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Dates: Thursdays, February 13, February 20, February 27, March 6, March 13, and March 20, 2025 (1 pm - 3 pm ET).
Cost: $100
*Please note, all participants will receive a confirmation email from TicketTailor with a link to join the meetings on Zoom. All registrants will receive access to a recording of the workshops, following each session.
Our BIPOC Inclusion Lab provides brave spaces for ENGO staff to share experiences, resources, and best practices to foster BIPOC-welcoming and affirming workplaces. This Community of Practice consists of six, two-hour sessions held weekly.
Our BIPOC Inclusion Lab offers ENGO staff the opportunity to:
- Discuss the joys and challenges of BIPOC inclusion in a safe, virtual space with your peers and gain allies along your organizational JEDI journey
- Learn from ENGO-sector Fireside Chat guest speakers who have experience initiating and maintaining BIPOC inclusion initiatives in their organizations
- Work through challenging, real-life scenarios in small breakout groups
- Share and receive resources, templates, policies, strategies, and best practices related to BIPOC inclusion
- Build community, strengthen relationships with your ENGO peers
- All participants automatically become part of our burgeoning JEDI Alumni Network, designed to keep up the learning momentum and deepen peer networks
Who Is the BIPOC Inclusion Lab For?
The BIPOC Inclusion Lab is for ENGO staff who are interested in exploring BIPOC Inclusion strategies with your colleagues and taking those learnings back to your organization. Whether your organization is at early or advanced stages of BIPOC Inclusion, expect to engage in real talk with an intimate group of your peers in a brave, virtual, facilitated space. This isn’t a lecture-style course: this is a Community of Practice where attendees are expected to actively participate, share experiences and resources, and lean into the challenging conversations that foster true change.
Who should attend from your organization? While we believe that all staff have a role to play in BIPOC Inclusion, consider sending staff whose job roles related directly to HR, People and Culture, and/or JEDI. You are welcome to send more than one staff member. Previous attendees have found that sending staff from different levels and job roles allows the organization to get the full BIPOC Inclusion picture.
As this program is designed for ENGO staff, it may not provide the most impactful experience for ENGO Board members, ENGO volunteers, or people from grassroots (volunteer-run) ENGOs. People from non-ENGO, non-profit sectors are welcome to join us, keeping in mind that the content has been designed with the ENGO sector in mind.
BIPOC Inclusion Lab: Fostering Transformational Change
The BIPOC Inclusion Lab is designed for organizations who are ready to explore strategies specific to policies, processes, and culture, and discuss how to use BIPOC inclusion principles to bring a transformative lens to their organizations. All participants automatically become part of our burgeoning JEDI Alumni Network, designed to keep up the learning momentum and deepen peer networks.
Session 1: Psychological Safety & Intersectionality
This initial session is focused on building trust and safety in the group and getting to know each other. We will take an in-depth look at the concept of psychological safety, discuss why it is essential to organizational BIPOC inclusion initiatives, and explore how intersectionality and colonization factors in.
Session 2: White Privilege, Guilt, & Fragility
Colonization has created a world in which White/European people hold the most privilege. This has significant impacts on BIPOC inclusion, yet identifying and coming to terms with our own privileges can be uncomfortable. We will explore how White privilege leads to guilt and fragility, as well as identifying and coming to terms with our own privileges across a range of dimensions.
Session 3: Mapping & Sharing Power
BIPOC inclusion isn’t only about hiring BIPOC staff – its also about fostering workplaces where their perspectives are valued, and where they can grow and thrive as their true selves. We will discuss how to map power flows, how power is shared (and with who), and explore best practices for democratizing power in your organization.
Session 4: Allyship, Mentorship, & Sponsorship
Mentorship may get all the attention, but it can only do so much on its own. We will discuss the differences between these three terms, best mentorship practices and structures, as well as exploring how allyship and sponsorship can support mentorship efforts, as well as bring standalone benefits.
Session 5: Fostering Cultures of Care
In ENGO workplace culture, staff are typically expected to go above and beyond due to their dedication to “the cause”. This approach increases the risk of burnout for everyone but has special impacts on BIPOC staff. We will discuss the concept of organizational cultures of care, explore different caring strategies and impacts, and identify how to integrate care into all aspects of organizational culture.
Session 6: From Learning to Organizational Transformation
In
the final session, we bring everything together with a solid work plan
designed to set you up for success to take your learnings back to your
organization and discuss how to drive transformative change via BIPOC
inclusion.
