2020 Project Archive
Skills Share: Running Virtual Workshops
Mon, March 23, 2020
Online
If you are a facilitator who is looking for tools to shift your content to the zoom platform for the upcoming months, tune into this pre-recorded skills share! We will go over how to create an interactive workshop online, lessons learned about facilitating virtually, and how to use different virtual tools in zoom.
Facilitation for Equity Fundamentals: Ultimate Community
Sat, Jan 11, 2020 / Sun, Jan 12, 2020
Oakland, CA
Facilitation for Equity Fundamentals is a skills building opportunity for people already facilitating formal or informal conversations within their workplace, teams, families, and spheres on intersectional equity. The purpose of this training in Oakland was to provide an opportunity for skills building for people already facilitating conversations within their teams, workplaces, and community, with the goal of building community among social justice practitioners in the ultimate community.
2019 Project Archive
Facilitation for Equity Fundamentals: Human Social Service Sector
Sat, Nov 23, 2019 / Sun, Nov 24, 2019
University of Southern California
Facilitation for Equity Fundamentals is a skills building opportunity for people already facilitating formal or informal conversations within their workplace, teams, families, and spheres on intersectional equity. Leveraging this weekend long workshop, we sought to build community among social justice practitioners and explore adult learning frameworks in order to increase participant’s capacity to facilitate dialogue and deeper learning.
This training covered grounding in social justice frameworks, the experiential learning cycle and designing for different learning styles, addressing difficult moments, and techniques for identity & systems analysis.
WWARA Youth Development Fellowship
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
White Womxn Anti-Racism Alliance Youth Development Fellowship
The WWARA Fellowship is designed to deepen white womxn’s commitment to fight racism by learning about the ways white womxn specifically uphold white supremacy in the nonprofit sector & facilitate the creation of a collective action plan to combat oppression in your sphere of influence. Between 80-90% of all teachers, social workers, and non profit staff nationwide are white womxn, many of whom are drawn to these professions to help yet end up reinforcing the status quo of racial hierarchy through these roles. Due to the large number of white womxn working with youth of color, focusing on how white womxns’ racism manifests specifically must be a central question for youth-serving organizations in Baltimore. By collectively taking action against white supremacy in the youth development sector, white womxn can be part of a wave of transformational change in Baltimore.
WWARA Philanthropy Fellowship
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Hosted by White Womxn Anti Racism Alliance (WWARA)
Baltimore, MD
The WWARA Fellowship is designed to deepen white womxn’s commitment to fight racism by learning about the ways white womxn specifically uphold white supremacy in the nonprofit philanthropy sector. This fellowship facilitated the creation of a collective action plan to combat oppression in your sphere of influence. Note: WWARA Fellowships are an ongoing project of Both/And.
Womxn of Color Happy Hour: Revealing the Ways White Womxn Perpetuate Racism in Baltimore's Workforce
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Following the 2017 election, we learned of the now infamous 53% of white womxn who voted for the current President. Rarely do conversations about race and gender focus on the powerful and harmful roles white womxn play in upholding white supremacy in places of employment, business, schools, etc. We want to have that conversation in order to continue disrupting systems that marginalize womxn of color. Please join us for a brave, intimate space to fellowship with womxn of color and openly discuss the intersections of race, gender, and identity in the workplace.
White Womxn: Reinforcing & Reproducing White Supremacy
Monday, August 5, 2019
Presented by White Womxn Anti-Racism Alliance (WWARA)
This workshop series explored the ways white womxn* in social service sectors reinforce and reproduce racism and white supremacy. Over the course of three sessions we will sought to understand how we as individuals are connected to the historical construction of white womanhood, the legacy of colonial charity work, and ‘helping’ communities of color; the non-profit industrial complex and the maintenance of oppressive systems; and white culture, shame, perfectionism, paternalism, and socialized caretaking. This workshop series was for white womxn who work as social workers, teachers, nonprofit staff, organizers, healthcare workers, and other social service professions and want to challenge their own racism, including how their work reinforces oppressive structures.
Facilitated by: Zara Cadoux
*We use womxn to recognize the gender non-conforming & non-binary people working in these sectors who are seen and/or fill the roles of ‘helping white women’ in communities of color.
US Open Convention: Equity in Ultimate Ultimate
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Blaine, MN (map)
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Presentation at the US Open Convention for local disc organizations. Over the course of the presentation, we sought to develop shared language, examine our equality vs. equity mindsets, and start the process of applying it to local communities.
Presenters: Chip Chang & Zara Cadoux
US Open Equity & Diversity Forum: Race & Spirit of the Game
Wed, Jul 31, 2019 / Thu, Aug 1, 2019
Blaine, MN (map)
US Open Equity & Diversity Forum featuring Live Ultimate Ambassadors and other leaders from the ICC division. The panel of Octavia Payne, Chip Chang, Amel Awadelkarim, Claire Chastain, Khalif El-Salaam, Trent Dillon, Nicky Spiva, and Dylan Freechild engaged in a live conversation about race and racism in the sport.
Facilitators: Albert Alarcon & Zara Cadoux
Community Training for Organizers
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Organizers in Portland ultimate community were invited to share in a 5 hour training in order to:
Develop shared language to interrogate systems of inequity, focusing on patriarchy.
Look inward at how systems of oppression are manifesting internally and interpersonally.
Apply new understanding by identifying obstacles and paths to creating a community where all members can thrive.
Facilitated by: Rena Kawabata, Juleon Robinson, Zara Cadoux
Creating Gender-Equity Values
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Portland, OR (map)
Internal training for a sports team on creating and articulating shared team values on gender equity.
Facilitators: Juleon Robinson & Zara Cadoux
White Identity, Culture & Shame Resiliency
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Impact Hub Baltimore (map)
Zara Cadoux session about whiteness and how it manifests within white people. What are the stages of identity development for white folks? What is white culture? How does shame keep us from speaking out against racism?
