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Event Name:

Forum Catalyst Circles

Event Type(s):

Issue Exploration

Description:

The Issues Exploration committee has created a unique learning opportunity for Forum members. If you’re ready to take a deeper dive into understanding racial equity and how we can take action in our region, this is for you.

Catalyst Circle Curriculum
Week 1 (8/26) Intro & Community Building

Life stories theme
Community building activities
Group agreements
Overview

Week 2 (9/9) History of Racism & Resistance

Week 3 (9/23) Racial Identity

RI development theory
Racial autobiographies

Week 4 (10/7)       Housing

Week 5 (10/21)   Education

Week 7 (11/4)       Healthcare

Week 8 (12/2)       Criminal Justice

Week 9 (12/16)   Wrap Up/Next Phase

Mid-point feedback survey
Action project guidelines

Week 10 (1/6/22) Visioning Session

Radical imagination
Design thinking

Week 11 (1/20)   Action Project

Week 12 (2/3)       Action Project

Week 13 (2/17)   Action Project

Week 14 (3/3)       Action Project

Week 15 (3/17)   Action Project

Week 16 (3/31)   Action Project

Week 17 (4/14)   Culmination

Catalyst Circle Outcomes – Building Across 4 Domains
KNOWLEDGE

Interrogating your personal racial identity development process
Deepening your understanding of regional racial disparities

SKILLS

Applying a critical racial equity lens to systems
Holding yourself accountable for equity
Giving and receiving feedback and support

CAPACITY

Dialoguing across difference (inter- and intra-racially)
Maintaining connection through conflict
Engaging where you have access individually & organizationally for racial justice

COMMUNITY