This toolkit is a collection of activities, suggested readings and videos to spur a discussion about workers' lived experiences, how to identify and discuss the way racial bias operates in everyday life, and ways to disrupt these patterns to build a more inclusive, equitable society. These resources are meant to help people better understand racial bias and prejudice on a personal level and to understand how organizational practices, institutions and policies reinforce racial discrimination and restrict opportunities.
UNDERSTANDING POWER, BIAS AND HOW RACISM WORKS
| TITLE | PURPOSE | OPTIMAL SIZE | DURATION |
| Understanding Power and Privilege | To create a safe but challenging environment to explore power, privilege, and institutional or structural racism. | 50 | 125 min. |
| Understanding and Interrupting Implicit Bias | To learn how to talk about race and racial bias, and practice skills in ways that advance the conversation. Learn and practice a three-step tool to disrupt implicit bias in your workplace and life. | 50 | 45 min. |
| Ally Is a Verb | Through short and creative videos and articles we learn the basics of the racial justice discourse. | 15 | 60 min. |
| Identity Strands Exercise | This activity allows participants an opportunity to explore identity(ies), identity formation, the intersections of identities and allows participants to understand each other in relation to their experiences and identity. | 40 | 75 min. |
| Ending Racism to Build Union Power | The overarching goals of this workshop are to begin the conversation about race and racism from a vantage point of:
| 30 | 130 min. |
| How to Have a Conversation on Race Without Everyone Running Out of the Room | In this workshop, union leaders, educators and community organizers will present strategies on how to approach the conversation on race when interacting with an audience that holds different opinions. | 45 | 225 min. |
| The Values Activity | This activity can bring about an assessment of where your group could grow, where you need support or an area of feedback to share with the national office. | 30 | 90 min. |
CHANGING LOCAL UNION PRACTICES
| TITLE | PURPOSE | OPTIMAL SIZE | DURATION |
| Union Shop Steward Scenario | Raise awareness of LGBTQ+ issues. | 40 | 50 min. |
| Diversity of Membership Scenario | Develop ways to be more responsive to union members of color. | 50 | 50 min. |
| Black Lives Matter Scenario | To use a very familiar and practical example of when an officer “accidentally” murders a black man, and gauging how the labor movement should and won’t engage. | 50 | 50 min. |
| BLM and the Labor Movement: Where and How They Are the Same | To dispel the myths of the Black Lives Matter movement and show the overlap between the labor movement’s agenda and the Black Lives Matter agenda. | 50 | 65 min. |
IDENTIFYING AND CALLING OUT RACIAL POLITICAL APPEALS TO WHITE VOTERS
| TITLE | PURPOSE | OPTIMAL SIZE | DURATION |
| Dog Whistle Politics Scenario and Debrief | To help union members and leaders identify coded racist political appeals, call out politicians who use them, and so inoculate members and the public against their appeals. | 50 | 60 min. |