The Equity Learning Collective is a Bellingham-based learning group initially formed through interest from WWU’s Center for Community Learning (CCL) and a handful of attendees of PolicyLink’s Equity Summit. Over several months the forming group brought together a basic framework for holding space to explore racial equity and anti-racism, and the convening role has been adopted by Makela Alem and Summer Starr. Learning groups of community leaders meet to explore material that emerges from group members' knowledge, experience and curiosity.

Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 series

We are excited to announce our upcoming series that is now open to the larger non-profit and higher education community in Whatcom County AND beyond. Over the next several months we will focus on AORTA's Uprooting White Supremacy in Organizations materials. We will have an initial meeting in the fall where participants will be introduced to the materials as well as a survey that can be brought back to your organization to analyze how these characteristics show up in your work. The winter and spring series will focus on diving deeper into analysis of each of the topics outline in the AORTA handout with the main focus being collective conversation how this resource intersects with our work and our lives.

You do NOT need to take the AORTA training, but this would of course deepen your experience of the material!

FALL 2022 - SPRING 2023 focus - AORTA' Uprooting White Supremacy in Organizations - See materials
- Register by clicking here
- Dates:
  - Nov 18, 2022 12:00 PM
  - Jan 20, 2023 12:00 PM
  - Jan 27, 2023 12:00 PM
  - Feb 3, 2023 12:00 PM
  - Mar 31, 2023 12:00 PM
  - Apr 7, 2023 12:00 PM
  - Apr 14, 2023 12:00 PM

*Note: if you are unable to attend all of the meetings, we are holding space for this option, please do register to attend!

PAST focuses:
- FALL 2020: Culture Change using the White Supremacy Culture Cards as a guide
- WINTER 2021: Leadership Development using Inclusion Partner Skills list
- SPRING 2021: Equity Lenses and Organizational Decision Making using Multnomah’s 5P’s and GARE's Equity Toolkit
- FALL 2021: AORTA "DISMANTLING ANTI-BLACKNESS IN DEMOCRATIC WORKPLACES" guide - See guide
- WINTER 2022: Racial Healing Handbook Chapters 1-5 - See book
- SPRING 2022: Racial Healing Handbook Chapters 6-10 - See book

Questions? Contact us:
Summer Starr sstarr@namiwa.org or Makela Alem makela_alem@oppco.org

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