Kathy Obear, Ed.D.
Currently president of the Center for Transformation and Change, www.drkathyobear.com, Dr. Kathy Obear is nationally recognized as an expert in helping leaders, change agents, and facilitators develop the capacity to create equitable, inclusive, and racially/socially just organizations. Kathy is a Co-founder of the Social Justice Training Institute, www.sjti.org, an intensive professional development experience to deepen capacity to dismantle dynamics of racism and white supremacy in ourselves and in our organizations. Kathy works with leaders and change agents to deepen their capacity to recognize and interrupt racist and white supremist attitudes and behaviors before they do harm, acknowledge the devastating impact of past racist behaviors and institutional racism, shift current racist behaviors and organizational practices, and develop strategies to truly partner with colleagues of color and Indigenous colleagues to eradicate racism and white supremacy culture in their spheres of influence to create true racial equity and justice in everything they do.
Thursday, November 18, 2021 | 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (CT)
Using a Race Lens in Decision-Making and to Analyze & Revise Policies, Practices, Programs, and Services
A predictable trap for leaders and change agents is to over-focus on interrupting interpersonal microaggressions while ignoring the pervasive systemic barriers to racial equity and inclusion embedded in policies, practices, programs, norms, and services. However well-intentioned, inclusion efforts can fall devastatingly short and allow structural obstacles, unproductive dynamics, and uninclusive dominant culture norms to continue to manifest. In this engaging virtual session, participants will experience and review practical resources to implement in their daily activities to use an Racial Equity Lens to both analyze and revise existing policies, programs, practices, norms, and services as well as keep racial equity and inclusion centered in all planning and decision-making processes.
