In this interactive workshop, leaders will develop a new tool for their DEI toolkit. An Equity Pause is a useful practice that allows leaders to slow down, take a breath, and pause in order to better promote equity and reduce bias. When you utilize an Equity Pause, the time should be used to reflect, share learning, be reminded of shared goals/practices, and name what could be done better in support of racial and other forms of equity and inclusion. Using this process can help us, and those we work with, see examples of bias that we may not have noticed before we analyzed them in this way. This process can be helpful in addressing all forms of bias — including racial, socio-economic, gender identity, sexual orientation — and making conscious decisions about how to address them.
After attending the session, participants will be able to
- Understand more about their own identities and how our identities impact the decisions we make/why we make them.
- Practice the art of noticing who is included and who isn’t.
- Empower others to consider how identity influences our thinking from as many perspectives as possible.
Please contact Sandy at SandyA@cjp.org with any questions or concerns.
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