Leading with Racial Equity Transformative Board Governance Training

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Leading with Racial Equity -Transformational Governance:
How to Strengthen Your Board with Action Steps

This “state of the art” governance training will provide Board teams with the following from the training series:

- Strategies to begin or continue to have courageous conversations about racial equity within your board
- Concrete approaches to improve governance practices using a racial equity lens 
- Action steps for building a board culture which supports an inclusive and racially diverse board 
- Practical tools to help your board increase its accountability and engagement with the diverse communities it serves

This highly interactive 3-session virtual training series will use the Zoom platform and will be offered to five organizations who will work together as board teams, along with their Executive Directors. Each team should consist of at least one board officer, preferably the board chair and at least two other board members, up to five board members.

Participating organizations will also be asked to complete an online confidential racial equity and governance board assessment prior to the first session, as the training will be customized to the needs of the groups.

The training series will take once a month for three Saturdays- 9 AM-12:30 PM.

Dates of the training:

October 31
November 21
December 12

Criteria for Selection

- Each board team will consist of at least one board officer, preferably the board chair or incoming board chair, and at least two other board members up to five members who commit to participate in all three training sessions.
- All team members will commit to participating in all three training sessions.
- The Executive Director will commit to participate in all three sessions with their board teams, so that organizational teams can be up to six people.
- If possible, participants will reflect the diversity of the community we serve and the diversity of the Board, with a mix of new and longer-term board members
- Each of our team members will commit to using their video function on Zoom, rather than the audio function only and be fully present for the training. This will assist in the building the group dynamic as 97% of all communication is non-verbal.
- Each organization commits to ensuring that their full board completes the online, confidential racial equity board assessment no later than Friday, Sept. 11th.
- Each team participates in implementation activities between

Register I Application Process

Please submit completed application to follow below
Applications are due no later than Friday, October 2, 2020. Applications will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis, so organizations are encouraged to submit their application as soon as possible.

Tuition

$175 Regular, $150 MACDC Member (Tuition is per Board Member/ED)

Email *

Name of Organization *

Address

Website

Executive Director Name *

Executive Director Phone

Executive Director Email *

Board Chair Name *

Board Chair Phone

Board Chair Email *

Are you an MACDC member? *

Yes

Other:

Brief description of mission of organization: *

Criteria for Selection *

We ask each participating group to agree to the following. Please click on each item below indicating your agreement:

We will organize a board team consisting of at least one board officer, preferably the board chair or incoming board chair, and at least two other board members up to five members who commit to participate in all three training sessions.

All team members will commit to participating in all three training sessions.

The Executive Director will commit to participate in all three sessions with their board teams, so that organizational teams can be up to six people.

If possible, our participants will reflect the diversity of the community we serve and the diversity of the Board, with a mix of new and longer-term board members

Each of our team members will commit to using their video function on Zoom, rather than the audio function only and be fully present for the training. This will assist in the building the group dynamic as 97% of all communication is non-verbal.

We will commit to ensuring our full board completes the online, confidential racial equity board assessment no later than Friday, Sept. 11th.

We also understand that there will be implementation activities between sessions, and we will make every effort to accomplish them.

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Please tell us your specific leading with racial equity - governance training goals below. *

Please share at least 3 goals.

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