Crossroads is excited to share this dynamic workshop that explores a power analysis of white supremacy and systemic racism in the United States. In this intensive workshop, participants become a learning cohort through large and small group discussion. The shared learning environment encourages participants to apply this analysis towards institutional growth and change. The workshop has six primary objectives: 

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

Toward Liberation is a three-day workshop with 22 contact hours that utilize a breadth of modalities to engage a variety of learning styles. Cohorts of participants are introduced to key frameworks for describing and understanding how white supremacy and systemic racism operate within institutions and deepen their learning through large group discussions, experiential activities, small group sharing, and individual reflection. 

The full cohort will meet daily on Thursday, June 8, Friday June 9, and Saturday, June 10  from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Individually packaged lunches and snacks are included in the price of admission. 

PREREQUISITE LEARNING:

We strongly recommend that participants have previous experience engaging with Crossroads' analysis of systemic racism by having participated in one or more of the following:

• an Introduction to Systemic Racism workshop (digital or in-person)
• an Introduction to Antiracism workshop (digital or in-person)
• the former Understanding and Analyzing Systemic Racism workshop (pre-pandemic in-person), or
• the webinar - Beyond Diversity: How to Build a Truly Anti-Racist Organization
  

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

INSTITUTIONAL PRICING:

Cost per participant is on a sliding scale based on the annual gross revenue of their institution: 

• $975 per individual registration: institutional budget above $16.5 million
• $775 per individual registration: institutional budget between $2 million - $16.5 million
• $575 per individual registration: institutional budget between $400K - $2 million
• $375 per individual registration: institutional budget under $400k

Individuals choosing to participate without institutional sponsorship should choose a sliding scale rate that best reflects your own ability to pay for the workshop. Consider if you could contribute a higher amount to support other participants as well.

The registration form allows for payment through PayPal using a credit card or to send a physical check. Please note that participants will not be admitted into the workshop until the check is received.

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 5 categories of mitigation strategies and describes our Contingency Plan should an event be cancelled due to COVID-19. The 5 categories of mitigation measures covered in this policy are:

• County conditions
• 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:

County conditions: Several weeks prior to the workshop Crossroads begins monitoring the amount of virus present in the county where the workshop will take place. If there is a significant increase in the spread of the virus in the county, the workshop may be postponed or cancelled.

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.