Workshop Resources
Materials to review in preparation for the Living the Pledge workshop
We ask participants in our Living the Pledge workshop to review the following materials prior to each module to provide background information on the topics to be discussed that session. If you have a favorite resource on any of these topics, we’d love to hear about it as we also send participants a list of “going deeper” resources.
When we first turned the workshop virtual, we re-worked these educational materials but maintain an archive of the materials previously used during the inaugural in-person workshops here.
Select the tab at the top corresponding to the module whose material you wish to access.
Foundations for Understanding
Please read the following material prior to the first workshop session.
- READ: Common Definitions (PDF)
Recognizing and Confronting Bias
Please complete the following prior to the workshop session.
- TAKE: Implicit Association Test (Online test) Be sure to make note of your results.
- WATCH: Dateline episode: Implicit Association Test (10 min)
- WATCH: We all have implicit biases. So what can we do about it? | Dushaw Hockett | TEDxMidAtlanticSalon (16 min)
Speak Up Against Microaggressions
Please read the following material prior to the workshop session.
- READ: Racial microaggressions: examples and phrases for productive dialogue (PDF of CNN web article)
- READ: Speak Up Handbook (Abridged) (PDF)
Structural & Institutional Racism
Please complete the following prior to the workshop session.
- Complete one (or both) of the following:
- READ: A History: The Construction of Race and Racism (PDF)
- WATCH: The Origin of Race in the USA Video (10 min)
- READ: White Supremacy Culture (PDF)
The Movement for Black Lives
Please read the following material prior to the workshop session.
- READ: Black Lives Matter 4-year Anniversary Report (PDF)
- READ: Leaderful Practice Model (PDF)
Personal Commitment to Ending Racism
Please complete the following prior to the workshop session.
- READ: White Solidarity with Black Lives Matter (PDF)
- REVIEW: Your responses to the prompts (⇒) and suggestions (•) in “Making Meaningful Pledge Commitments” from the Module 3 Participant Guide (pp. 3-4).
- If you did not respond in writing to the prompts, please take some time to do so before our final session. You may find the first side of this Pledge commitment card helpful to record your responses.
- Please give some thought as to what meaningful, actionable commitments you might make.