

April 2024 Session

Monday, April 8 AND Monday, April 29

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET

(1-3pm CT / 12pm-2pm MT / 11am-1pm PT)

September 2024 Session

Monday, September 23 AND Monday, September 30

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET

(1-3pm CT / 12pm-2pm MT / 11am-1pm PT)

November 4 and 18, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET (Sales begin July 15)

December 9 and 16, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET (Sales begin August 19)

Individual ticket sales close 1 hour before the first session.

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
$190 $215 $240 $265

*Budget categories based on Rockwood Leadership Institute’s tiered pricing model

For Organizations

2024 Sessions

May 13 & 20, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET (1-3pm CT / 12pm-2pm MT / 11am-1pm PT) AND June 10 Office Hour

August 5 & 19, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET (1-3pm CT / 12pm-2pm MT / 11am-1pm PT) AND September 9 Office Hour

October 7 & 21, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET (1-3pm CT / 12pm-2pm MT / 11am-1pm PT) AND November 13 Office Hour

Register

Review our Open Enrollment Policy before registering your organization.

Organization ticket sales close 7 days before the first session. 

Subsidized Rate Actual Cost Rate Supporter Rate Investment Rate
# of people attending 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
15-20 ppl $3,225 $4,300  $5,375 $6,450
21-35 ppl $5,375 $6,450 $7,525 $8,600
36-49 ppl $8,600 $9,675 $10,750 $11,825

*Budget categories based on Rockwood Leadership Institute’s tiered pricing model

Why Equity In The Center?

Testimonials

I really appreciated this workshop. It’s helpful to have some guidance on assessing where we are as an organization and what goes into that assessment – even if there are limitations to self-assessment.

I searched long and deliberately and when I finally found the EIC AWW publication, it was exact and fully resonated with how I wanted to lead this work in this organization of which I am a new team member responsible for codifying systems that I wanted to ensure were steeped in equity.

This training helped us to better understand how the process can help non-profits and other agencies utilize the information to move forward.

I am eager to build a plan of action and budget for this work. Thanks so much for being bold, unapologetic and assuring as you brought this brilliant piece of work to life with and for us in these sessions.

Thank you! You did a great job! I feel very prepared to continue the conversation and act within my organization to advance race equity.

The course was excellent. I appreciated our facilitator and had a great discussion with my breakout group.

I adopted the EIC AWW publication for our annual retreat, so having that unpacked more was helpful, especially as other managers from my organization were along with me for the training to garner understanding at a deepened level.

This workshop introduced a clear framework for discussing the stages of moving to racial equity and the strategies and descriptions of how to do that.

Facilitator

Juan Serrano, EIC Director of Content 

An educator by training and an organizer at heart, Juan believes in his power to attach peoples’ broader understanding of race and power to tangible actions that affect change. Prior to joining Equity In The Center, Juan served as the Gulf/Delta Regional Manager for the new Race Forward, Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) where he worked with jurisdictions in the region to apply a racial equity framework to their operations by designing and facilitating workshops for local government leaders. In addition to his work to drive change in the Gulf/Delta region, he hosted the GARE Network Arts and Culture Work Group whose mission is to build critical infrastructure and connective tissue for Arts and Cultural Affairs offices across the country, in order to move cultural narratives in more racially equitable directions.

Juan works in his current capacity from his home in Mexico City; he continues to partner with people and organizations that pursue racial equity and community engagement across the Gulf region and beyond.

Juan is an award-winning educator with 10 years of teaching and administrative experience. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Dillard University and an M.S. in Educational Studies from Johns Hopkins University.

Juan-Serrano-Headshot

Frequently Asked Questions

Who are open enrollment sessions for? 

Open enrollment sessions are for small organizations and individuals who wish to learn more about the Race Equity Cycle® and how to develop a Race Equity Culture™.

I am an individual looking to learn more about race equity, is this the right workshop for me? 

This workshop and its contents are tailored specifically for action in an organizational environment. If you are interested in personal growth and allyship, we recommend that you check out our Race Equity Culture Partner Trainings. 

How much do open enrollment sessions cost? 

For individuals and small teams:

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
$190 $215 $240 $265

*Budget categories based on Rockwood Leadership Institute’s tiered pricing model

For organizations:

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
15-20 ppl $3,225 $4,300  $5,375 $6,450
21-35 ppl $5,375 $6,450 $7,525 $8,600
36-49 ppl $8,600 $9,675 $10,750 $11,825

*Budget categories based on Rockwood Leadership Institute’s tiered pricing model

Please note that should an organization enroll in the open enrollment sessions, it will not be tailored to their organization. However, you will have the opportunity to have team-focused discussions in breakout groups.

What can I expect if I register 15 or more people as a team? 

Since these sessions are open to the general public, your employees will be in the same “room” as others who have registered for the workshop. When participants are split into breakout groups, your employees will be in rooms with one another (4 people per room). Should you want larger breakout sessions for your employees, you may request them (max 6 people per breakout room). However, it is strongly recommended that you hold team-wide follow-up discussions after the workshop to discuss the next steps for making progress on building a Race Equity Culture. 

Review our Open Enrollment Policy for more information. 

I’m an independent consultant, can I use the Race Equity Cycle® and what I learn in this training in my work? 

Independent consultants can cite our Race Equity Cycle framework (as they would any other analysis by Race Equity Institute or Change Elemental for example), but they cannot provide consulting services based on it, train on the content, or market their services as “Race Equity Culture™ services.” However, a consultant can take the Race Equity “cog” from our publication and include it as part of a presentation (thus citing it). Furthermore, you may give the publication to clients as a pre-read for a meeting, or as a resource/learning tool to reference (for a CDO or other executive leading this work). You may absolutely share it as a resource to help organizations understand what their race equity work should look like. If you are an independent consultant, you will be asked to complete this form confirming these terms before participating in the workshop.

Please note that we are unable to respond to RFPs or requests for Letters of Interest. For recommendations on how to navigate work with equity consultants, see So You Want to Hire an Equity Consultant: A Guide for Leaders and Organizations.

If you have any questions about the Open Enrollment sessions or our partner trainings, please email us at workshops@equityinthecenter.org.