Culturally Specific Collaborative Conversations
We invite you to join us on Wednesday, January 6th from 10-11 a.m. for a conversation about envisioning a Culturally Responsive Domestic Violence Organization.
Join Zoom Meeting
- Register: https://zoom.us/j/93325555817?pwd=MlRlQ29RWkVkVjh3SnROUmtzK3g1QT09
- Meeting ID: 933 2555 5817
- Passcode: 080190
Pulling in a more visual aspect of our Courageous Conversations to address racial inequity can assist with expanding our collective imagination and envisioning the transformation of our organizations. This coming week we will be engaging in an activity akin to a ‘vision board’ for our dream organization. Please consider the below prior to the conversation:
- Imagine you walk into your dream organization. The organization is known and praised for providing Culturally Responsive Domestic Violence Services. What do you see when you look around?
- How is communication different within your ideal culturally responsive agency? How do people interact? How is information shared and how are decisions made?
- Imagine your ideal work schedule that allows for work life balance. What does that mean for you? What does it look like?
- In your ideal culturally responsive organization, what tools do you have that let you know that you are supported? Valued?
- How is communication different within your ideal culturally responsive agency? How do people interact? How is information shared and how are decisions made?
- Now imagine we took the steps to get there. What did we do? How do we get there?
Access the Culturally Specific Collaborative Vision Board & Resource Center.
Note: “At its most superficial, the radical imagination is the
ability to imagine the world, life, and social institutions not
as they are but as they might otherwise be. It is the courage and
the intelligence to recognize that the world can and should be
changed. The radical imagination is not just about dreaming of
different futures. It’s about bringing those possibilities back
from the future to work on the present, to inspire action and new
forms of solidarity today.” Why
social movements need the radical imagination by Alex
Khasnabish and Max Haiven.
In solidarity,
CSC Core Group
Toni Schrader, Natalie Calcutta, Constance Athayde, Daniela
Castaneda, Nat Wadman and Graciela Olguin.
“The Culturally Specific Collaborative exists as a response to
systemic oppression.
As agents of change, We reclaim ourselves, our power and
identities and support one another to facilitate our collective
healing.We shine light on equitable, inclusive practices to
embrace transformation. By taking responsibility for the next
generations, We honor the sacrifice of those who came before us
and the resilience and strength of our communities.”