Anti-Racism Resources

FNA's Racial Diversity and Equity Series (2020)

In 2020, FNA hosted a series of workshops focused on how committed the sector actually is to diversity, equity, and inclusion, in our personal and professional lives. It was designed to answer the questions "Are we supporting and uplifting people of color?" and "are we unintentionally doing more harm than good if we are not consciously anti-racist in our lives?" and to encourage and enable your organization to identify areas where you can make changes to your interactions to the world around you. The series provided opportunities to focus on both your individual AND organizational learning and growth.

The series consisted of:

Session 1: Institutional Racism, Implicit Bias, and Microaggressions
Presented by Dr. Tammy L. Hodo, President of All Things Diverse

This 2-hour session, designed for individual learning and growth, examined:

The construct of race and how it has changed throughout American history
Institutional racism, both historical and contemporary, and the continued disparities we see in generational wealth, educational outcomes, and other areas of society
The results of the Implicit Association Test and how implicit bias impacts everyday interactions with people and our decision-making process
Mechanisms to mitigate biases and recognize when we are relying on our biases to make decisions
The four units of socialization which will allow attendees to understand how we develop our biases
Microaggressions and how they impact people in marginalized communities

Each participant took the free Implicit Association Test (IAT) before participating in the session.

Click here to view the workshop.

Session 2: Creating a Strategic Diversity Plan
Presented by Dr. Tammy L. Hodo, President of All Things Diverse

This 90-minute session, designed for organizational planning and growth, was designed to:

Reveal current workforce demographics and why diversity is a good business decision
Help you understand how your organization’s workforce mirrors (or not) the population you serve
Assist you in developing a 3-5 year Strategic Diversity Plan, including getting buy-in from current employees
Develop a SMART method to measure progress on your plan
Share tips to recruiting, engaging, and retaining a diverse staff

Click here to view the workshop.

Session 3: Building Equitable Organizations with Distributive Decision Making
Presented by Ananda Valenzuela, Interim Executive Director of RVC in Seattle, WA

The traditional decision-making models that our organizations use can be disempowering, inequitable, and time consuming. If we change how we make decisions and build a healthy learning culture, we create space for employees across the organization to gain valuable professional experience and streamline the operations of our organizations. In this 2-hour workshop, designed for organizational planning and growth, participants:

Connected how changing decision-making processes leads to anti-racism action
Understand the benefits of the advice process for both the organization and the employees
Learn how to advice decision-making process works
Be able to implement it at their organization

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Session 4: Interrupting Bias Within the Employee Lifecycle
Presented by Emily Holthaus, Nonprofit HR

From attracting world class talent to respectfully offboarding employees and everything in between, the employee lifecycle is often a place where bias can creep into organizations. During this session, we will take a deep dive to uncover how to identify and interrupt bias through solutions that address both the human and process sides of the equation. Throughout, we will engage in meaningful dialogue and most importantly, introduce actionable methods that can be applied within your organization to address bias and increase equity within your talent management processes.

This 2-hour session is designed for staff leaders or those who make HR decisions at nonprofit organizations and addresses topics related to recruiting, hiring, and managing all employees in an equitable way.

Click here to view the workshop.

For Individual Growth, Understanding and Change

Anti-Racism Resources (Compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein)

Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture (Showing Up for Racial Justice)

The Race Cards (904ward)

Talking to Kids About Racism is a Duty - and Good for their Mental Health (Nonprofit Quarterly)

Teaching Tolerance

For Organizational Growth, Understanding and Change

Anti-Racist Organizational Change: Resources and Tools for Nonprofits (CommunityWise Resource Centre)

Building a Multi-Ethnic, Inclusive, and Anti-Racist Organization (Racial Equity Tools)

The Bias of 'Professionalism' Standards (Stanford Social Innovation Review)

Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power, and Privilege (MSW @ University of Southern California)