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.
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.
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.
A look back at WRAG's and the philanthropic community's achievements in 2017.
The 2017 edition of WRAG's annual report on philanthropy in the region.
A look back at WRAG's achivements in 2016.
The Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers' 2017-2018 Strategic Framework (published November 2016).
A comprehensive and independent assessment of WRAG's Putting Racism on the Table learning series in 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.
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.
The 2016 edition of WRAG's annual report on philanthropy in the region.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After watching the video of Manuel Pastor on the racial mosaic of America, use these discussion questions to start a conversation with your colleagues.
Use this guide to follow the main points as you watch the video of Manuel Pastor's talk on the racial mosaic of America.
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.
After watching the video of Julie Nelson discussing implicit bias, use these discussion questions to start a conversation with your colleagues.
Use this guide to follow the main points as you watch the video of Julie Nelson's talk on implicit bias.
