To meet our six-hour per five-year cycle (2023-2027) requirement for Anti-Racism Training, we have contracted with:
Rev. Gary T. Smith, Director, Center for Racial Justice; Racial Justice Consultant, NY Conference, United Church of Christ AND Rev. Dr. Marsha Williams, Conference Minister, New York Conference to offer their Culturally Responsive Ministry Training (CRMT) on Race.
The CRMT on Race focuses participants on the importance of culturally responsive ministry, how we are socialized and how culture shapes us, how we examine our own bias, and the challenges of race/racism/whiteness in congregations. We end our training by breaking participants into racial affinity groups where white folks learn about the deep impact of microaggressions on our siblings of color, while People of Color have the opportunity to check in about their ministry and the impact of race/racism on it. We lead the trainings as a two-person multiracial team.
Our next CRMT session is scheduled for: November 18, 9am-3pm MST. The cost is $30 per person. Please register here. We’ll send out the Zoom link to all registrants on November 15.
Read MoreAs we return to the Community of Practice work in September, we welcome anyone in the conference who has already done some anti-racism training but longs to go deeper and become more competent. The group meets each month on the second Thursday 5:30-7:30 PM Arizona Time by Zoom.
Read MoreThe Decentering Whiteness Taskforce of the Southwest Conference UCC is excited to co-sponsor this training series along with the AFN Theological Dialogue Commission, AFN Cherishing Creation Coalition, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Arizona.
Beginning on Monday, April 22, Arizona Faith Network and the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery will host a 5-week training series that will guide us into stepping into solidarity and building relationships with Indigenous people. Created by Coalition co-founder Sarah Augustine and co-facilitated by Sarah and Repair Network Organizer Doe Hoyer, examples of skills to be learned are: identifying and questioning dominant culture assumptions, identifying needs and how to meet them, and reflective practice.
This course counts toward the anti-racism training requirement for clergy. (MUST ATTEND ALL FIVE SESSIONS!).
The deadline to register is April 15. Register here. Please choose the $50 registration as the Southwest Conference is co-sponsoring the event.
Read MoreSunday, January 17 at 3 pm MST
Join us for this time of celebration to conclude Join the Movement’s All Church Read of Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be Antiracist. Come to share insights from you and your community and to hear how others are putting their racial justice dreams into practice. And hear from Join the Movement’s resident historian, Dr. Renee K. Harrison about her journey with the book, as well as insights from Join the Movement Lead, Rev. Dr. Velda Love.
We’ll also be sharing a bit about 2024’s Join the Movement All Church Read, so be sure not to miss that exciting announcement.
Register here.
Read MorePanelists will discuss how practicing antiracism can move us from emancipation to freedom in June 15 webinar.
Read MoreAntiracism workshops coming up in May:
Cross-Cultural Communication & Inclusivity [Inter-Ethnic and Cross-Cultural/Racial] and Mediation of Conflict & Difference: Wednesdays, May 3 & 10
The Doctrine of Discovery & Legacy of Colonialism: Wednesdays, May 24 & 31
These are FREE Zoom events, underwritten by the Southwest Conference to offer high quality education in antiracism and decentering whiteness.
These workshops will be the last of our free-of-charge anti-racism offerings.
Sign up here.
Read MoreSign up now for the ASDIC spring workshops, completely free of charge. Sign up for workshops HERE (scroll down to the bottom of the form).
Read MoreThese course offerings are free…BUT they are not EASY! This journey of changing lenses, adjusting our perceptions and ultimately our organizational systems and culture takes time and effort, introspection, new learning, practice, perseverance, honesty and humility. I hope we can make 2023 a year when we dive deep as individuals, churches and a conference into this pilgrimage of antiracism and racial justice. Let me describe to you the offerings that will be coming in the next six months, all via ZOOM, and all are open to BOTH lay and clergy.
Read MoreJoin us, free of charge, for an introduction workshop to Antiracism Study Dialogue Circles (ASDIC) Metamorphosis to better understand the ways race and racism operate in all of our lives. This workshop will give you greater clarity of thinking, strength of relationship, and effectiveness of action in addressing systemic racism
Read MoreRegister today for workshops, dialogue circles, and programming in 2022.
We hope you will join us!
Read MoreThe SWC and Antiracism Study Dialogue Circles (ASDiC) have entered a 2 year partnership to provide antiracism dialogue experiences that build awareness, knowledge, communication across structures of domination, motivation and commitment. A conference-wide Intercultural Development Inventory IDI assessment will begin our work together. Email ASDIC at info@asdicircle.org to learn how your congregation can partner with them.
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