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YWCA GREATER CHARLESTON PRESENTS 
the Racial Equity Institute 
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WHAT TO EXPECT AT YOUR WORKSHOP

Held from 9 AM to 5 PM (Eastern time) on two consecutive weekdays, currently via Zoom, each Racial Equity Institute workshop is led by REI facilitators and has been designed to help you proactively understand and address racism in your community, workplace, and personal life. REI is nationally recognized for helping communities address institutional racism.

Our REI trainings now include the REI Debrief, a session one week after the workshops where together we'll discuss next steps for participants.
SEE OUR UPCOMING REI DATES

​PHASE I

Our two-day REI Phase I training is designed to develop the capacity of participants to better understand racism in its institutional and structural forms. Moving away from a focus on personal bigotry and bias, this workshop presents a historical, cultural, and structural analysis of racism. 

Topics covered include our fish/lake/groundwater analysis of structural racism; understanding and controlling implicit bias; race, poverty, and place; markedness theory; institutional power arrangements and power brokers; importance of definitions of race and racism; history and legacy of race in American economic and policy development; and racial identity and its interaction with institutional culture.

With shared language and a clearer understanding of how institutions and systems are producing unjust and inequitable outcomes, participants should leave the training better equipped to begin to work for change.

Once you've attended a Racial Equity Institute Phase I workshop, you can move ahead to attending the Phase II workshop... or you can attend a Phase I workshop a second time at no charge. We find that many participants  need time to digest and fully integrate all they've learned, and attending a second Phase I workshop can be helpful in doing so.

If you would like to attend REI Phase I a second time, select "Repeating REI participant" on our registration page. Be sure to use the same name and email address as you did when you registered the first time, so that we can find you in our records and approve you.


PHASE II WORKSHOPS

Our REI Phase II workshops build on Phase I and help emerging racial equity leaders identify their own struggles and challenges in terms of the racial equity analysis done in Phase I. 

Following an in-depth review of Phase I concepts, participants examine internalized oppression, feelings of inferiority and superiority, racial identity development, and how personal and organizational practices are affected by these feelings. The consistent and predictable outcomes of organizations and institutions find their roots in structures supported and maintained by individuals who have internalized narratives of inequity and justice.

"Diagnosis determines treatment" is a frequent statement in Phase I training. In Phase II, participants practice looking at problems through an equity lens and develop an appreciation for the power of narrative. 

The last and perhaps most important and challenging exercise of Phase II is developing a personal and organizational vision. No one alive today has ever lived a moment of their lives in an equitable world. We do not know what it looks like. REI believes in the power of vision and the imperative of a clear and common vision to approach the work of equity. Participants engage in much-needed practice to develop a vision of their workplace equity work. 

​Sign up today 

It's easy to sign up! Register online by clicking the button below, or register by phone at 843.722.1644. 
REGISTER & PAY ONLINE

How you can help

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​If you own or lead an organization, send your board members, executives, staff, or volunteers to a Racial Equity Institute session! Contact Shamara White, our training coordinator, to arrange it.

If you're an individual, attend one or more of our Racial Equity Institute workshops — and invite your friends! 

Donate! A $400 tax-deductible donation will provide a scholarship for one individual to attend one of our Racial Equity Institute workshops... and if desired, participate in an REI sub-group afterward. 

BUILDING RACIAL EQUITY ​IN CHARLESTON 

SEE REI'S IMPACT
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Want to know more about the impact the Racial Equity Institute can have? 

Check out this May 2019 interview on Quintin's Close-Ups, where our executive director discusses our #WhatWomenBring power lunch and then the Racial Equity Institute. 
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If you're an individual who would like to provide a scholarship for a worthy recipient to attend a Racial Equity Institute workshop, we thank you! Please go to our donations page and select the REI option.

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ADDRESS

YWCA Greater Charleston
PO Box 80935
Charleston, SC 29416
M-F 9 AM to 5 PM

PHONE

843.722.1644 o
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EMAIL

email ywca.gc

  • ELIMINATING RACISM | PROGRAMS
    • MLK CELEBRATION
    • RACIAL EQUITY & INCLUSION >
      • RACIAL EQUITY & INCLUSION | IMPACT
    • STAND AGAINST RACISM
  • EMPOWERING WOMEN | PROGRAMS
    • WHAT WOMEN BRING >
      • WHAT WOMEN BRING | Ticket sales open Oct 13
    • WE 360 | FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR
    • OWN THE ROOM | PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR WOMEN
    • WOMEN'S HEALTH
    • | EMPOWERING YOUTH |
    • SHESTRONG
    • Y GIRLS CODE
  • ABOUT US
    • SEE OUR MISSION
    • SEE OUR HISTORY
    • MEET OUR STAFF
    • MEET OUR BOARD
    • SEE OUR PARTNERS >
      • SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES | Our partners and other Charleston nonprofits
  • NEWS
    • SEE US IN THE NEWS
    • VIEW OUR E.NEWSLETTERS
    • BE IN THE KNOW: SUBSCRIBE HERE
  • SUPPORT US
    • BECOME A MEMBER
    • RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP
    • VOLUNTEER WITH US
    • INVEST IN YWCA USA
  • DONATE