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DISCUSSION TOPICS
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Self-Care
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How do we separate ourselves from our labor and exist without guilt?
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How do we lead and preserve ourselves in a time when the disparate impacts of this pandemic are exacerbating the structural inequities we've long been working to address?
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Wellness and structural innovation to build towards wholeness in this new normal--let's create the new norm that works for us.
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Resource-sharing
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Movement-building
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Grief Management
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Supporting each other’s artistic work
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Combatting a culture of urgency in a time of unknown
SCHEDULE
Friday, June 26 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm PT / 2:00pm - 3:30pm CT / 3 - 4:30pm ET
Friday, July 24 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm PT / 2:00pm - 3:30pm CT / 3 - 4:30pm ET
Friday, August 28 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm PT / 2:00pm - 3:30pm CT / 3 - 4:30pm ET
Friday, September 25 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm PT / 2:00pm - 3:30pm CT / 3 - 4:30pm ET
BIPOC PWI
Launched in 2015 as a national initiative, artEquity provides tools, resources, and training at the intersection of art and activism. With over 5,000 individuals trained, and a growing alumni community, artEquity is building a broad base of individuals and organizations who are strategically poised to create and sustain a culture of equity, inclusion, and justice through arts and culture.
artEquity works with a team-based approach that center the following values:
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The offering of acknowledgment, awareness and respect to all cultural groups,
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Transparency in the decision-making process.
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Shared leadership.
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Developing an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of our colleagues, as well as their lives and personal values beyond work.
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The inclusion of communication and learning styles.
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The practice of naming our need for support; trust that those who name their needs are doing so honestly and with integrity.
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An ongoing and rigorous feedback loop.
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Individual and team accountability.
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Supporting one another.
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Ongoing relationship building, both with our colleagues and partners, and recognize that our work is fundamentally relational in nature.
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Everyone’s contributions, regardless of their role or responsibilities.
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Self care.
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A commitment to ongoing analysis-building and professional development.
SERIES TWO TOPICS
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Naming our Realities: Systems and Structures
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Strategize and Disrupt: We Have a Right to Be Here
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Beyond Survival to Self-Care: Leaving Environments That Do Not Support Us
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Support, Engage, and Action: What's Next?
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BIPOC + Philanthropy *NEW*
FORUM SESSIONS
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Wed, October 14: 10:30a-12:30p PT/1:30p-3:30p ET
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Wed, October 21: 10:30a-12:30p PT/1:30p-3:30p ET
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Wed, October 28: 10:30a-12:30p PT/1:30p-3:30p ET
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Wed, November 4: 10:30a-12:30p PT/1:30p-3:30p ET
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Wed, November 11: 10:30a-12:30p PT/1:30p-3:30p ET
The Wednesday Forum Sessions are a series of panel discussions via Zoom webinar. The topics will be addressed by BIPOC who are in Predominantly White Institutions and/or who have left a PWI.
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Sat, October 17: 10:30a-12:30p PT/1:30p-3:30p ET
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Sat, October 24: 10:30a-12:30p PT/1:30p-3:30p ET
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Sat, October 31: 10:30a-12:30p PT/1:30p-3:30p ET
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Sat, November 7: 10:30a-12:30p PT/1:30p-3:30p ET
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Sat, November 14: 10:30a-12:30p PT/1:30p-3:30p ET
The Saturday Processing Sessions are intentionally designed to complement the Wednesday Forum Sessions in order to provide a social space to break isolation and as a group: Reflect, Process, Empower, and Rejuvenate (RPER).