Day 1-Unlearning Racism
Objectives:

• Set norms to guide conversation over the next three days
• Explore the ways in which intersectionality impacts a person’s lived
• experience
• Discuss the ways in which race and racism have impacted American history
• Analyze the intersection between capitalism and racism
• Identify the ways in which racism has been codified into American law
• Describe the ways in which whiteness has been normed as “American”
• Differentiate between dominant and counter narratives
• Discuss modern implications of historical racism
• Identify ways in which POC have exhibited resilience to oppression

Day 2-Examining Whiteness
Objectives:

• Examine the shifting nature of racism
• Explore microaggressions
• Discuss unconscious bias and ways to mitigate it by raising our racial consciousness
• Describe color blindness
• Practice seeking repair after racialized harm
• Examine the impact of “whiteness”
• Explore our racial autobiographies
• Identify the stages of racial identity development for both POC and White people
• Reflect on our own racial identity development in affinity groups

Day 3-Evolving as an Anti-Racist School Counselor
Objectives:

• Participants will reflect on and identify their biases as school counselors
• Participants will identify areas of opportunity within their school community as they expand the Counselor Domains to be Anti-Racist
• Participants will engage in active data dives related to racial equity and gain new strategies to use these results to drive systemic change
• Participants will identify barriers they experience in this work as a school counselor and determine what supports are within their spheres or control
• Participants will create a “Closing the Gap: Action Plan” related to racial equity within their school communities.