Resolutions Northwest

Join us for Equity-Informed Basic Mediation! This course is for anyone wanting to brush up on their approaches to conflict in the home, classroom, work, or any other setting. Learn to be a more equitable mediator today!

Part 2 of a 2-part workshop series, this workshop is for participants who attended Interrupting Everyday Racism (part 1) and past participants who have attended previous versions of this training. This is a new workshop that contains new material designed to take a deeper dive into the intricacies of interrupting racism and provide a facilitated space to practice interruptions.

Join us as we take a deeper look and dive into white supremacy culture (WSC). This workshop is for leaders and/or decision makers in the beginning stages of their racial equity efforts. We’ll learn about the tenants of white supremacy culture (WSC), how it impedes your organization’s progress towards racial equity, the impacts it has on BIPOC employees, and explore why DEI efforts often fail. Participants will also have a chance to learn frameworks and antidotes that will lead towards more successful racial justice outcomes and impacts in the workplace.

The educational uplift of BIPOC students is more important than ever. Teachers, a majority of which being white women, should interrogate their identities and examine the history of anti-Blackness in schooling. This 1-hour course sets you up with the tools necessary to be a great educator to a wide population of students.

Many of us understand the need for racial equity work, but some denounce the labor that is put into building new systems. "Equity At What Cost?" frames the difficult steps needed for restorative justice for non-BIPOC folx. This course lasts around 25 minutes to complete. Sign up today!

Join us for the "5 W's of Restorative Justice." This 30-minute course will help you understand the fundamentals of restorative justice. Taking this course will help foster a more equitable workplace environment!

Join us for our course "Status Quo Traps." This 90-minute course is made up of video segments and reflection questions to help identify common missteps in restorative justice. Sign up today.

Try sun model for racial equity! This online video course will show the effects of organizational values & practices on racial equity outcomes. $135-sign up today!

Are you looking to change your policies and practices within your organization or business to better support racial equity?

Are you interested in community trainings to continue your own knowledge around unlearning white supremacy culture and interrupting racism?

If so, join our Racial Equity Training & Consultation team for a free virtual open house to hear more about our racial equity training & consultation services.

You'll have time to meet our staff and you'll have time at the end for a Q&A for you to ask organization-specific questions and inquire about next steps in working with us.

Who would benefit from attending this open house?

We work with people and organizations who are interested in strengthening relationships, shifting policies and practices, and improving outcomes, especially around racial equity.

This includes:

Individuals & Communities
Youth & Families
Organizations and Businesses
Non-profit Organizations
Public Agencies
Educational Institutions

Link to Register --> https://linktr.ee/resolutionsnw

Welcome to Part 2 of the 2-Part Interrupting Everyday Racism workshop series.

This workshop is for participants who attended Interrupting Everyday Racism (Part 1) and past participants who have attended previous versions of this training.

This is a new workshop that contains new material designed to take a deeper dive into the intricacies of interrupting racism and provide a facilitated space to practice interruptions.

Compared to Part 1 where you learned a lot of the principles to interrupting everyday racism and why it's important, you'll get a lot of practice in this second round!

Link to Register --> https://linktr.ee/resolutionsnw

Join us for a conversation about community and what it means to create the conditions for both collective repair and collective healing. Susan Raffo, author of Liberated to the Bone, will be reading some pieces from her new book and supporting our conversation.

Liberated to the Bone, published in the Emergent Strategy Series by AK Press, addresses the intersections between healing our physical bodies and healing our social relations which are shaped by violence.

Bodyworker and cultural worker Susan Raffo addresses intergenerational trauma, social justice, organizing, and how all of these things are relevant to our bodies.

The book illuminates three different approaches to healing: ending violence, the significance of being rooted in the present, and creating the conditions to address unfinished histories and generational trauma.

By showing how these approaches are intricately connected—physically and emotionally—Raffo interrupts the traumatic binaries of the political and spiritual, the physical and intellectual, and healing and organizing.

The event will also be a fundraiser for Resolutions Northwest.

https://resolutionsnorthwest.org/event/liberated-to-the-bone/

Join us as we take a deeper look and dive into the intricacies of interrupting racism.

