Continuing Courageous Conversations Toolkit

Continuing Courageous Conversations

Toolkit

8/8/2017

Acknowledgments

Funded by: Iowa Department of Human Services

Developed by: Lisa D'Aunno, JD Michelle Heinz, MSW graduate student The National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice University of Iowa School of Social Work

With additional contributions by:

Erin Kramer, M Ed Iowa State University Child Welfare Research and Training Project

Sandy Lint, LMSW Iowa Department of Human Services

Special thanks to Jolene Holden, Sue Strever, the Race: The Power of an Illusion (RPI) facilitators, and the Cultural Equity Alliance members. Their knowledge and guidance was invaluable during the development of this Toolkit.

Human conversation is the most ancient and easiest way to cultivate the conditions for change ? personal change, community and organizational change, planetary change. If we can sit together and talk about what's important to us, we begin to come alive. We share what we see, what we feel, and we listen to what others see and feel.

- Margaret Wheatley (2002)

Toolkit

Table of Contents

Introductory Materials............................................................................................................... 1 About the Toolkit ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Ground Rules for Continuing Courageous Conversations1 ....................................................................... 3 Exercises ....................................................................................................................................................... 5

Ice Breakers .................................................................................................................................. 7

Exercises...................................................................................................................................... 11 Learning about Microaggressions .......................................................................................................... 11 Exploring our Racial Consciousness - Racial Autobiography11 ......................................................... 15 Exploring our Racial Consciousness ? Race in My Life12.................................................................... 19 The Courageous Conversation Compass13 .................................................................................................. 21 Understanding Privilege .......................................................................................................................... 27 Anti-Racist Bystander Intervention........................................................................................................ 31 Community Report Card18 ...................................................................................................................... 33 Face Test: Do I have the full picture?19 ................................................................................................. 35 Perspective Taking20 ................................................................................................................................. 37 Becoming Aware of Our Implicit Biases21 ............................................................................................. 39 Project Implicit ......................................................................... 41 How to Overcome Our Biases ................................................................................................................. 43 Stand Up and Declare Activity22............................................................................................................. 45

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