Join Us: April 1 ZOOM Gathering

Undoing Racism^®

Executive Collective Zoom Gathering

Join Us on Zoom: Monday, April 1, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. EST

April Topic:

The Lion’s Story: Creating A Climate of Healing while Leading in a Climate of Hate

“The lion's story will never be known as long as the hunter is the one to tell it.”- African proverb

Navigating the stress of racial conflict and the rise in hate is not easy. Leaders and service providers are overwhelmed about what to do as identity stress and conflict disrupt processes essential to leading antiracist and anti-oppressive institutions. Dr. Stevenson will present a model of racial literacy (RECAST) useful for resolving diverse identity-stressful encounters and microaggressions. We will discuss ways leaders can practice skills of mindfulness and still find their voice when within divisive environments.

Presenter: Dr. Howard Stevenson

Undoing Racism^® Executive Collective Gathering

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Undoing Racism^® Executive Collective Overview:

This group is designed for people in senior leadership in their organizations, particularly executive directors and their senior leadership teams, who have substantial decision-making authority and are invested in nurturing the organizations they lead to become more equitable, just, and anti-racist institutions. The group offers the opportunity to gather with peers and grapple collectively and honestly with the challenges leaders encounter and to build strategies and support for overcoming those challenges. Others are also welcome.

Our work is guided by the principles of The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, who are recognized internationally for their Undoing Racism^® Workshop and Community Organizing Workshop.

Contact: www.antiracistalliance.com

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APRIL PRESENTER

Dr. Howard Stevenson is the Executive Director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative, which promotes racial literacy in education, health, and community organizations. His programs teach people to assert themselves during face-to-face identity conflicts. Key to this healing work is the use of story and culture to reframe in-the-moment threat reactions and increase access to memory, physical mobility, and voice.

He is a clinical psychologist and the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Professor of Africana Studies, in the Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Stevenson was recognized in October 2023 by "Word in Black" as one of the top 10 "Black Activists Who Changed the Mental Health Industry."

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PAST RESOURCES

You may find resources from prior First Monday Gatherings here:

Undoing Racism® Executive Collective Workshop Past Resources

A Ray of Sunshine is something that makes people or places happier and more cheerful especially during difficult times.

Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder) | Playing For Change | Song Around the World (video, 4:53)

A Change Is Gonna Come | Playing For Change Band (video 6:36)

ACCOUNTABILITY HUBS

NEW HUBS FORMING!

BIPOC MEN SHIP

Meets virtually every FIRST Thursday at 2 pm EST

If you're interested in learning more about BIPOC MEN SHIP, connect with David A. Burks, MBA at davidaburks.mpgc@gmail.com

WHITE MEN GROUP

If you're interested in learning more, contact Alan Siskind asiskind2@gmail.com and Ben Kohl benkohljr@gmail.com

We encourage you to connect with ACCOUNTABILITY HUBS. All Hubs Are Free!

Our Virtual Accountability Hubs offer an additional place to grapple in meaningful ways with your anti-racist leadership, practice, and organizational culture.

AANHPI Undoing Racism^® Collective

The AANHPI Undoing Racism^® Collective is an Undoing Racism^®Accountability Hub for all AANHPI Leaders who are invested in nurturing their

organizations to become more equitable, just, and anti-racist institutions.

This group offers the opportunity to gather with other AANHPI peers to explore

our AANHPI identities and discuss collectively and honestly the challenges

leaders encounter and to build strategies and support for overcoming

those challenges. We are a group of Asian Americans who meet via Zoom on the second Friday of every month at 11 am EST.

To learn more about he AANHPI Undoing Racism^® Collective, email Ben at bchan@cfrny.org

BIPOC SHIP Undoing Racism^® Accountability Hub

BIPOC SHIP is a Black, Indigenous, People of Color Accountability Hub

that meets virtually every third Thursday at 2 pm EST to grapple with the

challenges in their organizations. It is a brave space where anti-racist professionals and service providers Support, Heal, Inspire, and Plan to dismantle barriers to equity. Participants enjoy an opportunity to add to their knowledge, focus on solutions, be in community, and expand their network with other passionate professionals committed to anti-racism and anti-oppression.

This gathering is open to all BIPOC who seek connection and solutions on their

anti-racist journey.

To join us for our next meeting, email Lynn at: lynn@mpgconsultingnyc.com

BIPOC MEN SHIP Undoing Racism^® Accountability Hub

BIPOC MEN SHIP is an Accountability Hub for Black, Indigenous, Men of Color that meets virtually every FIRST Thursday at 2 pm EST to shed some of the masks that they are forced to wear daily and grapple with the challenges in their professional and personal lives. It is a brave space where anti-racist leaders Support, Heal, Inspire, and Plan to dismantle barriers to equity. Participants enjoy an opportunity to be in community, experience joy, share pains, and expand their network with other passionate professionals committed to anti-racism and anti-oppression. This gathering is open to those that identify as BIPOC men and who seek connection and solutions on their anti-racist journey.

