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Role of Philanthropy in Advancing Racial Equity: Impact Assessment of WRAG's Putting Racism on the Table Learning Series

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04/2018

In 2017, WRAG's president Tamara Copeland was named the Waldemar Nielsen Visiting Fellow, Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. As part of her time at Georgetown, Tamara oversaw a research project to assess the impact of the 2016 Putting Racism on the Table series on the local philanthropic community. The report, by Edward Weizenegger, MPP '18, documents the participants’ feedback on the series experience and enumerates the diverse impact it has had on their work.

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Viewing Guide: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity: Building a Community featuring Inca Mohamed

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03/2018

In the first session of the 2018 Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity series, expert facilitator, Inca Mohamed, explains how to build a multi-sector community for racial equity. We encourage you to watch the video, and use this viewing guide to follow along or skip ahead within the video.

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Video: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity Session 1 - Building a Community, interview with Inca Mohamed

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03/2018

In the first session of the 2018 Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity series, expert facilitator, Inca Mohamed, explains how to build a multi-sector community for racial equity. Watch the video here.

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Viewing Guide: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity: Structural Racism, with Dr. Ibram Kendi

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03/2018

In the second session of the 2018 Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity series, Dr. Ibram Kendi discusses how racist ideas and racist policies interact to create structural racism. We encourage you to watch the video and use this viewing guide to follow along or skip ahead within the video.

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Discussion Guide: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity: Structural Racism, with Ibram Kendi

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03/2018

In the second session of the 2018 Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity series, Dr. Ibram Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, discusses how racist ideas and racist policies interact to create structural racism. We encourage you to watch the video with your colleagues, and then use this discussion guide to help spark a conversation.

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DC: America's Black Mecca: First in Freedom, First in Leadership (Putting Racism on the Table 2018 kick-off)

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02/2018

At a reception to kick-off the 2018 Putting Racism on the Table series, Dr. Bernard Demczuk, retired George Washington University professor and Ben's Chili Bowl's official historian, discussed why we have to understand the racial history of DC and the US in order to address the root causes of the inequities we see today.

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Year in Review 2017

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12/2017

A look back at WRAG's and the philanthropic community's achievements in 2017.

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Our Region, Our Giving 2017

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11/2017

The 2017 edition of WRAG's annual report on philanthropy in the region.

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Year in Review - 2016

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12/2016

A look back at WRAG's achivements in 2016.

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Putting Racism on the Table Series: An Independent Assessment

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11/2016

A comprehensive and independent assessment of WRAG's Putting Racism on the Table learning series in 2016.

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Structural Racism Theater: "The Pernicious Compromise"

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11/2016

Based sardonically on Masterpiece Theatre, WRAG’s Structural Racism Theater introduces the viewer to concrete examples of structural racism and implicit bias. It’s edgy, dryly humorous, “shareable,” and an incredibly different direction for WRAG. The first episode, "The Pernicious Compromise," focuses on the timely topic of the Electoral College and its connection to the Three-Fifths Compromise.

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Structural Racism Theater: "Darkness in Emerald City"

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11/2016

Based sardonically on Masterpiece Theatre, Structural Racism Theater introduces the viewer to concrete examples of structural racism and implicit bias in an edgy, social media-friendly way. In "Darkness in Emerald City," we look at the relationship between implicit bias and institutional racism.

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Our Region, Our Giving 2016

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11/2016

The 2016 edition of WRAG's annual report on philanthropy in the region.

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Putting Racism on the Table: The Role of Philanthropy in Addressing Racism discussion guide

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07/2016

After watching the video of Gail Christopher discussing the role of philanthropy in addressing racism, use these discussion questions to start a conversation with your colleagues.

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Putting Racism on the Table: The Role of Philanthropy in Addressing Racism viewing guide

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07/2016

In the final session in WRAG's Putting Racism on the Table series (2016), the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Dr. Gail Christopher discussed the role of philanthropy in addressing racism and racial inequity. We encourage you to watch the video of Dr. Christopher's talk. You can use this viewing guide to follow along or skip ahead within the video.

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Putting Racism on the Table: The Role of Philanthropy in Addressing Racism (video)

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07/2016

In the final session in WRAG's Putting Racism on the Table series (2016), the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Dr. Gail Christopher discussed the role of philanthropy in addressing racism and racial inequity.

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Putting Racism on the Table: Mass Incarceration with James Bell (video)

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06/2016

In the fourth session of Putting Racism on the Table (2016), James Bell, founder and executive director of the W. Haywood Burns Institute, focused on mass incarceration.

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Putting Racism on the Table: The Racial Mosaic of America discussion guide

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06/2016

After watching the video of Manuel Pastor on the racial mosaic of America, use these discussion questions to start a conversation with your colleagues.

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Putting Racism on the Table: The Racial Mosaic of America viewing guide

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06/2016

Use this guide to follow the main points as you watch the video of Manuel Pastor's talk on the racial mosaic of America.

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Putting Racism on the Table: The Racial Mosaic of America (video)

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06/2016

In the fifth session in WRAG's Putting Racism on the Table series (2016), Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, discussed the experience of nonblack racial minorities in America, the implications of demographic change, and the urgent need to invest in equity.

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