Racial & Social Justice, Equity & Belonging: A two-part training for arts and culture administrators
Space is limited to 40 participants.
Two representatives from each organization are encouraged to attend as a way to support post-workshop change and implementation.
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About this Event
The principles of social justice, equity and belonging ask us to vision a world in which we are interdependent, conscious of how we impact each other and focused on building bridges. This training addresses the dehumanizing power imbalances within our society and organizations and imparts tools and resources to support long-term racial equity and social justice within Reno’s arts and culture sector.
During this training participants will:
Learn about the four types of racism and how they intersect with other forms of oppression.
Examine how structures within white dominant arts ecosystems accelerate or inhibit racial and social justice, equity and belonging.
Learn essential frameworks, tools and practices that build organizational muscle to examine and interrupt how we perpetuate different forms of oppression.
Identify, design and implement structures and policies that amplify the positive impact of our organizations and constituencies.
Begin to explore our roles in the work of racial equity and social justice, and how we can work together to create justice and liberation.
Facilitator bios:
Kyana Wheeler is a Black woman, rooted in the belief that relationships and community are central to our liberation. An accomplished race relations trainer skilled in anti-racist data and measurements, systems analysis, group facilitation, antiracist leadership development, and policy impact analysis, she is practiced in implementing systemic change within large complex structures. With an M.Ed in Organizational Leadership and a MPA in Policy Development, she has actively engaged in moving the City of Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) forward over the last 15 years.
A board member of the Non-Profit Anti-Racist Coalition (NPARC) and founder of Kyana Wheeler Consulting, Kyana works with organizations to embed institutional practices that create sustainable change and develop infrastructure that supports conversations about systems of oppression through the lens of race.
Diana Dvora Falchuk is a Seattle-based artist, mother, organizer, facilitator, strategist, coach and organizational change consultant who works in diverse contexts to build racial and social justice, and support transformation. Since 2012, Diana has worked with the City of Seattle Race and Social Justice Initiative through which she designs racial equity infrastructure and provides racial equity strategy, policy development, technical assistance, training and coaching to 28 City departments and three branches of government. A significant thrust of her work has been the use of arts and mindfulness in shifting institutional culture, decision-making and policy toward racial and social justice.
Diana received a Bachelor’s from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s of Social Work from the University of Washington where she was certified in Intergroup Dialogue and now teaches in the Master’s in Social Work Program. Diana currently co-chairs the national Government Alliance on Race and Equity Arts & Culture Work Group.
Road Maps is a partnership between arts-minded organizations and municipalities that work together to promote best practices in promoting arts and culture in Northern Nevada. The partners include City of Reno, City of Sparks, Sierra Arts Foundation, Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, Washoe County, University of Nevada School of Performing Arts, Nevada Arts Council, and the Reno Arts Consortium.