To learn more, connect with David A. Burks at: davidaburks.mpgc@gmail.com

LEADERSHIP AND MIDDLE MANAGERS Undoing Racism^® Accountability Hub

The Leadership and Middle Managers Accountability Hub is a brave space

for Middle Managers, Directors and Leadership teams of all races and cultural

backgrounds who are passionate about dismantling structural racism within

their institutions. This is a gathering for leaders with substantial decision-making authority who are invested in helping their organizations in becoming more equitable and anti-racist environments where everyone feels that they belong and that they can succeed. Participants virtually meet with peers at 9:30 am EST on the second Tuesday of the month to grapple collectively and honestly with the challenges anti-racist leaders encounter in their organizations.

To learn more about The Leadership and Middle Managers Accountability Hub, email Shane at shane.king98@yahoo.com

WHITE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Undoing Racism^® Accountability Hub

The Undoing Racism® Accountability Hub for White Executive Directors is a brave space for White Executive Directors. The purpose is to come together as a community of white leaders and grapple with what it means to be a white executive director doing ant-racist work. Meetings are on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 8:30am–9:50am EST. On the first Tuesday, we discuss topics related to that month's Executive Undoing meeting and other learnings. The second meeting is devoted to peer support in which members grapple with issues that arise in their organizations and their personal anti-racist journeys.

Email Brigid with your questions: brigid.lang@gmail.com

WHITE LEADERS Undoing Racism^® Accountability Hub

The White Leaders Undoing Racism^® Accountability Hub is a brave space for White folks who are looking for a community to learn about and practice Undoing Racism® in our work and personal lives. In collaboration with the multiracial First Monday gatherings, we meet as a collective to:

• Help each other while we are at different places on our anti-racist journey.

• Learn and do the work together.

• Lean on other white people which takes the burden off people of color who shouldn’t always have to teach us, hold emotional space for us, or tell us what to do.

• Allow a space for more honesty; not “performing anti-racism,” but to work through problems.

• Our group emphasizes accountability as well as putting theory into practice.

Meetings are every second Thursday of the month from 3pm-4:30pm EST.

For more information, email Jenn at jenniferrosepatel@gmail.com or Hillary

at hkolos@gmail.com

Please click the link below for updated information:

Accountability Hubs Flip Book

Please reach out directly to the Hub anchors to RSVP and with any specific questions you may have. We welcome additional Hub ideas.

UNDOING RACISM^® WORKSHOPS

Our work is guided by the principles of The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, who are recognized internationally for their Undoing Racism^® Workshop and Community Organizing Workshop. Contact: www.antiracistalliance.com

MPG Consulting is the CE Provider for The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond’s Undoing Racism^® Workshops in New York State. This workshop provides 16 CE Credit hours.

All are welcome! See the full schedule here: https://pisab.org/workshops-in-your-area/

Undoing Racism^® Executive Collective Leadership

First Mondays of the Month contact: mpgconsultingnyc@gmail.com

Anchor email: mlpenderg@gmail.com

Undoing Racism^®Executive Collective co-facilitators:

Lisa Martin, Bonnie Cushing, David A. Burks,

Robin Schlenger, Alan B. Siskind, and Mary Pender Greene

Dr. Lisa Martin

Dr. Lisa Martin (She/Her) is a licensed clinical psychologist and trauma informed DEIB consultant, trainer, and coach. Dr. Lisa’s work centers on building community, fostering healing, and solidifying the voice and impact of established and emerging BIPOC leaders and white allies.

Dr. Lisa maintains a private practice in New York and Florida and is a rostered psychologist for the National Basketball Players Association. She has been featured in several local and national publications, podcasts, and news broadcasts sharing her expertise on racial equity, stress management, and mental health. Dr. Lisa holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from St. John’s University.

Bonnie Cushing, LCSW

Bonnie Cushing, LCSW (she/her), is a family therapist and an anti-racist organizer and educator. She is a trainer with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, the Center for the Study of White American Culture, the Soul Focused Group and the Center for Racial Justice in Education. Bonnie speaks widely on the impact of racism on the practice of social work, as well as its impact on white people and the specific role white people can play in the movement for racial justice.

David A. Burks, MBA

David A. Burks, MBA (He/Him/His) is an anti-racist consultant, coach, facilitator, and speaker hailing from New Orleans, LA. Throughout his career, he’s worked with Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and educational institutions to create a better world for members of marginalized and underrepresented communities. He especially loves leveraging his knowledge of pop culture to translate complex and diverse ideas to a great cross section of our society. Additionally, he serves on several nonprofit boards and is a Core Trainer with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond.

David’s work is centered on three core principles: strengths, equity, and joy. Everyone should have the opportunity to spend as much time working in their areas of STRENGTH instead of languishing in their areas of weakness. Our work should bring EQUITY, not just equality, to communities harmed by historical injustices. Finally, whenever possible, we should bring JOY to our interactions – especially when the topics of discussions are difficult.

