About this event
Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington
Has your team established a foundation for racial equity but feels stagnant? It might be time to examine your team’s environment—the conditions that facilitate meaningful collaboration in addressing systemic racism. Efforts to change policies and practices often falter when team relationships are lacking. Unresolved tensions around power and accountability can harm team dynamics, especially for members of color, undermining progress. This two-part workshop will help participants strengthen their equity containers, enabling teams to navigate disagreement and conflict constructively, fostering unity and transformation.
Facilitators:
Niki Jagpal (she,her) is Executive Vice President at Equity in the Center helping with vision, strategy, research, communications and more. She is a seasoned leader, researcher, and facilitator with over 15 years of progressive organization- and field-building experience. She authored and oversaw the production of action-based research that supports philanthropies in investing in social justice work at the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. Notably, she was the primary author of Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best.
Tamir Novotny (he/they) is principal of Ahimsa Strategies, a coaching and facilitation practice that supports progressive leaders and organizations in advancing justice while living in our full humanity. His projects focus on supporting individuals and teams in moving through the tensions, contradictions and conflict inherent in equity work while strengthening relationships and promoting accountability beyond punishment culture. He is also the host of In It Together: A Podcast for White Allies. Prior to starting Ahimsa Strategies, Tamir ran Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy.
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