We all have biases despite our best intentions because implicit bias lives deep in our subconscious. It permeates just about every aspect of life; nonetheless, the impact of our implicit bias on others significantly depends on our social and professional roles in society.
Biases held by police officers, physicians, prosecutors, and criminal court judges can have a detrimental impact on a person's life. Biases held by teachers and school administrators affect educational practices and student outcomes. For any sector, whether that be nonprofit, philanthropy, government, or business, implicit biases influence the priorities and policies implemented.
Implicit bias impacts how community partners, funders, and grantmaking organizations distribute funding. For this reason, we must understand how implicit bias works, its causes, consequences, and potential solutions.
Join SCG for interactive two-part implicit bias workshops facilitated by Reverend Dr. Bryant T. Marks, Sr. — Chief Equity Officer, National Training Institute on Race and Equity — to learn:
1) how implicit bias shows up in ourselves and our organizations
2) the dynamics of implicit bias in the virtual workplace
3) racial disparities in the infections and casualties of the virus, and
4) the impact of the virus on perceptions of various groups in the U.S. and
5) how you can change your personal and organizational behaviors and practices.
Day 1
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
9:00 am - 11:00am PDT
Day 2
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
9:00 am – 11:00 am PDT
Your registration admits you to both sessions. The full curriculum for the implicit bias 101 training will be covered over the course of these days. Please plan to attend both sessions.
Speaker
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Dr. Bryant T. Marks, Sr.
Chief Equity Officer, National Training Institute on Race and Equity
[email protected]
Reverend Dr. Bryant T. Marks, Sr. is a minister, researcher, trainer, and award-winning educator. He is the Founder and Chief Equity Officer of the National Training Institute on Race and Equity and a tenured professor of Psychology at Morehouse College. He served on President Obama’s Board of Advisors with the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans and as a senior advisor with the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Dr. Marks was also a contributor and trainer with the Obama Administration’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) and 21st Century Policing programs. Between 2017 and 2019, Dr. Marks provided implicit bias training to over 40,000 employees and volunteers in law enforcement; city, county, and federal government; corporations; education; and healthcare. Clients include the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County, the State of California, New York City Dept. of Education, Kaiser Permanente, Google, and Price Waterhouse Coopers.
Dr. Marks holds a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Economics from Morehouse College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan. Dr. Marks conducts research and professional development in the areas of diversity and implicit bias, Black male psychology and development, and personal passion and productivity. Dr. Marks is married to Dr. Kimberly Marks and father to Kim, Zion-Trinity, and Bryant II.
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Background
We all have biases. The impact of our implicit bias on others, however, significantly depends on our social and professional roles in society. The biases held by police officers, physicians, prosecutors and criminal court judges can literally determine whether someone lives or dies. Biases held by teachers and school administrators affect educational practices and student outcomes. And for the nonprofit sector, implicit biases affect the priorities set and supported by nonprofit organizations, as well as the way service providers, community organizers, and other grass-roots organizations interact with the people they serve.
Research has revealed that many Americans show a positive implicit bias toward White Americans vs. African Americans, young vs. old, and fit vs. obese. (Curious about your own? Check here for some insight). Repeated exposure to certain associations between specific groups and specific traits/characteristics are often very strong and difficult to undo without deliberate effort or ongoing training. It is possible, however, to implement practices or policies that reduce the likelihood that implicitly biased beliefs will lead to biased behaviors.
At this workshop, we will explore the full range of implicit bias, broadly defined as the varying degrees of stereotyping (exaggerated beliefs about others), prejudice (dis/liking others), and/or discrimination (unequal treatment of others) below conscious awareness in a manner that typically benefits oneself or one’s group.
The training addresses the following questions:
- What is implicit bias?
- What does implicit bias look like in the real world—and in the non-profit and philanthropic spaces specifically?
- What causes implicit bias?
- How is implicit bias measured?
- How does implicit bias affect the attitudes and behaviors of the targeted group?
- How might implicit bias affect the spread, treatment, and health outcomes of racial/ethnic minorities in the U.S. in the age of COVID-19?
- How has the COVID-19 affected the implicit and explicit negative treatment of Asians/Asian Americans?
- How might implicit bias occur in virtual workplaces and interactions?
- How can implicit bias be reduced/managed at the individual and organizational levels?
The training includes:
- Highly interactive and introspective exercises, including live polling
- Participants completing a measure of implicit bias and discussing the results
- Participants will learn how to implement several recommended practices/policies to reduce bias.
- These include:
- Identifying recommendations that can be implemented in the short-term
- Identifying challenges and solutions to implementing those recommendations
- Creating a list of concrete next steps toward implementation of those recommendations
- An overview of follow-up activities and materials that will reinforce workshop information and increase the likelihood of long-term impact
Presented by:
This workshop is brought to you by Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation—Los Angeles (TRHT-LA). To learn more about TRHT-LA, visit www.racialequityla.org.
