REI Phase I Workshop (Virtual) - November 6-7, 2025 - Hosted by CARA

This is a Racial Equity Institute 2-day Phase I Workshop hosted by the California Anti-Racism Alliance and in partnership with the Rare Disease Diversity Coalition.

Scholarships may be available for this workshop–contact info@caantiracism.com for more information.

Workshop Description

The Racial Equity Institute’s two-day workshop is designed to develop participants' capacity to better understand racism in its institutional and structural forms. Moving away from a focus on personal bigotry and bias, this workshop presents a historical, cultural, and structural analysis of racism. Topics covered include our fish/lake/groundwater analysis of structural racism; understanding and controlling implicit bias; race, poverty, and place; markedness theory; institutional power arrangements and power brokers; importance of definitions of race and racism; history and legacy of race in American economic and policy development; racial identity and its interaction with institutional culture. With shared language and a clearer understanding of how institutions and systems produce unjust and inequitable outcomes, participants should leave the training better equipped to initiate change.

Time

This workshop will take place from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. PT on Thursday and Friday, November 6th and 7th, 2025.

This workshop is designed for participants to attend the FULL 2-day training as each part of the workshop builds on the pieces that come before. If you miss one piece of the workshop, you may miss the foundation for the rest of the experience. If you are unable to attend the full workshop, please look for a future opportunity where you can attend the full workshop.

Camera

Participants are expected to have a working camera and microphone, as this is an interactive online workshop that requires us to see and hear each other. Having your cameras on and being visible is one way we can be in community with one another and create as much of an in-person feel in the virtual space.

About REI

We are an alliance of trainers, organizers, and institutional leaders who have dedicated ourselves to creating racially equitable organizations and systems. We help individuals and organizations develop tools to challenge patterns of power and grow equity. Join us today.

About CARA

The California Anti-Racism Alliance (CARA) is a network of individuals committed to building relational power and advancing racial equity in California. Members share a historical, cultural, and structural analysis of racism and inequity, drawing on their experiences as alumni and partners of the Racial Equity Institute (REI) and the Groundwater Institute (GWI).