Inside Out: the Equity Leader's Guide to Undoing Institutional Racism

Essential steps for leaders working to build an antiracist organization

Providing a roadmap to workplace and organizational change, Inside Out is packed with practical tools for working collectively towards racial justice and dismantling institutional racism.

This essential guide includes:
• An adaptive approach to moving race conversations forward with authenticity and genuine curiosity
• Concrete strategies to help unpack the painful legacies of power, privilege, and oppression
• A framework including awareness, knowledge, skills, and action/advocacy
• Key components for engaging effectively, calling people in, bridging the divide, identifying and addressing microaggressions, and guiding difficult interactions
• Critical cross-cultural skills for facilitators and leaders faced with fears, worries, conflicts, and concerns that surface in PoC and White participants
• Helpful suggestions for equity leaders trying to find their why and identify their foundational beliefs, as well as tips for practicing self-care to lessen burnout and fatigue
• How to establish an equity team and bring decision makers on board
• Checklists, discussion questions, recommended readings, best practices, and many other valuable resources.

Inside Out is written specifically for prospective leaders championing diversity, equity, and inclusion in their workplace. It is a must-read for anyone guiding the challenging work of becoming an anti-racist organization where no one's identity is a barrier to access or opportunity and everyone belongs.