Workshops

Overview:

Crossroads recommends the webinar “Beyond Diversity: Building a Truly Anti-Racist Organization,” created in partnership with Everyday Feminism, as an introduction to Crossroads approach to systemic racism, white supremacy, and theory of change.

Webinar Delivery: 

Beyond Diveristy is a pre-recorded webinar, 126 minutes in length. It can be viewed as an individual using the link below, or can be viewed as a group. 

Webinar Fee:

Individual access for this webinar costs $45. Contact us to discuss group viewing rates and options.

Watch Beyond Diversity: How to Build a Truly Anti-Racist Organization

Overview:

The Introduction to Antiracism workshop builds a foundation of shared analysis of systemic oppression among colleagues, establishes skills for talking about race and racism, and introduces participants to Crossroads’ unique tools for dismantling racism: an equation framework to describe systemic racism, an applied power analysis, and the Continuum on Becoming an Antiracist Institution.

The idea that oppression, and in particular, racism, is not only a matter of individual prejudice but a systemic, institutional problem of power and requires structural intervention to dismantle is foundational to the Introduction to Antiracism workshop. The workshop is designed for institutions who want their staff as well as their leadership to understand the systemic nature of racism and the role institutions play in its maintenance.

Workshop Objectives:

1. Introduce a framework for understanding what systemic racism is and its relationship to white dominant culture in the United States.
2. Begin exploring how the values of white dominant culture operating through US-based institutions replicate patterns of intersectional oppression that advantage white people disproportionately and that harm people of color regardless of intent
3. Invite participants – both individuals and institutions – to consider how they are upholding systemic racism via institutional practices and norms–often in unintentional ways
4. Begin unpacking what the long-term strategic work of dismantling institutional practices upholding systemic racism will require of the institution and its stakeholders

Workshop Delivery: 

Participants of the Introduction to Antiracism workshop will experience first-hand Crossroads effective methodology for facilitating productive conversations about race and racism. It will be interactive and include multiple modes of learning.

This workshop can be delivered as a digital engagement via Zoom or in-person. Cohorts typically accommodate up to 34 participants, though with additional facilitators we can accommodate larger gouprs.

The workshop is designed to take place over the course of one full day with 6.5 contact hours of facilitation and participant interaction plus 90 minutes of down time for breaks and lunch. The workshop can also be conducted over 2 consecutive half days of approximately 3.5 hours each.

Workshop Fee:

Crossroads’ workshop fees are on a sliding scale, based on an organization’s budget. Here are the rates for the Introduction to Antiracism workshop:

Up to 34 Participants:

Equity Rate: $2,860
(Annual budget less than $400,000)

Sustainer Rate: $4,400
(Annual budget between $400,000 and $2 million)

Supporter Rate: $5,940
(Annual budget between $2 million and $16.5 million)

Builder Rate: $7,480
(Annual budget over $16.5 million)

35-50 Participants:

Equity Rate: $5,200
(Annual budget less than $400,000)

Sustainer Rate: $8,000
(Annual budget between $400,000 and $2 million)

Supporter Rate: $10,800
(Annual budget between $2 million and $16.5 million)

Builder Rate: $13,600
(Annual budget over $16.5 million)

Click here to learn more about our fees and sliding scale.

Overview:

This workshop builds upon the foundation of the Introduction to Antiracism Workshop. White supremacy ideology is perhaps the greatest barrier to achieving socio-political, economic, cultural, and ecological sustainability in the USA. It is critically important that community and institutional leaders grasp the widespread constancy of white supremacy ideology, their conditioned investment in the ideology, and begin to imagine how to collaborate with others to dismantle it.

Workshop Objectives:

• Explore the ways white cultural hegemony in the US is commonplace and institutionally transmitted
• Explore how white cultural hegemony ideology coopts and conditions systems, institutions, and the people that populate them to uphold the ideology of white supremacy in intersectional ways
• Introduce tools and practices that can disrupt the hegemonic values and ways of being that legitimize the ideology of white supremacy  

Workshop Delivery:

This workshop can be delivered as a digital engagement via Zoom for online cohorts of 20-30 participants or as an in-person engagement. It will be interactive and include multiple modes of learning.

