The Living the Pledge Workshop is a 12-hour virtual zoom workshop designed to give participants confidence in their ability to talk about and confront racism wherever it lives. The workshop is about 50% small group discussion, with the same small group throughout and beyond the workshop. Some pre-work is required, as is a commitment to attend all sessions.

The primary goal of this workshop is to develop confidence in our abilities to:
 Integrate the Pledge to End Racism into our daily lives
 Recognize and challenge systemic racism
 Confront racism and bias in our everyday lives, and
 Take leadership in ending racism in our community, our culture, and our lives

As part of the workshop, participants develop a community of support and an understanding of how to use support in deepening our work in building a just and equitable multicultural world.

The workshop is for everyone – for people who have:
 engaged in other anti-racism/multiculturalism training. This workshop is designed to take your understanding and your competency to a deeper level, connecting you with other community activists.

 never taken a class about racism. This workshop will challenge you to invest in and deepen your learning so you can put yourself on the road to intercultural competence.

Living the Pledge to End Racism Workshop
Six Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
May 8 to June 12 

FUSIT committed to action on racism by adopting the 8th Principle two years ago. The Living the Pledge workshop is a perfect way for you to explore how you can get involved in anti-racism work. Many have found it worthwhile and challenging.

In the workshop we will:
 Explore our own experiences with racism as children, and later into adulthood.
 Examine our own implicit and explicit biases.
 Learn to recognize and respond to micro-aggressions.
 Improve our understanding of institutional and systemic racism.
 Learn more about Black Lives Matter and associated groups.
 Consider our personal commitments to fight racism.

Before each session, participants will prepare for discussion by reading articles and watching videos. You will be assigned to a small group that will meet for about half of our time together after a large group introduction to the session’s topic.

This spring’s workshop will take place over six consecutive Wednesday evenings on Zoom. A reliable internet connection is required. Each session runs two hours. You must commit to all six sessions.

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For questions contact Nancy Miller, ananda7733@gmail.com.

The Pledge:
I BELIEVE that every person has worth as an individual.
I BELIEVE that every person is entitled to dignity and respect, regardless of race or color.
I BELIEVE that every thought and every act of racial prejudice is harmful; if it is my thought or act, then it is harmful to me as well as to others.
Therefore, from this day forward:
I WILL strive daily to eliminate racial prejudice from my thoughts and actions.
I WILL discourage racial prejudice by others at every opportunity.
I WILL treat all people with dignity and respect;
I WILL commit to working with others to transform this community into a place that treats people of all races, ethnicities, and cultures with justice, equity, and compassion, and
I WILL strive daily to honor this pledge, knowing that the world will be a better place because of my effort.