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In response to the high interest and participation generated by our last Bay Area Learning Circle: A Conversation on Leadership and Race, we have decided to plan a follow-up meeting to continue to explore ideas and questions relevant to the topic.

Several participants expressed interest in helping plan the meeting - here is the complete list:
We encourage the planning team to use this wiki page to brainstorm ideas about the meeting design and coordinate all the logistics. You may also create discussion threads (see below) for particular ideas or questions. For additional information on using this site, please visit the FAQ section or contact Natalia Castaneda.

Bay Area LLC "A Conversation on Leadership and Race, Part II" Planning Team Meeting

Where: 1203 Preservation Park Way, Suite 200, Oakland (or 1-866-550-7765 Conference Code: 2389080)
When: Tuesday, February 23rd from 11:00-12:00

Meeting Participants: Susan Mooney, Mutima Imani, Manish Vaidya, Deborah Meehan, Natalia Castaneda, and Bella Celnik

Mutima agreed to facilitate today's planning meeting (thanks, Mutima). The group briefly introduced themselves by name and organization.

  1. What are our goals?
  2. What are the strategies to achieve those goals?
  3. What is the time line?
  4. Who is the audience?
  5. How do we engage people in whatever we're doing going forward.
Connect leadership development to racial justice work - bring a race conscious lens to what already exists.
  • The group agreed to expand the list of who else to invite to the next convening. Who is not in the room? Why? How can we change that?
  • Design the next meeting with participant engagement integrated into the design.
  • Racial justice framework - what are the assumptions brought to the work?
  • Provide an overview and introductory piece.
  • Build relationship building into the process.
Goals
  • Building a community at the intersection of leadership and racial justice work
  • Explicit about building a community looking at issues of power
Build a Community
Leadership Development < > Racial Justice

  • Commitment to nurture the field
  • What are the assumptions
Audience
Previous participants and their network

Strategies
  1. More relationship building between sub-segments
  2. Relationship Building:
    1. Identify (background, etc.)
    2. Who is not at the table and why?
  3. Provide overview of racial justice lens (key points)
  4. Framework (collective work)
Purpose
  • How we can support racial justice through our work
Design tools for interactive sessions (i.e. hybrid of World Cafe)

Next Steps
  • Poll for a follow up meeting with planning team (Bella)
  • Planning team to use wiki for ideas, etc. for meeting design
  • Send out survey to participants of last meeting