Registration opens in January for a new year of Equity & Inclusion Cohorts!

We’re so excited to launch a fourth year of Intertwine Alliance Equity & Inclusion Cohorts—and we sure hope you’ll consider joining us!

Registration will start Jan. 19. Are you ready? A few steps you can take between now and then to prepare:

• Discuss with your colleagues and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) teams what you are looking for in a DEI training.
• Seek approval from organization leaders for participation and resource allocation.

In 2021, we’ll offer the following three cohorts:

AWARENESS RAISING 

Facilitated by DRC Learning Solutions’ Derron Coles, Lauren Gottfredson and Alexis Millett

10 organizations

$700 per Intertwine Alliance partner organization and $1,400 per non-partner organization

All training topics and activities will focus on helping cohort members develop a meaningful and science-based understanding of the fundamentals of diversity, equity and inclusion, with an emphasis on antiracist theory and actions. The depth to which we cover individual topics will be driven by cohort needs, but will include:

• Historical context of systemic inequities
• Intersectionality and the dynamics of power and privilege in society
• Culture and its impacts on thought and behavior
• Barriers to cultural competency development and mitigation strategies (e.g., mindfulness)
• Neuroscience of bias and strategies for interrupting bias (our own and others)

Each organization is invited to designate two participants for the cohort. The proposed scope of work includes a 2.5-day training and four 3-hour follow-up meetings as a cohort, running from March through October 2021. A training schedule will be finalized after getting input from cohort members.

CHANGE AGENT

Facilitated by DRC Learning Solutions’ Derron Coles, Lauren Gottfredson and Alexis Millett

10 organizations

$800 per Intertwine Alliance partner organization and $1,600 per non-partner organization

All training topics and activities will focus on advancing our language, skill sets and DEI toolkits so that we can push through personal, organizational and systemic barriers to achieve more inclusive teams, organizations and coalitions.

The depth to which we cover individual topics will be driven by cohort needs, but will include:

• Developing personal vision statements
• Approaches to change agency and coalition building
• Making the case for integrating DEI considerations into policy and practice
• Mindsets that drive change
• Reframing issues and working across differences
• System analysis and equity auditing

Each organization is invited to designate two participants for the cohort. The proposed scope of work includes a 2.5-day training and four 3-hour follow-up meetings as a cohort, running from April through November 2021. A training schedule will be finalized after getting input from cohort members.

IMPLEMENTATION PEER GROUP

Facilitated by Capacity Building Partnerships’ Sara Curiel Paez and Alexis Millett

8 organizations

$700 per Intertwine Alliance partner organization and $1,300 per non-partner organization

Peer Group will focus on supporting leaders through barriers in integrating DEI into organizational culture, policies, practices and programming. As a community of peers, the time will be devoted in each meeting for exploration of specific leadership dilemmas brought forth from the participants. A leadership dilemma involves a challenge you are experiencing or anticipating. Themes of these dilemmas may come about due to competing priorities in your organization; personal blind spots; team, management or leadership dynamics; resistance from key stakeholders; personal challenges moving this work forward; and many other barriers to implementation. This is an opportunity to learn together and from one another as we address challenges in the work.

We will offer one Peer Group, selected by participating organizations’ preferences from the two options listed below.

• BIPOC Affinity Group
• Cross Hierarchical: equity leaders, management, executive directors

Each organization is invited to designate two participants for the program, for eight 2-hour meetings March through October 2021. We will finalize a meeting schedule after getting input from cohort members.