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A SPIRING W HITE A LLIES R OUNDTABLE CAIA 2017 Brie Franklin Lisa Ingarfield www.ccasa.org www.ccasa.org Th This inform rmation has been adapted fro rom ma materials developed and provided by the Oregon Coalition Ag Against Domestic and

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ASPIRING WHITE ALLIES ROUNDTABLE

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CAIA 2017

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Brie Franklin Lisa Ingarfield

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Th This inform rmation has been adapted fro rom ma materials developed and provided by the Oregon Coalition Ag Against Domestic and Sex Sexual al Vi Viol

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ence. e.

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Introductions

  • Yo

Your name

  • Wh

Where you you’re from

  • m (ag

(agency, ar area) a)

  • Wh

Why y you you chos

  • se this session
  • n
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Assumptions

  • We

We inherited a system of oppression that we we are now w in the process ss of learning g to un understand and dis isma mantle le.

  • We

We all experience privilege.

  • As

As lo long as there re has been oppre ressio ion, th there has s been a histo story of people worki king fr from m their ir hearts and min minds fo for lib liberatio ion and and right hts for

  • r al

all.

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Group Agreements

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Share e fr from your ur own ex exper perien ence

  • Al

Allow ea each other er to spea peak k without ut in inte terruptio tion

  • As

Assume go good in inte tentio tions

  • Li

Listen en fo for un unders derstandi ding

  • Sh

Share e you your th thin inkin ing

  • Va

Value ea each other er’s cour urage e to sp speak

  • Suppo

Support ta takin ing g ris risks and makin ing g mi mistak akes

  • Be

Be mi mindful of

  • f you

your par articipat ation

  • n le

level

  • Ta

Take ca care

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Ally

Gr Groups ps of 2-3

  • Wh

What at com

  • mes to
  • mind when you

you hear ar the wo word “ally”?

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Allyship

An ac active, co consis istent, and ar arduou

  • us practice of

unlearning and re-evaluating, in which a person holding systemic power seeks to end

  • ppressions in solidarity with a group of

people who are systematically disempowered.

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Allyship

  • Al

Allyship is is a beha havio ior, a practic ice, no not an n id ident ntit ity.

  • Ou

Our al allysh ship ex expires es ea each ch night t at t midnight, t, and we we have to reapply every day.

  • Me

Meaning, we can’t rest on laurels, on what we’ve do done in the pa past, so to spe peak. k.

  • It

It’s s ab abou

  • ut

t how

  • w we

e sh show

  • w up for
  • r peop

eople e in ma marginalize zed group ups, and they are the ones who ge get to say if if we’re being ing he help lpfu ful l or no not.

  • Yo

Your action or *inaction* can be felt; in other wo words, there’s no neutral; silence is complicity wi with

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  • ppressi

ssion

  • n.
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Pairs

  • Ho

How are re you enact ctin ing Al Allyship in in your ur own life life and work rk?

  • Wh

What at chal allenges hav ave you you experienced in pr practicing al allys yshi hip?

  • Wh

What at strat ategies hav ave you you used successfully y to to demonstr strate te your al allys yshi hip?

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Interruptions

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Inte terrupti ting op

  • ppres

essive e stat atem ement ents is one

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wa way we we can enac enact al allys yshi hip. .

  • Wh

What at sto stops s us s from inte terrupti ting? g?

  • Wh

What at mi migh ght our ur go goals be, wh when we we in interrup rrupt?

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Techniques for Interrupting

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Get cur urious us, ask k ques questions.

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Listen en an and seek to

  • understan

and, don

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judge ge.

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Offer in informatio tion, share kn knowledg edge. e.

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Stop p th the beh behavior.

  • Us

Use “I “I” ” statem emen ents, spea eak k fr from pers personal ex exper perien ence e wh when possib ible le.

  • Fo

Focus on

  • n what

at was as sai aid or

  • r don
  • ne, not
  • t on
  • n the

pers person.

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It’s ok

  • k not
  • t to
  • know
  • w al

all the an answers.

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Interruption Scenario

In In a a conv

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ersat ation

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abou

  • ut diver

ersity y at at a a me meeting, a a whi hite e wom

  • man

an sa says, “ , “I’m ’m t tired ed o

  • f

al all thi his tal alk ab abou

  • ut ra

race ce, wh what about ge gender? We We need to focus on our mission of ad addres essing ng dom

  • mes

estic and and sex exual al viol

  • lenc

ence. e.”

  • How

w might you re respond as an ally y in that mo mome ment? t?

  • How

w might yo you u follow-up up afterwa ward?

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Interruptions Debrief

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What at we went we well?

  • Wh

What at fe felt lt ch challe llengin ing?

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What at ar are e you your streng engths hs?

  • Wh

Where do do you anticipa pate struggling?

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What at wa was s an exciting g new w st strategy gy you wa want to to tr try? ?

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Resources

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White ite Priv ivile ilege ge: Unpackin ing g th the In Invis isib ible le Kn Knapsack ck b by P Peggy M McI cIntosh

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White ite An Anti-Ra Racism: Li Living the e Leg egacy

ht http://www www.tolera rance.org rg/supplement/wh white-an anti-ra racism-liv livin ing- le legacy

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Guidel delines es fo for Be Being S Strong White Al Allies

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  • White Privilege Co

Conference

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Social Jus ustice e Training Institut ute

  • CCAS

CCASA A As Aspiring White Al Allies Gr Group up