Robin Schlenger, LCSW

Robin Schlenger, LCSW (she/her) has many years of clinical and supervisory experience working in the nonprofit and public sectors. She is a practicing Anti-Racist Consultant, Coach, Organizer and Trainer, As a consultant, Robin specializes in facilitating presentations and trainings that are rooted in restorative and anti-racist principles. Robin is a current member of The People’s Institute of Survival and Beyond’s (PISAB) North East Leadership team and a member of The European Dissent (ED) leadership team, a group of people of European descent who “dissent” from the ideology of white supremacy. She speaks extensively on white privilege from an individual and organizational perspective and what it means to partner with people of color in antiracist work. She is also a regular contributor to the digital magazine, Three-Fifths and has co-written a chapter in Dr. Kenneth Hardy’s book The Enduring, Invisible and Ubiquitous Centrality of Whiteness.

Dr. Alan B. Siskind

Dr. Alan B. Siskind (he/him) has had an extensive and distinguished career in mental health and clinical practice, as a practitioner, administrator, teacher and author. He is called upon frequently as an expert on family issues, the treatment of adolescents, young adults, and adults. Dr. Siskind is a nationally recognized speaker and consultant on a range of topics impacting families and communities. Until 2007, Dr. Siskind served as CEO of the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, the nation’s premier voluntary mental health and family service agency, which serves over 65,000 clients annually in 185 programs in the five boroughs and in Westchester. Alan is the Co-editor of Strategies for Deconstructing Racism in the Health and Human Services (2016).

Mary Pender Greene, LCSW-R, CGP

Mary Pender Greene, LCSW-R, CGP (she/her), is the President & CEO of MPG Consulting (MPGC), a company that is committed to eliminating bias and structural racism in the workspace. She is a career/executive coach, antiracist consultant, public speaker, and a psychotherapist with a private practice in Midtown Manhattan. She is a thought leader in the social services industry, recognized by her peers for her wisdom, contributions, and novel ideas on implicit bias, structural racism, and creating an inclusive institutional culture.

MPG Consulting supports organizations and leaders in their pursuit of an inclusive, fair, and respectful workplace that values all individuals and embraces diversity. Their racially and culturally diverse team brings to organizations a wide range of experience as coaches, clinicians, trainers, managers, and anti-racist organizational consultants in mental health, education, child welfare, business, legal, social justice and social service settings. MPGC is certified in New York City and New York State as an M/WBE.

Mary is the former Assistant Executive Director at the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services. She is the author of Creative Mentorship and Career-Building Strategies: How to Build Your Virtual Personal Board of Directors and coeditor of Strategies for Deconstructing Racism in the Health and Human Services.

Support Team

Lyrica Fils-Aime

Lyrica Fils-Aime (she/her) is a racial justice strategist and identifies as a cis-hetero, Black, Haitian, non-disabled, mixed woman with significant class privilege. Lyrica is a therapist and non-profit leader turned writer who has authored a childhood Racial Justice Curriculum for Sesame Street, Where We Go Wrong in Equity Work for NYU’s VUE journal, Ancestral Trauma, Wisdom & Resilience for Psychotherapy.net and writes The Gift of [Anti-Racist] Therapy for Psychology Today. She wrote a chapter in Supervision Can Be Playful titled Multicultural Supervision: Building Culturally Responsive Play Therapists. Lyrica has also published a Haitian children’s book titled T se pou TapTap to help the Haitian children in her life access the Kreyòl language. Lyrica believes affinity groups are a powerful tool in anti-racist work. She began the Leadership and Middle Managers group in 2015 and provides mentorship and guidance to the Accountability Hub leaders.

Lynn Mercredi

Lynn Mercredi (She/Her) is the Executive Assistant to the President & CEO of MPGC, Mary Pender Greene. With 15+ years of experience as an administrator, Lynn manages MPGC’s coaches, trainers, consultants, and clients with compassion and connection. She ensures the efficient handling of client inquiries, trainings, and consultations. Lynn provides logistical support for the monthly Executive Undoing Racism Collective and is the anchor for the BIPOC SHIP (Support Healing Inspiration Planning) hub, a virtual accountability hub for all BIPOC. She earned her BA in English from SUNY Albany.

Kayla Cordero

Kayla Cordero (She/Her/Ella) is the Project Coordinator at MPG Consulting. She has 13+ administrative and office management experience working with diverse populations. Kayla provides planning and logistical support for the monthly Executive Undoing Racism Collective. She earned her BA in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Claire Julian

Claire Julian (she/her/hers & Afro-Caribbean) is the Learning and Branding Coordinator at MPG Consulting, working on diverse tasks, including Accountability Hub support. Her professional background includes extensive corporate and vendor-side Human Resources, Recruiting, and project management at global, publicly traded organizations and small entrepreneurial environments. Claire is enthusiastic about using her diverse skill set to advocate for antiracism and equity. She is also a mother, writer, yoga teacher, traveler, and music lover.