Friday, May 24, 2019
Burlington VT (map)
For youth leaders looking to work on social impact, where to start can be a challenge. Hearing ‘it’s the system!’ can be overwhelming and paralyzing. Understanding different levels of a system, how systems intersect, and situating your identities within the larger contexts of race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, etc., are crucial skills for social justice advocates. Over the course of two hours, HOBY youth leaders had the opportunity to explore frameworks through a power analysis, build capacity to identity how systems are operating in their own lives, and hear from Zara and Juleon about how they use these analyses in their social impact work.
Facilitators: Juleon Robinson & Zara Cadoux
DEAI Frameworks
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Washington DC (map)
This internal training for the Youth Exchange Unit of World Learning brought members of different teams together to build shared language and understanding of Diversity, Equity, Access & Inclusion frameworks. The Youth Exchange Unit will work to apply their increased awareness to their internal & external programming.
Facilitators: Lisa M. Gray & Zara Cadoux
White Womxn: How Do I Reinforce and Reproduce White Supremacy?
Monday, May 13, 2019
Charles VillageBaltimore MD (map)
Presented by White Womxn Anti-Racism Alliance (WWARA)
This workshop series explored the ways white womxn* in social service sectors reinforce and reproduce racism and white supremacy. Over the course of three sessions we will seek to understand how we as individuals are connected to:
the historical construction of white womanhood
the legacy of colonialism, charity work, and ‘helping’ communities of color
white culture, shame, perfectionism, paternalism, and socialized care-taking.
Debriefing Your Season With An Equity-Lens
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Many college teams are looking to set internal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals. How can your team engage in debriefing the 2018-2019 season through an equity-lens? Join Zara Cadoux, co-founder of the Girls’ Ultimate Movement, to learn more about structuring and guiding post-season debriefing and reflection with an eye towards creating DEI goals for next season. Cadoux presented different debrief methods, equity concepts to take into consideration, and how to pose questions that will inform your team’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts moving forward.
Towson Presbyterian Church: Waking Up White
Monday, March 25, 2019
Towson, Maryland (map)
This is the second workshop in a series to frame the role of whiteness within the church community, reflect on the last year of work, and explore what actions the congregation can take this upcoming year.
Co-facilitator: Joyell Arvella of harp + sword
Gender Identity & Trans Inclusion
Friday, March 22, 2019
This event was hosted by DiscNY to support community education on the new Trans Inclusion policy.
Information from DiscNY:
We welcomed trainers Kareen Coyoca, M.A. (they/them), Zara Cadoux, M.A. (she/her), Jenna Weiner, M.S. (she/her), and Rena Kawabata (she/her) to host a three hour training for the NY ultimate community on gender identity, LGBTQ 101, and DiscNY’s new trans inclusion policy.
The NY community benefitted from hearing the first hand account by Jenna Weiner, including her experiences crafting trans inclusion policies, educating her communities, and playing ultimate. Participants gained frameworks to understand the differences between sex, gender, gender identity, and sexuality.
Georgetown Womxn's Team: Building an Intersectional Lens
Monday, March 18, 2019
Georgetown University
We spent an evening with the Hucking Foyas as they continued on their equity journey as a team. The session built shared language and understanding and build their intersectional lens in order to ground the team’s future equity work.
Co-facilitators: Kareen Coyoca + Zara Cadoux
DiscNW: Ego Trippin
Saturday, February 2, 2019
Seattle, WA
In collaboration with harp+sword, we worked with the Seattle ultimate community at their annual DiscNW meeting. This training was designed for participants who already have an understanding of institutional and structural racism. Space in this training was limited to 50 people, 25 white people and 25 people of color. Embedded in this training was a caucus space, where participants of similar race backgrounds can process how internalized superiority or inferiority shows up for them.
Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition Staff Training: Learning Style Inventory
Monday, January 28, 2019
Baltimore, MD
This workshop used Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory model to explore individual learning preferences and how those preferences will impact group dynamics.
2018 Project Archive
Denver Womxn's Community Training: Whiteness, Anti-Blackness, Racism
Saturday, December 1, 2018
Denver, CO
This half day training for members of the womxn’s college and club ultimate frisbee community focused on the internal and interpersonal manifestations of whiteness and anti-blackness. How can we understand ourselves and our community as part of a system of racism?
Co-facilitators: Kareen Coyoca + Zara Cadoux
LAOUT Community Equity Event
Saturday, November 17, 2018
Los Angeles, CA
This two part workshop series for the LA ultimate frisbee community created shared understanding on the anatomy of oppressive systems. The first session focused on raising awareness and the second session on applying a power analysis to the lived experiences of participants and the new gender-equity strategic plan for 2019.
Co-facilitators: Rena Kawabata & Sam Harkness
Community Law in Action Board of Directors Training
Friday, October 12, 2018
Baltimore MD (map)
This workshop established common language and understanding of race and racism to provide the Board of Directors a shared racial analysis for future decision making processes.
Co-facilitators: Zara Cadoux + Joyell Arvella of harp+sword.
September Mentoring Roundtable: Race, Equity, and Inclusion Frameworks
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
YMCA - Maryland
At the Maryland Mentor quarterly meeting for mentoring service providers we focused on applying race, equity, and inclusion frameworks to their programs.
Co-facilitators: Zara Cadoux + Joyell Arvella of harp+sword.
Charting Careers Mentor Orientation: Trust-building with Mentees
Monday, September 10, 2018
Annapolis, MD (map)
Mentor orientation focused on understanding how mentors’ social identities impact trust building with mentees of color.
Offered July 23 & September 10.
Co-facilitators: Zara Cadoux + Lisa M. Gray