Courageous Conversation™ Academy (CCA) offers differentiated opportunities to learn, practice, and apply the Protocol and Framework in environment-specific contexts across organizational sectors. Courageous Conversation™ Academy is also a vehicle for creating expanded networks in a global community of racial equity leaders and practitioners. Designed for deepened engagement.
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Courtney Caldwell brings with her 16 years of experience in the field of education, as a classroom teacher, and equity leader. She holds two degrees in Education as well as licenses in K-12 Principal and Director of Community Education. Courtney resides in Minneapolis, MN.
Hiria Cameron has been working to transform lives through education for almost 20 years. With successes in higher education, organizational development, and industry-based learning, her heart work is with young people – and supporting them to foster racial equity and healing.
Sonya Collie is particularly interested in working in partnership with Indigenous Māori women to disrupt systemic racism. She holds three degrees from the University of Cape Town, South Africa: BA, Hons, and a Master degree in cultural anthropology.
Formerly Director for Racial Equity at West Wind Education Policy, David Davidson worked to establish and lead statewide consortia on racial equity in PreK-12 education. He is uniquely informed on the purpose and impact of race in the lives of families, children, and communities.
Matthew Farry holds a doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Otago in New Zealand. Dr. Farry has served in the Office of Ethnic Communities in the New Zealand government.
David Gonzales is the Project Manager for Certification at Courageous Conversation™. This program is designed to work with partner organizations in identifying individuals who are ready to learn and grow in the foundational work of Courageous Conversation About Race.
Andrea Johnson holds a BFA from Marygrove College, and MAT from Wayne State University. A highly skilled facilitator and trainer, Ms. Johnson is also a contributing author in the text, Courageous Conversations About Race, Second Edition (2015).
Dawan Julien has worked for racial equity for more than two decades. Ms. Julien holds a BA and MA from Columbia University. She began her career as a Bilingual/ESL educator in the South Bronx. She and her family reside in Harlem, New York City.
Natalia Ortiz brings 14 years of experience as a classroom teacher, university professor, and racial equity practitioner. Natalia holds degrees from Wesleyan University, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and The CUNY Graduate Center.
Kat Poi (Tainui; Te Arawa; Tonga) has leadership and governance experience in higher education, prison education & training, and Māori-medium primary education settings. Kat holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Business and the Degree of Master of Indigenous Studies.
Tito Soto-Carrión is an equity-centered facilitator, educator, and researcher, living and working at the intersection of anti-racism, critical pedagogies, and emergent strategy. Tito holds degrees from Wesleyan University, The University of Chicago, and Brandeis University.
Ayeshia Toy is a strategic leader who has over 13 years experience partnering with organizational leaders. Ayeshia specializes in managing HR operations including immigration as well as diversity, equity, & inclusion initiatives, change management, and leadership coaching.
Cal Jackson has over 30 years of experience in corporate America in senior leadership. After completing the NTL Institute Diversity Practitioner Certification Program™, Cal worked as an equity, diversity and inclusion leader in Fortune 100 companies. In his current role, Cal introduces corporations to the Courageous Conversation™ protocol.
A second-generation Afro Cuban-American hailing from Bloomington, MN, Luis Versalles received his BA and M.Ed. from the University of Minnesota and superintendent licensure from MN State University, Mankato. His calling is transforming systems to center underserved students and families in PreK-12 systems.
Brooke Gregory has over 25 years of experience as an educator, professional mentor, and policy consultant. As an administrator, she provides key leadership in the advancement, hiring and retention of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian and multi-racial educators. Brooke was selected as President by Founder and CEO of Courageous Conversation™, Glenn E. Singleton.
Glenn Singleton, author, thought leader, and strategist, is the creator of Courageous Conversation™ a protocol and framework for sustained, deepened dialogue. Courageous Conversation™ is an agency that guides leadership development in education, government, corporation, law enforcement, and community organizing. He is the award winning author of Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools, Second Edition; and of MORE Courageous Conversations About Race.
