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WE'RE ELIMINATING RACISM 
with our Racial Equity & Inclusion training 
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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 & Inclusion workshop is led by Racial Equity Institute facilitators and has been designed to help you proactively understand and address racism in your community, workplace, and personal life. The Racial Equity Institute 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 & Inclusion Phase I workshop, 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, please contact Tori Burke-Koskela for a coupon code to use. This will allow you to register without paying. 

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It's easy to sign up! Register online by clicking the button below, or register by phone at 843.722.1644. 
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How you can help

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​If you own or lead an organization, send your leaders, staff, or volunteers to a Racial Equity & Inclusion session tailored to your organization! Contact Tori Burke-Koskela.

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

Donate! A $500 tax-deductible donation will provide a scholarship for one individual to attend one of our Racial Equity & Inclusion workshops... and if desired, participate in an REI sub-group afterward. 
We appreciate the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce for donating meeting space at its Park Circle location for our REI workshops. We're also seeking breakfast, coffee, lunch, and corporate sponsors! Please contact Tori Burke-Koskela. Thank you!

BUILDING RACIAL EQUITY ​IN CHARLESTON 

SEE REI'S IMPACT
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Want to know more about the impact our Racial Equity & Inclusion trainings 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 & Inclusion program. 
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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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YWCA Greater Charleston
PO Box 80935
Charleston, SC 29416
M-F 9 AM to 5 PM

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  • ELIMINATING RACISM | PROGRAMS
    • MLK CELEBRATION
    • RACIAL EQUITY & INCLUSION >
      • RACIAL EQUITY & INCLUSION | IMPACT
    • STAND AGAINST RACISM | Pledge
  • EMPOWERING WOMEN | PROGRAMS
    • WHAT WOMEN BRING
    • WE 360 | FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR
    • | 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
  • NEWS
    • SEE US IN THE NEWS
    • VIEW OUR E.NEWSLETTERS
    • BE IN THE KNOW: SUBSCRIBE HERE
  • SUPPORT US
    • BECOME A MEMBER
    • RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP
    • SPONSOR AN EVENT OR PROGRAM
    • INVEST IN YWCA USA
  • DONATE