This is part 1 of a 2-part workshop series designed for individuals with a desire to strategize and improve how they respond when racism and other isms show up in their workplaces, communities and personal lives.

We encourage past participants to join us as this workshop has been redesigned and contains new material.

Trying to figure out different and more effective ways of leading within your organization and in your teams? How about wanting to do a better job on supporting your BIPOC employees?

Join us as we take a deeper look and dive into white supremacy culture (WSC)!

This workshop is for leaders and/or decision makers with a desire to advance racial equity in their organizations.

We’ll explore why DEI efforts fail, how WSC impacts your organizations, the impact on your BIPOC employees and frameworks that will support your initiatives and lead you to meaningful impacts.

We encourage past participants to join us as this workshop has been redesigned and contains new material.

It’s been a while, but we’re excited and we’re here! We hope some of y’all had a good holiday break! Who’s ready for an Introduction to Restorative Justice: For Orgs workshop?

Is there conflict in your workplace between employees that you’re trying to figure out how to resolve as a leader? Are you wanting to create a more restorative and healing culture within your org?

As an employee, has there been harm done from leadership or by others you work with, but feel like you’re not being heard or unsure of how to handle the situation?

Join us on Wednesday, February 22 and Thursday, February 23 from 12:30pm-4:30pm PST and join our wonderful RJ facilitators who will share the basic concepts of what a restorative process looks like and how you may be able to implement it within your space!

Register at the link in our bio!

Support Resolutions Northwest in reaching their goal of $10,000 by 11:59 pm PST!

Help us continue our work of advancing racial justice through honest dialogue and systems change through our restorative justice, mediation, and training & consultation services!
All donations make a huge impact on each of our teams, the initiatives we're leading, and our org as a whole!

Here's a guideline to what your donation can cover:
$20 | Entry to Intro-Level Online Restorative Justice Model

$50 | Staff Time & Labor for BIPOC Affinity Spaces

$75 | Partial Scholarship to an Equity Workshop

$100 | Participant Stipends for Video Projects & Events

$150 | 1 Spot for a Individual in a BIPOC Cohort

$200 | Support a Landlord-Tenant Mediation Session

$350 | 1-hr Mediation w/ Community Mediation Program

$600 | Half-Ride Scholarship for Participant to Attend Equity-Informed Basic Mediation and Receive a Certification

$800 | Supplemental Equity-Informed Mediation Module

$1200 | Full-Ride Scholarship for Participant to Attend Equity-Informed Basic Mediation and Receive a Certification

Donate at the link in our bio!

WE'RE LIVE TODAY FOR GIVING TUESDAY!!!

Join us as we feature our T&C team and the systems change work and cohorts they've been facilitating throughout this year so far!
Looking for training and consultation services to put your equity initiatives into action? We have the team for you!

Our T&C team focuses on supporting leaders in making
systemic change to policies and practices and in developing
their personal capacity to lead for racial justice.

And while some orgs use a one-size-fits-all approach in their work, we don't! We provide customized packages to fit the goals of each client! Sometimes this may include:
Racial Equity Audit | Assessment of themes and rec. actions.

Executive Coaching | Inquiry-based approach for personal dev.

Flexible Consultation | For formal & informal leaders.

Supportive Feedback | Input in policy change, leadership, etc.

Employee Engagement | Development and facilitation of BIPOC affinity and white learning spaces.

Project Support | Facilitation of dialogues, conflict management, training, etc.
Aside from our work with community partners, we host an array of workshops and cohorts that focus on skills and community building!

In Artful Facilitation, we help leaders understand, design for, and manage group dynamics by grounding their work in themes of racial equity, connection, trauma-informed practices and clarity of purpose!

When it comes to cohorts, we host Navigating White Supremacy Culture: For BIPOC Changemakers, to help Black and non-Black POC explore strategies to survive and thrive in the workplace.

We do this to support BIPOC folx who feel like they may not be getting support internally from their org, build boundaries around doing racial equity work, and building community with other folx who may be experiencing similar things.
That's it with our Training & Consultation team! Whether you're wanting to sustain our T&C program through a donation or even a potential client referral to our team, we appreciate it either way!

