Portland Means Progress and TechTown present the POWER UP Series. This is the fourth in the series.

Join Portland Means Progress and TechTown Portland as we embark on the POWER UP SERIES, designed for staff at all levels and at all organizations: from part-time staff to leadership! Attendees have to be actively interested and committed to racial equity.

In this fourth session in the POWER UP SERIES, participants will get a refresher in identifying aspects of white supremacy culture and the ways that it can become exclusive to people of color. Additionally we will take it one layer deeper to create building blocks for inclusive culture at companies and organizations.

POWER UP SERIES TOPICS:

• The formation of racism in the US - COMPLETED

• Moving from theory to action: Racial Equity in your work - COMPLETED

• Tactics for Change Internally - COMPLETED

• White Supremacy Culture - NOW

• Pushing through the Pushback: Barriers of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

• How to Scale your DEI work

• Empowerment of People of Color (POC) - this session is exclusively for folks who identify as POC

• Strategies for white folks to dismantle white supremacy

• Inclusive Meetings & Facilitation

• Racial Equity Plans

• Racial Equity Analysis

• Targeted Universalism & Intersectionality

• Inclusive Media and Communications

*Zoom call-in information will be provided in your confirmation email.