Transforming Organizations by Operationalizing Racial Justice
​Workshop Series

Description

MP Associates Consulting is pleased to announce its 6-part workshop series focused on the publication, Transforming Organizations by Operationalizing Racial Justice. The series is specifically tailored for external consultants who focus their work on operationalizing racial equity and justice in organizations with one to sixteen years of experience.
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The focus of the series is on creating and sustaining a learning community to deepen knowledge of the racial equity/justice organizational change processes; discuss the role, approach, and values as an external consultant; and to reflect on one’s narrative and expectations of the change process and client partner relationships. Please note this is not a “how-to” webinar series, rather an opportunity to delve into change process dynamics and share ideas and practices to be adaptive, responsive, and relationship-centered.
 
The size of the group will be up to 14 external consultants with approximately 1- 16 years experience working on racial equity and justice or DEIJ organizational change processes.  
  1. Grounding: Building a learning community, Discussing being an external consultant, and Providing an overview of the series and change process. 
  2. Creating the Foundation: Getting Ready and Building internal will, Working with Internal Teams (Staff, Senior Leadership, & Board)
  3. Developing Practices: Centering Relationships, Addressing Conflict and Trauma, & Developing Accountability Practices
  4. Conducting Organizational Assessment: Before, During, After the process
  5. Deepening the Work: Distilling the Process, Building a Racial Equity Culture, and Action Planning
  6. Deepening our Work: Sustaining the change process. Participants select topics to focus on for our final session—to go deeper or explore.

The 2.5-hour session time frame shapes the depth for each topic area.  

Apply to join the Transforming Organization webinar series by January 15th.
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Outline for each Session

After each workshop, a short survey will be sent to participants to share their specific questions and issues, which will shape the upcoming session’s design and focus.
  • Grounding our work together as a learning community and sharing a short presentation about the topics for the session.
  • Discussing, with peers, questions and issues generated from participants’ survey responses in learning pods by tenure and mixed groups to deepen our practice.
  • Reflecting on our individual consulting role within the change process.

Participant Commitments

  • Make a commitment to participate fully in at least five of the six 2.5-hour sessions. 
  • In between each session, read the section of the Transforming Organization by Operationalizing Racial Justice document for the upcoming session ( pre-work reading ranges from 8 to 17 pages) and reflect on pre-session questions. Optional readings will also be shared.
  • Respond to each survey (usually about 3 questions) by the Friday of the following week after the session. Your responses to the survey questions will shape the focus and design of the upcoming session and the small group discussions.
  • Participate in learning pod (by tenure) discussions over the course of the series: approximately 3 sessions based on the Pod members’ scheduling and availability.

Logistics

  • The 6 sessions will be held on Wednesdays from 2-4:30 pm EST/11 am-1:30 pm PST on the following dates: 2/5, 2/26, 3/12, 3/26, 4/16, and 5/7.
  • The sessions will take place virtually via zoom. Please note these sessions will not be recorded since participants will discuss their experiences with organizations.
  • Please apply by providing basic information, session commitment, and information about your work . The applications will be reviewed to create a group of external consultants with diverse identities and tenure. Deadline 1/15/25
  • An email will be sent with your status (confirmed or waiting list) by January 23rd.  For those participating in the series, the email will include instructions about: the reading assignment and survey link for the first session. 
    Also at the time of confirmation, you will be asked to pay the fee for the series via check (MP Associates Consulting) or Bill.com.
  • The Cost of the Series* is based on a sliding fee scale.
  • $600 for independent consultants with limited access to support or savings.
  • $900 for independent consultants that can cover basic needs and have some expendable income.
  • $1,500 for consultants whose fee and/or time is covered by an organization.
  • $1,800 for independent consultants or organizations who can support redistribution.
  • *6% of the fees will be distributed to Lenape Nation of PA
  • At this time we cannot offer refunds.  Please email Maggie Potapchuk, [email protected] if you would like to request to transfer your registration.
  • If a different fee is needed for current circumstances, email Maggie [email protected]