Kalamazoo Regional Understanding and Analyzing Systemic Racism Workshop: August 11-13, 2026

This 2.5-day workshop provides an opportunity for the participants to develop shared language for talking effectively about systemic racism, explore an introductory analysis of systemic racism, and examine basic strategies for dismantling racism within their organization. This in-depth workshop includes discussion of the socio-historic development of institutional racism; the definition of racism, how racism and racist institutional values have been legally codified and institutionally perpetuated throughout U.S. history; how racism manifests on individual, cultural, and institutional levels; and how long-term organizing informed by antiracist values can lay the path toward institutional antiracist transformation.

This workshop is for you if you want to: 

• Have a collective learning experience about institutional racism,
• Have productive conversations about race and systemic racism,
• Interrupt systemic racism and open access to all people in our institutions.

Workshop Schedule:

• Day 1: 1pm - 5pm
• Day 2: 9am - 5pm
• Day 3: 9am - 5pm

Lunch will be provided on Days 2 and 3, according to the dietary restrictions you list in the registration. 

Location: Kalamazoo area. The exact location will be sent in the confirmation email after registering.