In-Person Twin Cities Animating Antiracist Ways of Being, February 28, 9am-5pm

Workshop Overview

For people invested in transforming their institutions and ecologies to become racially just, it is critically important to understand what antiracism is and what it requires of leaders in institutions. This work includes building shared understanding of how systemic racism operates within institutions, practice identifying its impacts and tools for imagining solutions. The workshop is designed for institutions who want their staff as well as their leadership to build shared framework and practice applying these frameworks to their own institutional life. This workshop accomplishes the following objectives:

1. Introduce a framework for understanding antiracism and what it requires of institutions and their leaders.
2. Frame systemic racism and its relationship to white dominant culture.
3. Begin exploring how systemic racism advantages white people and harms people of color because of a socio-political arrangement we are all conditioned to accept.
4. Invite participants to grapple with how they are upholding this arrangement regardless of their intent.
5. Begin exploring the long-term strategic work of dismantling systemic racism in institutions and society.

This workshop utilizes large and small group conversation and individual reflection, as well as applied practice of frameworks introduced to provide participants with both knowledge and experience. Crossroads unique analysis provides a place to start or deepen for institutions committed to institutional transformation. Following this workshop, Crossroads offers a variety of opportunities to build upon themes and frameworks introduced in this workshop.

This workshop can be offered in a format that accommodates up to 50 participants facilitated by a team of four facilitators.

PRICING

This workshop is open to participants who are individuals who are opting to join for their own learning and paying out of their own pocket as well as those who are attending as employees representing an institution that is sponsoring their registration. For this reason, we offer two sliding scales for those two different categories of participants.

For individuals paying out of their own pocket, Crossroads recognizes that price can be a barrier to attendance. We have set the value of the workshop at $180 for an individual and invite you to select the price that is appropriate for you.

• Full Price Individual Registration: $180
  • For individuals who are able to cover all their costs of the workshop
• Reduced Price Individual Registration: $120
  • For individuals with ample resources
• Half-Price Individual Registration: $90
  • For individuals with moderate resources
• Minimum Fee Individual Registration: $35
  • For individuals with modest resources
• Sponsored Individual Registration: $0

If you are authorized by your institution to attend the workshop and they are paying your registration, please select a ticket price from our sliding scale based on the gross annual budget:

• Builder Rate: $300 per participant
  • For institutions with an institutional budget above $16.5 million
• Supporter Rate: $240 per participant
  • For institutions with an institutional budget between $2 million - $16.5 million
• Sustainer Rate: $180 per participant
  • For institutions with an institutional budget between $400K - $2 million
• Equity Rate: $120 per participant
  • For institutions with an institutional budget under $400k

In order to ensure confidentiality all participants must register even if you are selecting the $0 registration price. Previous participation is Crossroads workshops does not grant guest, un-registered or unpaid access to Crossroads digital workshops.

Each organization/institution is limited to 6 participants per event.

TIMING CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE REGISTERING

Participants will not be granted access into the workshop after the Courageous Space Agreement, which is generally concluded in the first 30 minutes. Full day workshops include a 90-minute lunch break, as well as breaks to stretch and take care of yourself every hour.

All workshop participants are expected to attend the complete workshop from beginning to end, going "in and out" of the workshop space is not permitted. We are happy to make reasonable accommodations as folks work remotely and manage technical issues However, if facilitators perceive continued disengagement that is not communicated, the participant will be dropped and not allowed to re-enter.

Please carefully read the complete workshop and cancellation policies that are include at the bottom of the registration form as well the confirmation email.

If you have concerns about your ability to participate or any accommodation needs please contact us at registration@crossroadsantiracism.org

LOCATION NOTES

Twin Cities - Plymouth Congregational Church 1919 La Salle Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403

                                                                                COVID 19 PROTOCOLS

Crossroads takes the potential risks associated with COVID-19 infection very seriously. We created our COVID-19 policies in the spirit of inviting workshop participants to partner with us to create the optimal environment for doing the important antiracism work you are committed to doing, in the safest, most healthful way possible.

Our policy covers several categories of mitigation strategies and describes our Contingency Plan should an event be cancelled due to COVID-19. The categories of mitigation measures covered in this policy are:

• Facilities best practices
• Meeting room best practices
• Individual best practices for participants
• Individual requirements for Crossroads staff

Each of these and our Contingency Plan are described below:

Facilities best practices: Crossroads hosts workshops in facilities that meet or exceed American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recommendations or where adequate social distancing is possible.

Meeting room best practices: Physical distance between individuals is another mitigation strategy for reducing transmission of airborne disease. We use several strategies to increase physical distance between participants and between participants and facilitators, including using larger meeting spaces and various seating strategies. If meals are included with the workshop registration, they will be single serving and/or pre-packaged and additional space will be made available so participants can spread out during meal times.

Individual best practices for participants: There are a variety of measures individual participants can take to help create a safer, healthier event for everyone. For example: participants should limit their public exposure in the week prior to the workshop, and have minimal travel through airports, and other densely populated transit hubs. In addition we ask participants to observe the following precautions:

• Crossroads requests all participants to be fully vaccinated and boosted with any of the Covid-19 vaccine regimes.
• Crossroads provides N95 or KF94 masks to each participant and we require them to be worn at all times during the workshop except while eating. Participants may use their own masks as long as they meet the N95 or KF94 standard.
• Crossroads provides alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol at each table where participants are seated. We also provide sanitizing wipes to use throughout the event to periodically wipe and sanitize the various surfaces they are in contact with throughout the event.
• We recommend testing, using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test or rapid antigen test prior to the start of the workshop. Any participant who tests positive for COVID-19 should refrain from attending the event in person and to explore alternative means of participation. PCR tests should be taken within 48 hours of the start of the event. We encourage participants to test again several days after the event has ended and to notify Crossroads if any event participant tests positive and may have been contagious during the event so we can evaluate the potential exposure of our training staff and the other participants, and notify them as appropriate.

Individual requirements for Crossroads staff: All staff are provided with N95 masks to wear throughout travel and while facilitating, hand sanitizer, sanitizing wipes and when appropriate personal air cleaning devices. Staff are provided paid time off to recover from Covid-19 illness.

Contingency Plan: Should a workshop be cancelled prior to starting because of high levels of COVID in the community or because Crossroads cannot provide trainers due to COVID illness, every effort will be made to communicate with participants in advance and to reschedule the workshop for another date. If the rescheduled date is not workable, participants may request a full refund of the workshop fee they paid. The rescheduled workshop may take place in person or online at Crossroads discretion.

If a workshop is cancelled after it has begun because of COVID exposure or illness of one or more trainers, Crossroads will complete the workshop either in person or online at our discretion and no refund of workshop fees will be made.

For more information about our COVID prevention policies, please contact us at registration@crossroadsantiracism.org

Please carefully read the complete workshop and cancellation policies that are include at the bottom of the registration form as well the confirmation email. If you have concerns about your ability to participate or any accommodation needs please contact us at registration@crossroadsantiracism.org.

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