Racial Healing and Authentic Allyship for Emerging Leaders  

A Pilot Program for UC Staff, Faculty, and Administrators  

Description 

In this leadership development program, colleagues across identity groups engage in racial healing as an essential step toward building trust and authentic allyship. As allyship develops, participants begin collaboratively developing strategies to address racial inequities within their sphere of influence.  

We seek 20 colleagues who understand systemic racism exists at UC and are committed to being part of the solution.  

How to Apply 

Faculty, staff, and administrators of all ranks and roles are encouraged to apply. Members of the cohort will be selected based on interest and experience. Applicants will be informed of their acceptance to the program in mid-August.  

Submit this application by July 26, 2024, to be considered.  

Schedule 

This program runs September 2024 to March 2025. Participants attend Friday meetings twice per month: one in-person and one in Zoom. The first and final meetings are 3 hours, in person, and include lunch. Other in-person meetings are 2 hours and include refreshments. To further process in-person meetings, we will meet for 1-hour in Zoom two weeks after each in-person meeting. Weeks marked with a “*”, include a racial healing circle facilitated by a practitioner from UC’s Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.  

 

In-person meetings are expected to occur at the Faculty Enrichment Center on Main Campus (5th floor, Langsam Library, awaiting confirmation). 

 

Week	Date	Time & Location	Resources
1*    Racial Healing and Trust*	Sept. 13	12 pm – 3 pm (in person)    12-1:00: Welcome/Introductions, Lunch  1-1:30:   Co-create intentions, ground rules  1:30-3:   Racial Healing Circle	Higher Education & Anti-Racist Teaching Podcast: Episode 39: Moving from Theory to Practice
2  Reflection Meeting	Sept. 27	11 am – noon (virtual)	Refer to Week 1 Resources
3    Leveraging Natural Ways of Being for Authentic Allyship	Oct. 11	1 pm - 3 pm (in person)    1:00-1:30:  Opening discussion: What does authentic allyship look like?  1:30-2:30: Strengths in the Room  2:30-3 Closing discussion: Advocacy Priorities	Resources TBD
4  Reflection Meeting	Oct. 25	11 am – noon (virtual)	Refer to Week 3 Resources
5*    Racial Healing and Accountability*	Nov. 8	1 pm – 3 pm (in-person)    1-1:30: Opening Discussion: What is accountability in this work? How do we hold ourselves & others accountable?  1:30-3: Racial Healing Circle	Resources TBD
6  Reflection Meeting	Nov. 22	11 am – noon (virtual)	Refer to Week 5 Resources
7    New Opportunities for Advocacy	Jan. 17	1 pm – 3 pm (in person)    1-1:30: Opening Discussion: New Year’s Resolutions  1:30-2: What advocacy looks like.  2 – 3:00: Name and claim opportunities for advocacy.	Resources TBD
8  Reflection Meeting	Jan 31	11 am – noon (virtual)	Refer to Week 7 Resources
9*    Racial Healing and Radical Love*	Feb. 14	1 pm – 3 pm (in person)    1-1:30: Opening Discussion: What is radical love (historical context)? How is it expressed?    1:30-3: Racial Healing Circle	Resources TBD
10  Reflection Meeting	Feb. 28	11 am – noon (virtual)	Refer to Week 9 Resources
11    Radical Next Steps	Mar. 14	12 pm – 3 pm (in person)    12-1:00: Closing Lunch  1-2: Review intentions, explore next steps  2-3: Small group planning	Resources TBD

 

Program Administrators 

June Taylor-Slaughter, Research and Services Program Manager, UC Libraries 

MK Lamkin, PhD., Assoc. Prof. Educator & Program Director, Undergraduate Research, CCPS 

Joe Minarik, Phd., Asst. Prof., UC School of Social Work 

Sponsors 

• UC Libraries RESPECT Committee 

• College of Cooperative Education and Professional Studies (CCPS) 

Collaborators 

• UC Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (CTRHT)