WHITENESS ANDANTIRACISM: BEYOND

WHITE PRIVILEGEPEDAGOGY

PROGRAM FEESTANDARD RATE: $800GROUP RATE: $600 PER PERSON**GROUP RATE BASED ON 5 OR MOREREGISRANTS FROM THE SAME DISTRICTNEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

Registration and Info at mwp.umn.edu

This Institute is intended for white educators who want to develop their antiracist pedagogy and better understand themselves as racial beings. We will work towardseeing, naming and addressing whiteness in ways that move our learning communities beyonddeadlocked conversations and toward more productive antiracist pedagogies. The work canand should be applied both personally and professionally. Through curated reading, writing,and discussion, we will push beyond the shame and anger that get in the way of oureffectiveness as antiracist learners and citizens. 

We will examine whiteness on societal, curricular, and personal levels, so that by betterunderstanding and contextualizing ourselves as white people we can enact more powerfulantiracist pedagogies. In this way, we will be better able to support young white people as theywrestle with what it means to be white in a white supremacist society. While our work will begeared toward white teachers of white students, educators from all contexts are welcome.

Now offering two options: First, a four-day intensive summer institute from June 28–July 1.Second is a year-long institute for the 2021–22 academic year. Both options cover the samematerial and come with 20 CEUs. Schools or districts that want to register 10+ people can requesttheir own schedule.

An OpenInstitute from theMinnesota Writing Project

MEETING TIMESUMMER INTENSIVE: JUNE 28–JULY 1, 8AM–3PM (WITH 1-HOUR OF OFF-LINE WORK.YEAR-LONG INSTITUTE: 8/21, 9/18, 10/16,11/20, 1/15, 2/19, 3/19, 4/16, 5/21, 6/18(SATURDAYS), 9–11AM

What educators are saying about the Institute:

In taking this course with members ofmy department, we have foundcommon ground to make changes toresist the white supremacy thatcreeps into our curriculum. It finallyfeels like we are on the same pageand ready to do the work of antiracistteaching together.

Sarah | High School English Teacher

The Whiteness and AntiracismInstitute is a place to grow as aperson, educator, and citizen.

Jen | Youth Worker, Soccer Coach

It has been liberating for me to haveconversations with my studentsabout what I'm learning andexplaining to them how I am trying toincorporate this work into our lessons- they have enjoyed being a part ofthe process and, I think, they feel abit more free to look at our work a bitdifferently knowing that it issomething I am learning, will stumblewith, but will keep working toimprove upon. It provides a goodlesson in how learning should trulytake place.

Steve | High School ELA Teacher

I have been to many trainings andworkshops over the last 15 years andfeel as if this experience has taughtme more about my country andmyself than all the others...I'm nolonger hesitant to ask someone abouttheir comments or language,including strangers andadministrators.

Jana | High School ELA Teacher andTOSA

The biggest thing that has helped meis allowing myself to try and fail inthese sensitive and difficult topics. Ihave been afraid before to dosomething wrong, so I did nothing atall. In talking and listen through thiscourse I have felt empowered to try.

John | Math Teacher

This is a course that should berequired for all White educators. Beready to dig deep, show up andcommit to the work of Anti-racism. Itis real, authentic and 100% what weneed right now.

Ellen | Youth Worker