Increasing a Community's Consciousness and Capacity to Address Race

More information can be found at www.socialchangeleaders.net 

In this episode, you will:

• Meet Bukata Hayes and Stacy Wells and learn how they piloted an innovative approach to help a community to understand and think critically about race and its impact on our individual and collective lives.
• Listen to how they developed the community-based journaling project, Write on Race to be Right on Race, and how it prompted a 90% white community to learn about how race impacts many areas of public life such as education and health care.
• Understand the transformation that occurred from this project that spanned two years allowing people to use their head and their hearts to discuss race honestly and courageously. 
• Hear about what Bukata and Stacy learned as they launched this socially innovative community effort and how they have continued to move their work forward in other ways. 

For more information about Write on Race, contact Bukata Hayes at [email protected] or Stacy Wells at [email protected].  

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“A collection of the proper knowledge for the proper purpose is an incalculable and powerful assortment of assets with no force too mighty to conquer.”  Black Topographical Center

More about Bukata Hayes: The most important thing about me is that I am the son of Dia Damani and Karen Hayes, husband to Lisa and father to Damani, Jalen, Zavier, and Zuri. In addition to this, he has served as the Executive Director of a non-profit focused on diversity, inclusion and equity in Southern Minnesota since September, 2006. In this role, he spearheads the organization’s efforts to include ALL across various dimensions of differences. Additionally, he facilitates systems change processes, organization culture change, anti-racism work and inclusion/equity initiatives with K-12 school districts, higher education, community organizations, for- profit businesses and governmental agencies across Southern Minnesota, the state and the Midwest.

More about Stacy Wells: Stacy Wells is a dedicated educator and equity thought leader with a variety of professional experiences, including leadership in the public and private sector; public school teacher and district wide administrator; and higher education faculty. She has over twenty years of training and facilitation experience. Her areas of specialty include teacher preparation, curriculum writing, and leadership development and coaching embedded in cultural competence and equity. She earned her B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Drake University, and an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of St. Thomas. Stacy and her family currently live in Bloomington, MN and she is an Equity and Inclusion Director with the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

More about Social Change Leaders Podcast:

The Social Change Leaders podcast explores the intersection of social change leadership, in the public, private and non profit sectors. . Packed with tips, actionable ideas and stories to inspire, this podcast will energize you to maximize your impact. The Social Change Leaders Podcast is a collaboration between Stephanie Malon-Rufi, Genuine Impact Consulting and Coaching, and Traci Warnberg-Lemm, Social Motion.