Challenging Dominant Culture Working Group

Mission

• what are we tasked with? keeping omni true to its values
• what are we empowered to do autonomously? nothing
• what are we not empowered to do? we don't make policy without delegate consensus. we're not judges or arbiters.
• we view the OOC as a body without organs. we want our work to infuse every corner of it.

• Bottom-liners: Sarah Prichard, Niki Shelley

Goals

• Find ways to share leadership and direction
• Make our public meetings more accessible and welcoming to newcomers
• Reach out to Omni's neighbors for input
• Develop a process of integrating cultures
• Develop a method to assess and integrate language styles and archetypes validity
• Creating safe space within the Omni and a Conflict Resolution Policy including alternatives to police intervention
• Making invitations to diverse stakeholders
• Challenging our current representative democracy

Action Items

• Translate 1-sheet into plain, accessible language – building on from communications group
• Draft conflict resolution policy
• Reach out to the surrounding neighborhood to elicit feedback on what they'd like the space to become
• Create ongoing ToDos list to better distribute tasks/responsibilities

Related Pages

• Safe Space Policy
• Conflict Resolution Policy

Resources

On Racism and Anti-Racism

• When all Lives Matter: https://medium.com/@aconcisehistory/when-all-lives-matter-c45291d849cc
• A Beginner’s Guide to Anti-racism for White People, By a Fellow White Person: http://irenesdaughters.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/a-beginner%E2%80%99s-guide-to-anti-racism-for-white-people-by-a-fellow-white-person/
• How To Be An Anti-Racist Ally: http://loveisntenough.com/2009/12/30/how-to-be-an-anti-racist-ally/
• 8 Ways Not To Be An “Ally”: A Non-Comprehensive List: http://blackgirldangerous.org/new-blog/2013/6/17/8-ways-not-to-be-an-ally
• The Do’s and Don’ts of Being a Good Ally: http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/10/01/the-dos-and-donts-of-being-a-good-ally/
• Allies Are Still Privileged; Don’t Forget It: http://www.gradientlair.com/post/53215248836/allies-are-still-privileged-dont-forget-it
• stuff white people do: wonder where to start when they join the fight against racism: http://stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com/2009/08/wonder-where-to-start-when-they-join.html
• You Have an Opinion Relating to a Discussion about Race [Flow Chart and Guide]: http://zuky.tumblr.com/post/9044839922
• Racism 101: A Comprehensive Guide: http://www.peopleofcolororganize.com/analysis/opinion/racism-101-comprehensive-guide-2012/
• Hampshire Disorientation Packet [PDF]: https://hampedia.org/w/images/0/06/Disorientation_Package_%2711.pdf
• White Privilege & Anti-Racism in the Funnies: http://www.biculturalmom.com/2012/02/10/white-privilege-anti-racism-in-the-funnies/
• Everyone’s a little bit racist. But some are more so than others.: http://www.amptoons.com/blog/2009/04/21/everyone%E2%80%99s-a-little-bit-racist-but-some-are-more-so-than-others/
• On the Fixed State Ally Model vs. Process Model Ally Work: http://www.shakesville.com/2013/04/on-fixed-state-ally-model-vs-process.html
• Code of Ethics for Antiracist White Allies: http://jlovecalderon.com/code-of-ethics-for-antiracist-white-allies/
• Enough With This “We Are All So-And-So” Nonsense, White Folks: http://www.xojane.com/issues/enough-with-this-we-are-all-so-and-so-nonsense-white-folks
• On Whiteness & Tumblr Activism: http://bossyboy.tumblr.com/post/49140477613/on-whiteness-tumblr-activism
• Racism 104: Ally, Step-by-Step: http://racismschool.tumblr.com/Racism%20104:%20Ally,%20Step-by-Step
• The New Jim Crow: http://www.kropfpolisci.com/racial.justice.alexander.pdf
• Revolutionary Solidarity: A Critical Reader for Accomplices https://pdf.yt/d/xV6RlDu8DHYULMpe
• White Fragility: http://libjournal.uncg.edu/index.php/ijcp/article/view/249/116

On Community Accountability

• Deep Democracy (Process Work): http://www.iapop.com/deep-democracy/
• 5 Ways to Deal with Misguided (But Well-Intentioned) Allies (Everyday Feminism): http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/02/how-to-deal-with-allies/

Meeting Minutes Archive

• Event:2015/05/03 Challenging Dominant Cultures
• Event:2014/12/13 Challenging Dominant Culture
• Event:2014/12/06 Challenging Dominant Culture
• Event:2014/11/22 Challenging Dominant Cultures
• Event:2014/11/01 CDC Meeting
• Event:2014/10/25 CDC Meeting
• Event:2014/10/04 Challenging Dominant Cultures
• Event:2014/09/27 Challenging Dominant Cultures
• Event:2014/09/20 Challenging Dominant Cultures
• Event:2014/09/13 Challenging Dominant Cultures
• Event:2014/09/06 Challenging Dominant Cultures
• Event:2014/08/30 Challenging Dominant Cultures
• Event:2014/08/16 Challenging Dominant Cultures
• Event:2014/08/09 Challenging Dominant Cultures
• Event:2014/08/02 Challenging Dominant Culture
• Event:2014/07/19 Challenging Dominant Culture Mtg
• Event:2014/07/08 Challenging Dominant Cultures
• Event:2014/06/25 Challenging Dominant Culture Meeting
• Event:2014/06/09 Challenging Dominant Cultures Working Group Meeting
• Event:2014/05/26 Challenging Dominant Culture Meeting
• Event:2014/05/19 Challenging Dominant Culture Meeting
• Event:2014/05/15 Challenging Dominant Culture Meeting
• Event:2014/05/12 Challenging Dominant Culture Meeting
• Event:2014/04/28 Inclusion Task Force Meeting