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Anti-Racism Leadership Team Outreach

• Mission• Vision• Goals• Overview• Concepts

IntroductionARLT Outreach . . .

• Brings visibility to the ARLT Mission and Vision

• States the goal(s) of ARLT

• Gives an overview of the work

• Shares concepts used to understand and communicate within ARLT

Ramsey County Community Human Services Anti-Racism Leadership Team (ARLT) - 2010

ARLT Mission & Vision

• Mission Statement:Recognize racism in our institution and implement a transformational strategy for change

• Vision Statement:CHS will become a multi-cultural, anti-racist organization to meet the needs of our rapidly changing racially and culturally diverse community and staff


ARLT and Subcommittees

• ARLT has 21 members

• Multiple sub-committees

• All members belong to at least one sub committee


Strategic Plan/Directions

• Build alliances to reach our vision

• Objectives:

– Build allies across RC and community

– Engage County Manager & Board

– Strengthen leadership throughout agency

– Increase client voice • Cultural advocates, client navigator



• Deepen and Broaden Staff Perspective

• Objective:

– Empower staff through training, resource group, authentic dialogue



• Create Accountability to Reach Goals

• Objectives:

– Develop & use racial equity tools

– Identify evaluation outcomes


Strategic Plan/Directions• Improve the ARLT Organization

• Objectives:

– Create project manager/ management

– Create organizing system for information & communication (SharePoint)

– Evaluate ARLT membership/ turnover process


Concepts Used in ARLT

• Developing allies / Being an ally

• Transformational vs. transactional– Transformational = 27 member w/equal

voice. Transactional vs. Traditional hierarchy

• Internalized Racial Oppression (people of color)– Internalizing “less than” or “inferior”

• Internalized Racial Superiority (whites)– Internalizing “more than” or “privilege”


Work Group Plans

• Changing practices– Promising practice tool– Client navigator– Client survey

• Contracting– Seek input (providers & listening circles)– Reform RFP & contract processes

• Training– Authentic Dialogue–MCARI– Anti-racism activities & trainings


Work Group Plans

• REAL– Training in matrix (power analysis)

• Communications–Meet with County Manager– Increase staff participation in training

• Hiring & Retention– Resource groups–Work with cultural specific groups

(vacancies)


Broad Areas of Accomplishments• Built and building common understanding of the national

and local history of racism: Wall of History, RC History document

• Implemented set of definitions and concepts around systemic power and race – focus on institutional racism . P1,P2,P3: power over POC, power which preserves white privilege, power to socialize us to racial expectations, internalized racial superiority/oppression, continuum becoming ARMC institution

• Implemented strategic plan through ARLT/Management workgroups and updated 2010-2015 plan

• Built support with Board of Commissioners

• Implemented communication, analysis & organizing tools throughout the organization: i.e., authentic dialogue, matrix power analysis


How ARLT Does Its Work

• Considers racism’s causes & effects on:– Clients– Staff– How the ARLT makes decisions

• Monitors progress and makes changesas needed


How ARLT Does Its Work

• Coordinate department efforts.• Be a resource and catalyst.• As a team, be a unified voice.• Establish a solid foundation for

training and education.• Establish accountability in

organization and community.


Real Life Sharing Personal

Stories• Outreach Team members

• The unit member(s)?


What This Means

• Moving the agency to become an anti-racist, multi cultural agency is a process.

• “It takes a lot of time for a long time."

• We are all learning as we go, and there are no ready made answers or road map.


Discussion

• What do you think or feel about this topic?

• Why is this work important to you?

• Summarize key points to remember.


Next Steps • What can we all do as human beings

to recognize racism in our institution and implement a transformational strategy for change? For instance• Keep an open mind• Expand your information base• Attend trainings• Join ARLT• Check your reactions & filters when

encountering people of other races