Pacific Educational Group, Inc. (PEG), DBA, Courageous Conversation™ is a San Francisco-based consulting firm, dedicated to forging racial equity in education, corporate, government, health care and community organization contexts. Founded by Glenn Singleton in 1992, Courageous Conversation™ engages in sustained partnerships to help examine beliefs, behaviors, and results in the US, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. We do so through intentional, facilitated, self-reflective dialogue focused on developing leadership, culture, and structures to transform systems through a lens of racial equity.
SPEAKER SERIES
Please join us for a special keynote with Dr. Laura P. Minero:
“Decolonizing Ourselves and our Leadership: Utilizing a Liberation Approach and Intersectionality Framework to Challenge White Supremacy”
Tuesday, April 27th from 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm (PDT)
This workshop will provide a historical overview of how white supremacy and colonialism permeates throughout organizations/places of work and subsequently informs leadership and work environments. These environments are harmful and suffocating, and often counterproductive in our strive towards equity. This workshop will introduce attendees to liberatory, intersectional, and anti-racist frameworks as a call to action to decolonize the self and leadership.
Dr. Minero earned her PhD in Counseling Psychology and contributed to scientific studies used to inform national policy as a Christine Mirzayan Science Policy Fellow with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Dr. Minero provides trainings on racial equity, and affirming, trauma-informed care with undocumented and diverse populations.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13985 - ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY AND SUPPORT FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGH CRITICAL RACE THEORY
Led by Glenn Singleton (Founder & CEO of Courageous Conversation™)
On January 20, 2021, mere hours after being inaugurated as President, Joseph R. Biden signed executive actions on race in the United States of America. EO 13985 declares that "affirmatively advancing equity, civil rights, racial justice, and equal opportunity is the responsibility of the whole of our government." Executive Order 13985 also revoked the order of the previous administration banning Critical Race Theory.
Critical Race Theory (CRT) seeks to explore and challenge the prevalence of racial inequality in society and examines the ways in which racial inequality is maintained and normalized.
In this 2-hour seminar, we will center the history, policy, practice, and outcomes through a lens of racial equity. Using critical race tenets, participants will explore the on-going debate about the costs, human value, and humanity of BIPOC in government, business and education.
Duration: 120 min.
SESSIONS
All session times are reflected in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
DEVELOPING A RACIAL EQUITY LENS *NEW*
Led by Tito Soto-Carrión
Introduction to Courageous Conversation™ is the prerequisites for this Part I.
In this foundational training, participants will strengthen their analysis of how racism manifests in schools and institutions. Participants will practice the Courageous Conversation™ Protocol and be introduced to the Systemic Racial Equity Transformation Framework, in which it is embedded, to help develop and support critical self-reflection. This training supports participants who are newer to conversations about race and racism to grow their racial equity lens.
INTERROGATING WHITENESS *NEW*
This session is aimed at making Whiteness visible. Participants will use the Courageous Conversation™ Protocol to gain a shared understanding of how dominant White cultural norms manifest in interpersonal dynamics and behaviors as well as in institutional policies and practices. Participants will explore their own experiences participating in and/or experiencing aspects of White culture, and reflect on how these dominant norms impact their work for racial equity within schools and institutions.
COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION™ EXPLORATION
Led by Courageous Conversation™ Team
This session is required to enroll in CCAR Protocol: Grown and Practice (Part I).
This full-day, 6.5 hour, seminar is intended for participants who were unable to take the same or a similar seminar at their company/school/organization. This professional learning exercise will enable participants to gain a working understanding of racial equity, diversity and inclusion as well as explore the basic elements of The Protocol™. Participants will also consider how to engage the Courageous Conversation™ in their personal and professional lives.
Duration: 6.5 hours
INTRODUCTION TO COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION™
Introduction to Courageous Conversation™ is an experience that acquaints individuals with a set of tools, The Protocol™, to engage, sustain and deepen dialogues about race. Participants will be introduced to the three components of The Protocol™: The Compass, Four Agreements, and Six Conditions. This initial engagement with Courageous Conversation™ guides an exploration of the life impact, and promotes and essential literacy and consciousness to examine our personal, professional, and organizational ways of being. Designed to meet participants at whatever their level of experience. Introduction to Courageous Conversation™ will enhance any effort to promote racial equity.
