Resources - Jacqueline Battalora

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“Developing racial competency has changed everything: how I make sense of the past, understand the present, and hope for the future.”

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Successfully supporting and navigating diversity is essential to the long-term survival and vitality of many organizations. Jacqueline Battalora provides foundational understanding of racial inequality and presents tools that can transform workplaces and communities into a strong reflection of inclusion and equal opportunity.

This Week in History eCOURSE

Training helps users to understand the deep structures of white superiority throughout history. This is essential for addressing race-based implicit bias and the promotion of diversity and inclusion in an organization or community.

For 52 weeks historical facts that gave value to whites and institutionalized white perspectives are shared, questions are posed that connect the historical facts with the current moment, and an action to take is proposed.

Birth of a White Nation

Book cover with a tattered USA flag reading Jacqueline Battalora, Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today Second Edition Drawing on history and law, Birth of White Nation reveals how, when, where, and why a group called "white people" was first created in colonial North America. This origin story of white-body supremacy examines how a core organizing feature of U.S society came to be. Birth of a White Nation is an important read for anyone who seeks to understand the key developments that have kept us—and continue to keep us—from being a united nation.

—Resmaa Menakem, author of My Grandmother's Hands and Rock the Boat

Free eCOURSE

The purpose of the course is to provide a historical and legal foundation for understanding the roots of racial hierarchy in the United States. GET STARTED HERE

DAY ONE—Develop a general understanding of the social context preceding the first use of “white people” to reference a group of humanity in law.
DAY TWO—Understand the social context that gave rise to a massive rebellion against the ruling elite.
DAY THREE—Understand how, when and why lawmakers created the human category “white people” in law.
DAY FOUR—Understand how the new legal strategy transformed colonial society.
DAY FIVE—Understand how “white people” were institutionalized as a matter of foundational U.S. law and conferred an unearned advantage.

After registering you will receive the first day’s content within 24 hours

Whiteness Competency eCOURSE

This training dismantles structures that produced race-based implicit bias and assists the individual awareness of one’s investment in whiteness and a commitment to addressing racial bias.

Weekly assignments engage recipients in the development process. In addition to a weekly assignment, each lesson includes journal or discussion questions to help facilitate reflection and engagement.

Language of Social Justice (a cheat sheet for policy makers)

Jacqueline Battalora is one of the nation's best advocates for issues of equality and social justice. Her talks are challenging and engaging ... and leave people ready to move forward instead of feeling mired in frustration. Her work is essential to the field and her passion is contagious.

—Eddie Moore, JR., PH.D. Founder & President, The Privilege Institute

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21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge

The 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge © was created by Dr. Eddie Moore Jr. and co-developed with Debby Irving, and Dr. Marguerite Penick. This Challenge is modeled after the “21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge©,” which was conceived several years ago by diversity expert Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. to advance deeper understandings of the intersections of race, power, privilege, supremacy, and oppression.

ONE MOORE IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT COPYRIGHT, DISTRIBUTION, USE AND DISSEMINATION OF THIS KNOWLEDGE:

The concepts and format of all versions of the 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge © were designed to support personal, group and organizational transformation. Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. and The Privilege Institute (TPI) make these materials available to the public free of charge for the purpose of promoting transformation. It is our hope that the work of racial equity through the Challenge can be operationalized and lead to a more equitable, anti-racist, and just society. You are welcome to use these materials without charge because of the author's and Institute's commitment to social justice and racial equity. If, however, you plan on monetizing the 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge ©, in any form, for example, as part of a grant, contract, fee-based convening, please request explicit, written permission from the Founder and CEO of the WPI and creator of the 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge ©, Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. In such a case, an agreement will be reached on how to compensate the BIPOC individuals and their social justice allies for their emotional labor invested to create the racial equity materials.

https://www.eddiemoorejr.com/21daychallenge

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AWARE-LA Saturday or Sunday Dialogues (Saturdays focus on learning and support)

Before attending an AWARE-LA Saturday or Sunday dialogue, you should attend an orientation to get to know the organization and learn how they do the work. Link to register for AWARE-LA Saturday or Sunday Dialogues

When is Saturday Dialogue orientation?

Date & Time: Second Wednesdays, 3:00pm-4:00pm EDT; 4:00pm-5:00pm CDT; 5:00pm-6:00 pm MT; & 6:00pm - 7:00pm PDT
Location: Zoom, register here

Details: We strongly encourage you to attend a Saturday Dialogue Orientation before you attend a Saturday Dialogue. Please join us! In this orientation, we’ll talk about the purpose of Saturday Dialogues and why AWARE-LA organizes as a white anti-racist community. We’ll go over what a typical Saturday Dialogue agenda looks like, and talk about the different type of content that we do throughout the year. We’ll also tell you about the organizational structure of AWARE-LA, and then close out our time together with an opportunity for newcomers to ask questions of our facilitation team.

Accessibility: We can provide ASL interpreters and closed captioning upon request. To ensure availability, please make your request at least 72 hours prior to the event you wish to attend.

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