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A SPIRING W HITE A LLIES R OUNDTABLE CAIA 2017 Brie Franklin Lisa Ingarfield www.ccasa.org www.ccasa.org

Th This inform rmation has been adapted fro rom ma materials developed and provided by the Oregon Coalition Ag Against Domestic and Sex Sexual al Vi Viol olenc ence. e. www.ccasa.org

Introductions • Yo Your name • Wh Where you you’re from om (ag (agency, ar area) a) • Wh Why y you you chos ose this session on www.ccasa.org

Assumptions • We We inherited a system of oppression that we we are now w in the process ss of learning g to understand and dis un isma mantle le. • We We all experience privilege. • As As lo long as there re has been oppre ressio ion, th there has s been a histo story of people worki king fr from m their ir hearts and min minds fo for lib liberatio ion and right and hts for or al all. www.ccasa.org

Group Agreements • Sh Share e fr from your ur own ex exper perien ence • Al Allow ea each other er to spea peak k without ut in inte terruptio tion • As Assume go good in inte tentio tions • Li Listen en fo for un unders derstandi ding • Sh Share e you your th thin inkin ing • Va Value ea each other er’s cour urage e to sp speak • Suppo Support ta takin ing g ris risks and makin ing g mi mistak akes • Be Be mi mindful of of you your par articipat ation on le level • Ta Take ca care www.ccasa.org

Ally Gr Groups ps of 2-3 • Wh What at com omes to o mind when you you hear ar the wo word “ally”? www.ccasa.org

Allyship An ac active , co istent , and ar ous practice of consis arduou unlearning and re-evaluating, in which a person holding systemic power seeks to end oppressions in solidarity with a group of people who are systematically disempowered. www.ccasa.org

Allyship • Al Allyship is is a beha havio ior, a practic ice, no not an n id ident ntit ity. • Ou Our al allysh ship ex expires es ea each ch night t at t midnight, t, and we we have to reapply every day. • Me Meaning, we can’t rest on laurels, on what we’ve do done in the pa past, so to spe peak. k. • It It’s s ab abou out t how ow we e sh show ow up for or peop eople e in ma marginalize zed group ups, and they are the ones who get to say if ge if we’re being ing he help lpfu ful l or no not. • Yo Your action or *inaction* can be felt; in other wo words, there’s no neutral; silence is complicity wi with oppressi op ssion on. www.ccasa.org

Pairs • Ho How are re you enact ctin ing Al Allyship in in your ur own life life and work rk? • Wh What at chal allenges hav ave you you experienced in practicing al pr allys yshi hip? • Wh What at strat ategies hav ave you you used successfully y to to demonstr strate te your al allys yshi hip? www.ccasa.org

Interruptions • In Inte terrupti ting op oppres essive e stat atem ement ents is one one wa way we we can enac enact al allys yshi hip. . • Wh What at sto stops s us s from inte terrupti ting? g? • Wh What at mi migh ght our ur go goals be, wh when we we interrup in rrupt? www.ccasa.org

Techniques for Interrupting • Get Get cur urious us, ask k ques questions. • Li Listen en an and seek to o understan and, don on’t ju judge ge. • Of Offer in informatio tion, share kn knowledg edge. e. • St Stop p th the beh behavior. • Us Use “I “I” ” statem emen ents, spea eak k fr from pers personal ex exper perien ence e wh when possib ible le. • Fo Focus on on what at was as sai aid or or don one, not ot on on the pers person. • It It’s ok ok not ot to o know ow al all the an answers. www.ccasa.org

Interruption Scenario In In a a conv onver ersat ation on ab abou out diver ersity y at at a a meeting, a me a whi hite e wom oman an sa says, “ , “I’m ’m t tired ed o of al all thi his tal alk ab abou out ra race ce, wh what about ge gender? We We need to focus on our mission of ad addres essing ng dom omes estic and and sex exual al viol olenc ence. e.” • How w might you re respond as an ally y in that mo mome ment? t? • How w might yo you u follow-up up afterwa ward? www.ccasa.org

Interruptions Debrief • Wh What at we went we well? • Wh What at fe felt lt ch challe llengin ing? • Wh What at ar are e you your streng engths hs? • Wh Where do do you anticipa pate struggling? • Wh What at wa was s an exciting g new w st strategy gy you want to wa to tr try? ? www.ccasa.org

Resources • Wh White ite Priv ivile ilege ge: Unpackin ing g th the In Invis isib ible le Knapsack Kn ck b by P Peggy M McI cIntosh • Wh White ite An Anti-Ra Racism: Li Living the e Leg egacy ht http://www www.tolera rance.org rg/supplement/wh white-an anti-ra racism-liv livin ing- le legacy • Gui Guidel delines es fo for Be Being S Strong White Al Allies ht http://ra racialequitytools.org rg/re resourc rcefiles/ki kivel3. 3.pdf • White Privilege Co Conference • So Social Jus ustice e Training Institut ute • CCAS CCASA A As Aspiring White Al Allies Gr Group up www.ccasa.org