Duration: 150 min.
SHE SPEAKS, SHE LISTENS: AT THE INTERSECTION OF RACE AND GENDER
Led by Hiria Cameron
This session opens space for participants to examine how conversations about gender and race can challenge the dominance of Whiteness. Through the diverse narratives coming out of the South Pacific where the racial context centers Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, participants will have the opportunity to listen to multiple perspectives. We will also examine how we bring our racialized self into the work of anti-racist relationships among and between racially diverse women. The purpose of this gathering is to develop deeper understanding of how one’s gender and racial identities can serve to strengthen anti-racist practice and dismantle Whiteness.
RACIALIZING LATINX PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES
Led by Luis Versalles
People all across the broad color spectrum of the Latinx community face critical choices regarding racial equity, intragroup conflict, and the “colorblind” narrative dominant in the United States. The intersection of language, nationality, and ethnicity with race, significantly impacts the education of Latinx children. This experience will introduce participants to current identity theories related to the racialized experiences of Latinx people, and explore their implications in the socialization of Latinx students, professionals, and communities.
RACE AND PLACE: A COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE AND INDIGENEITY
Led by Kat Poi
This experience provides an opportunity to explore the links between race, sovereignty and possession from an overarching position that White colonial settler nations continue to be socially constructed on the disavowal of Indigenous sovereignty. As an impact, the acknowledgement of race as color can be a space of Indigenous resistance. Using Courageous Conversation Protocol™, we will personalize how the continuation of these dynamics serve as roadblocks in our collective efforts toward racial equity while inhibiting our own development of authentic, humanizing relationships with one another.
PLAN AND PROCESS FOR SYSTEMIC RACIAL EQUITY TRANSFORMATION
Systemic racial equity transformation is an unapologetically top-down process. Centering this work at the highest levels of the organization prepares it for accelerated results. It also better positions leadership to create the essential culture of authenticity and sustainability. Participants will be introduced to the process for developing a Systemic Racial Equity Transformation Plan. Leaders explore a model of organizational expectation; learn, anticipate, and ultimately interrupt the “faces of danger” in leading racial equity; and consider the degree to which they are poised for transformation.
INTERSECTIONALITY, DETOURS AND PROTOCOL: WHY IS THIS CONVERSATION ONLY ABOUT RACE? CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT ______?
Led by Andrea Johnson
We are complex beings and the intersection of our various identities sometimes calls us to question Condition Two of Courageous Conversation™, to Isolate Race. This seminar will use the Protocol to examine the meaning of Intersectionality and ways that it can become a detour and keep us from addressing the systemic issues that uphold the status quo. We will engage in deep thought and examine our life texts as we embark on the work before us and when we emerge from, global crises of our humanity and our health.
BLACK WOMEN LEADING FOR RACIAL EQUITY
Led by Dawan Julien
When you think about great leaders, are men the first people who come to mind? Are women an afterthought? Living at the intersection of racial and gender oppression, Black women lead in ways that challenge and interrupt both whiteness and patriarchy. Participants will use Courageous Conversation™ to examine their own beliefs about, and experiences with, Black women leaders.
WHITE RACIAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT: A COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION™ WITH SELF
Led by Courtney Caldwell
This is White Racial Affinity Seminar. White racial identity development theory describes how white people develop a sense of themselves as racial beings. In this session, participants will use The Protocol™ to move from a theoretical understanding to a personal examination of their own White racial consciousness journey. Participants will reflect on their experiences of the stages of White racial identity development, so that they can apply these learnings to who they are as racial equity leaders in their families, organizations and communities.
REGISTRANT INFORMATION
Session Subject to Change
In the case that a session does not meet a minimum of 15 registrants, Courageous Conversation™ will offer another date to participants. An email from the Courageous Conversation™ Team will be sent 72 hours prior to the session start time.
Cancellation Policy
For cancellations, please email [email protected]. Cancellations will be refunded only if a written request has been submitted 24 hours prior to the start of the session.
Substitution Policy
For substitutions of sessions, please email [email protected] within 48 hours prior to the start of the session.
