Building a Better White Ally: Cultivating Relationships and Racial Solidarity
Learn how to advance antiracism through connection, coalition, and community in our online workshop series.
Build antiracism skills.
Develop shared language for examining whiteness, privilege, and race. Learn how to recognize performative allyship and uproot racial inequities.
Discover tools and strategies.
Explore how to build, maintain, and strengthen relationships that advance equity. Deepen understanding about forming multiracial coalitions and networks.
Connect and collaborate.
Reflect on lessons learned from multiracial collaborations past and present. Foster community with other people committed to antiracism. Identify concrete solutions for taking collective action.
Building a Better White Ally: Cultivating Relationships and Racial Solidarity
Our work has shown us that equity takes more than DEI buzzwords or quick fixes. It requires connection, coalition, and community. That starts with building meaningful relationships that allow us to work together toward a shared vision of racial justice.
But how do we cultivate relationships rooted in trust, care, and mutuality? What does it take to build solidarity that leads to collective action? And how do we do any of this in the face of ongoing backlash and attacks on all things equity?
Join this online workshop series to explore how to deepen antiracism by deepening relationships. Picking up where our recent Building Relationships for Racial Solidarity Workbook left off, we’ll discuss how to go beyond allyship and foster authentic multiracial partnerships.
Learn how to collaborate across racial lines to shift power and spark change. Find out what we can learn from allies past and present and hear insights from our experience working together as black and white women. We’ll also look at how white people can support racial justice—without causing harm, making a mess, or making it all about you.
Dates for our spring 2024 cohort:
Workshop launches March 11
Online discussion April 10
Online discussion April 17
Workshop concludes April 19
This is a six-week online workshop series that includes:
Online Lessons
Watch self-paced video modules whenever it fits your schedule.
Coursework
Deepen understanding with resources, reflections, and exercises to try at home.
Dialogue
Find support, ask questions, and connect in a two-part facilitated online discussion.
How It Works
This is a self-guided workshop series participants can complete at their own pace. Once registration closes, participants will receive a password-protected link to access online lessons and download coursework materials. You’ll receive an email with a private Zoom link before the online discussions. We suggest participants set aside at least 6 - 8 hours over the duration of the workshop to complete the videos, coursework, and discussions.
Who Should Attend
This workshop series is open to people of all racial identities. While the workshop will focus on examining whiteness and the role of white allies, we welcome people of color and white people interested in learning how to foster multiracial relationships. Individuals as well as groups may attend. We encourage you to sign up with other people from your networks, workplace, or organization.
Accessibility
We invite those who need disability accommodation to connect with us. You may choose to be contacted for support under the dis/ability, injury, or illness section on the registration form.
Cost
Base $125
Supporter $175
Sustainer $250
We are committed to making our workshops available to as many people as possible. To ensure we reach participants across income levels, we offer multiple registration tiers. All participants will have access to the full workshop series, regardless of what registration tier you’re able to pay.
Please contact us to be considered for reduced registration if cost might be a barrier.
Are you the staff or member of an organization interested in attending together? For groups of three or more, please email us for special group rates.
Registration is closed for this workshop series. Join our mailing list to find out the next time it will be offered.
Kristina Gray-Akpa
Workshop Series Facilitators
Elizabeth Allin
Crystal White