The workshop is designed to take place over the course of one full day with 6.5 contact hours of facilitation and participant interaction plus 90 minutes of down time for breaks and lunch. The workshop can also be conducted over 2 consecutive half days of approximately 4 hours each.

Workshop Fee:

Crossroads’ workshop fees are on a sliding scale, based on an organization’s budget. Here are the rates for the Dominating White Ways workshop:

Up to 34 Participants:

Equity Rate: $2,860
(Annual budget less than $400,000)

Sustainer Rate: $4,400
(Annual budget between $400,000 and $2 million)

Supporter Rate: $5,940
(Annual budget between $2 million and $16.5 million)

Builder Rate: $7,480
(Annual budget over $16.5 million)

 Click here to learn more about our fees and sliding scale.

Overview:

This workshop builds upon the foundation of the Introduction to Antiracism Workshop. The Introduction to ABAR Education workshop is designed for educators working with children and youth in all settings, including early childhood, public and private K-12 schools, religious education, after school programs, and teacher education programs at colleges and universities.

Workshop Objectives:

1. Discuss the development of social group identities (e.g. race, gender, class etc.) and their relationship to bias and prejudice.
2. Gain insight into how children and adults internalize and act out of these biases.
3. Explore how bias and race prejudice develop, and how they become structured into institutions.
4. Be introduced to the 4 Goals of Anti-bias Education and discover ways to apply them to educational settings.

Workshop Delivery: 

This workshop can be delivered as a digital engagement via Zoom for online cohorts of 20-30 participants or as an in-person engagement. It will be interactive and include multiple modes of learning.

 The workshop is designed to take place over the course of one full day with 6.5 contact hours of facilitation and participant interaction plus 90 minutes of down time for breaks and lunch. The workshop can also be conducted over 2 consecutive half days of approximately 3.5 hours each.

Workshop Fee:

Crossroads’ workshop fees are on a sliding scale, based on an organization’s budget. Here are the rates for the Introduction to ABAR Education workshop:

Up to 34 Participants:

Equity Rate: $2,860 per day
(Annual budget less than $400,000)

Sustainer Rate: $4,400 per day
(Annual budget between $400,000 and $2 million)

Supporter Rate: $5,940 per day
(Annual budget between $2 million and $16.5 million)

Builder Rate: $7,480 per day
(Annual budget over $16.5 million)

 Click here to learn more about our fees and sliding scale.

Overview:

In the context of an increasingly diverse and interconnected global landscape, the cultivation of an antiracist environment is of the utmost importance. As institutions continue to impact societal issues, nurturing a truly inclusive institutional culture of mutual respect and understanding will allow institutions to truly harness the organizational power of diversity. 

This daylong workshop will equip participants with the tools and skills that can be leveraged in the process of building a critical mass among institutional stakeholders and working towards ongoing, significant, structural antiracist transformation. 

Workshop Objectives:

• Introduce the core principles of institutional organizing, and its significance in fostering collective action for antiracism efforts.  Analyze power dynamics within organizational structures; and identify ways to interrupt and counter oppressive power dynamics.  

• Explore the ways relationships with both internal and external stakeholders can be leveraged to foster collaboration and solidarity. 
• Develop effective strategies that use resources efficiently to influence lasting change. 

Workshop Delivery: 

Through engaging discussions, group activities, case studies, and practical exercises, participants will develop a shared understanding of, and practical approaches to institutional organizing.  

This workshop can be delivered as a digital engagement via Zoom or in-person. Cohorts typically accommodate up to 34 participants, though with additional facilitators we can accommodate larger gouprs.

The workshop is designed to take place over the course of one full day with 6.5 contact hours of facilitation and participant interaction plus 90 minutes of down time for breaks and lunch.

