NTL Europe, ODN Europe, EODF
Please find below a schedule of dates for various sessions. These are all designed to be spaces for dialogue and inquiry. Some of these will also have a small amount of input to initiate collaborative inquiry amongst those present. Each of us will be at different stages in our knowledge, learning and contribution to anti racist practice in our work and craft in the field of Organisation Development and Design. These conversations are for all of us. Our work separately and together is to grow in our knowing, doing and being with regards to anti racist practice. The conversations are being hosted by community members who have worked in Diversity and Inclusion as a part of their main stream work. The key item to note is that these are not broad Equality, Diversity and Inclusion conversation. There is work to be done there and on this occasion the focus is on anti racism and associated intersects.
Each conversation space will be 1.5 hours via Zoom. They will be hosted by two colleagues. They will not be recorded. Registration and access will be via Zoom
You are welcome to attend multiple sessions to get multiple perspectives and continue to deepen your thinking and practice.
There are multiple sessions on purpose to recognise the challenge of diary space. All times are for British Summer Time (BST) after 25th Oct times are GMT
We recognise that any discussion of racism will be sensitive and potentially triggering or traumatic for some colleagues. So we encourage you to do what you need to take care of yourselves during and after the sessions.
Space for People of Colour to speak to our experiences as OD practitioners, to share coping strategies, our contributions within the communities and organisations we are a part of and stories of what is working to support anti racism.
| Date | Time | Host |
|---|---|---|
| 23 October 2020 | 14.00-15.30 | Shelly Hossain |
| 29 October 2020 | 15.00-16.30 | Shelly Hossain Satwant Kaur |
| 4 November 2020 | 14.00-15.30 | Val Tomlin Satwant Kaur |
| 9 November 2020 | 14.00-15.30 | Satwant Kaur Shelly Hossain |
| 17 November 2020 | 15.00 – 16.30 | Ola Lagunju Shelly Hossain |
| 23 November 2020 | 14.00-15.30 | Ola Lagunju Shelly Hossain |
| 1 December 2020 | 14.00-15.30 | Shelly Hossain |
| 9 December 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Val Tomlin Ian Phillips |
| 16 December 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Val Tomlin Ian Phillips |
Space for white people to do their own work. This is often not considered and spoken of. These conversation spaces give opportunity to be curious and gritty about and to own your whiteness and what that means in being an ally and showing up in anti racist work. As well as opportunity to learn about for example -white fragility, power and privilege and inter-sectionality, there will opportunity to discuss the difference between being non – racist and anti racist. For those of you already working in this space, we welcome you sharing about your work.
| Date | Time | Host |
|---|---|---|
| 20 October 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Julian Walker Alison France |
| 27 October 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Julian Walker Michael Ciszewski |
| 5 November 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Alison France Michael Ciszewski |
| 12 November 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Alison France Sarah Bond |
| 17 November 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Gilly Shapiro Michael Ciszewski |
| 26 November 2020 | 14.00-15.30 | Julie Beedon Sarah Bond |
| 1 December 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Alison France Julian Walker |
| 10 December 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Sarah Bond Gilly Shapiro |
| 15 December 2020 | 14.00-15.30 | Julian Walker Michael Ciszewski |
These conversations are about sharing and discussing what we can do as OD practitioners to support our various client systems to begin or enhance their anti racism work and also how we integrate this orientation into every day practice when we intervene. These conversations are for both internal and external practitioners. It gives us a chance to consider how bold we want to be and at the same time recognise how organisations and leadership might be uncertain how to do this work or how easy it is to lose focus on anti racism when grouping together Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the same frame. How do we help organisations to know the difference between these frames and stay focused for this purpose.
| Date | Time | Host |
|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2020 | 14.00-15.30 | Gilly Shapiro Satwant Kaur |
| 28 October 2020 | 14.00-15.30 | Val Tomlin Gilly Shapiro |
| 3 November 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Julian Walker Michael Ciszewski |
| 10 November 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Julian Walker Michael Ciszewski |
| 19 November 2020 | 14.00-15.30 | Alison France Gilly Shapiro |
| 25 November 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Val Tomlin Julian Walker |
| 30 November 2020 | 14.00-15.30 | Michael Ciszewski Jess Taylor |
| 8 December 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Shelly Hossain Julian Walker |
| 14 December 2020 | 10.00-11.30 | Sarah Bond Jess Taylor |
For further details on how to join these conversations please contact info@odneurope.org
Webinars
There will be 3 Flourishing Together webinars details to follow shortly