Prerequisite Learning

It is strongly recommended that participants have previous experience engaging with Crossroads’ analysis of systemic racism by having participated in one or more of the following: 

• Introduction to Systemic Racism workshop (digital or in-person) 

• Introduction to Antiracism workshop (digital or in-person) 
• the former Understanding and Analyzing Systemic Racism workshop (pre-pandemic in-person),  

If participants have not experienced any of the above, we recommend renting the Beyond Diversity: How to Build a Truly Anti-Racist Organization webinar  before the start of the workshop. 

Overview:

This workshop builds upon the foundation of the Introduction to Antiracism Workshop. Toward Liberation is an intensive workshop that explores a power analysis of white supremacy and systemic racism in the United States.

Workshop Objectives:

• Co-actively – in action together – create shared language for talking about how white supremacy and systemic racism operate in the United States society  
• Explore the historical development of white supremacy and systemic racism in the United States  
• Experience a sense of one’s individual and collective stake in the reparation and restoration of all creation
• Grapple with how white supremacy and systemic racism operate by applying a power analysis to systems and institutions
• Dig into the processes of racialization that misshape all people and consider how to build pathways towards antiracist co-liberation
• Practice using tools, applying frameworks, and having intentional conversations together in cohorts that build the foundation for antiracist institutional transformation. 

Workshop Delivery:

Toward Liberation can be delivered as a three-day intensive in-person workshop with 7 contact hours of facilitation and participant interaction plus 90 minutes of down time for breaks and lunch each day. Toward Liberation can also be delivered as a 5-week digital workshop series via Zoom for online cohorts of 24-40 participants. The digital workshop series includes 25 contact hours, which will guide participants through weekly Independent Learning in preparation for the Discussion and Deepening Session where Crossroads facilitators will assist in applying the shared analysis towards institutional growth and change.

We invite institutions to create a cohort of between 24 and 40 participants, including key stakeholders, to journey through the series together with an internal manager to help track and direct the cohort. When filling a cohort is not practical, we will create mixed institutional cohorts within a similar sector of work (PreK-12 Education, Religious Communities, Arts Organizations, Etc.). For both single and mixed institution cohorts, we will assist your team in selecting a three-hour time slot in the morning, afternoon, or evening.

Digital Engagement:

In a digital format, Toward Liberation is offered as a five-week workshop series. Each week is focused on a Learning Module which consists of several individual (asynchronous) learning objects in the Crossroads Learning Management System, such as pre-recorded videos from Crossroads staff, interactive learning content, guided research activities, and worksheets to catalyze self-reflection. Each week’s independent learning culminates in a live Discussion & Deepening Session hosted by Crossroads facilitators who use a variety of modalities including large group discussions, experimental activities, small group sharing, and independent reflection to provide a rich learning environment to dig into the application of the analysis. The day and time of the series must be consistent through the 5-week series and attendance for all sessions is required to engage in the scaffolded material.

In-Person Engagement:

In person, Toward Liberation is offered as a three-day intensive workshop meeting from 9am-5pm each day.

Workshop Fee:

Crossroads’ workshop fees are on a sliding scale, based on an organization’s budget.

Equity Rate: $14,950 per workshop
(Annual budget less than $400,000)
Sustainer Rate: $23,000 per workshop
(Annual budget between $400,000 and $2 million)
Supporter Rate: $31,050 per workshop
(Annual budget between $2 million and $16.5 million)
Builder Rate: $39,100 per workshop
(Annual budget over $16.5 million)

Click here to learn more about our fees and sliding scale.

Informational Webinar:

https://vimeo.com/733840889

Overview:

This workshop builds upon the foundation of From White Supremacy Toward Liberation: Building Shared Analysis for Transforming Institutions. After exploring the process of racial identity formation for People of Color and White People, we move to understanding the ways in which we all internalize racist ideas of oppression and superiority. Exploring the different manifestations of internalization and are introduced to the practice of Racial Identity Caucusing as a tool for accountable behavioral intervention.

*Workshop objectives and final title coming soon!