We're 1 DAY AWAY from our Giving Tuesday launch!

Today we'd like to feature our Restorative Justice (RJ) team and the initiatives they're working on through this year! Continue reading below to learn more about the exciting work they're doing!
Our RJ initiatives at Resolutions Northwest have proven valuable to our work with community partners in shifting cultures from punitive measures to processes focused on healing relationships and building more inclusive communities!
While some may perceive RJ as a reactive tool in addressing harm & conflict and holding accountability, we've helped folx understand that it's also an opportunity to build, maintain, and repair relationships to form healthier and more supportive communities!
Through our work, we facilitate dialogue, workshops, restorative processes, collaborative activities, and much more, and tailor our programming to the needs of the K-12 schools, colleges & universities, orgs, and providers for houseless people that we collaborate with!

In addition to our contract work, we also host a range of cohorts!

With our School Community RJ cohort, we connect with educators and school staff on building strategies to create equitable spaces and supporting them in facilitating restorative circles for their students.

Our RJ & Equity-Informed Mediation cohort serves as an affinity space for BIPOC individuals to build their RJ and mediation skills, on a personal and professional level!
And there you have it! There's a bit about our RJ team and the wonderful work they're doing educational institutions across Oregon and Washington and local non-profits!

As always, thank you for taking the time to read through our newsletter and learn more about what we're up to and hope to continue doing year after year!

Make a gift directly through our donate page on our site!

Warmly,

Our Team @ Resolutions Northwest

"Ehh! You hungry?! Come eat!"
We'd like to kick off part of our year-end fundraising campaign with our Ono/Oishii Grindz: Hawaiian and Japanese Plate Lunch Fundraiser!

For $40, you get your very own plate lunch with:
1) Your choice of Shoyu Chicken or Shoyu Tofu
2) Rice w/ Furikake & Spicy Garlic Edamame and Salad
3) Butter Mochi
4) 12oz Cup Hot Barley Tea
Our food is made with love by our small team of admin & marketing staff and our volunteers! All proceeds go towards our RNW's work of advancing racial justice through honest dialogue and systems change.
Pre-orders are open now through Friday, Nov 25, 11:59pm PST.
Order Pickup Date will take place on Thursday, Dec 1, 3-7pm.
Please message or email us if you have any questions! We're excited to share some delicious food with you!

We've all witnessed and experienced the huge shift in the corporate and non-profit world, where specifically white-led companies and organizations threw up their form of DEI statements / initiatives.

And while many of us internally (as employees) and externally (as community members) saw this happening, we've seen none to very systemic change. And while there may have been an increase in recruitment of historically-excluded employees, retention of them didn't really happen. The policies and practices, themselves, also had very little impact on the communities and people they said they would center.

So with that, while the intentions of your org / executive leadership, may have been good, what is happening now is still negatively affecting those most impacted. And after that first step of recognition, you must then listen to your BIPOC employees and involve them in the decision-making processes and conversations when reforming your practices and policies.

So if you're in a leadership role as a board member, executive leader, or manager, sign up for this workshop to build some skills to kickstart this process and reach out to our team for a 30-min consultation to see if we'd be a good fit to make that happen!

Ohh the good ole holidays!

For most of us, we intend to use these as a time for rest, to collect ourselves, and self-care. And while some of us do, we also use it to connect and maintain our relationship with friends, community, and our family through meals and convos!

However, some of us also know and have experienced that one person at a party, or those family members who give out microaggressions like it's their form of a gift or say outright racist stuff. And when you know deep down it doesn't sit right with you, you're either unsure of how to redirect that behavior without escalating the situation or are told to stay quiet because that's just how Uncle Jim is.

Well guess what, the holidays are the prime opportunity to interrupt racism! Whether you don't have the skills to navigate these conversations or do, but have been too nervous to destroy your relationship with that person, this is the workshop for you!

Learn different ways of navigating these conversations and interrupting different forms of racism from our facilitators and explore with other community members on what they've found has been successful for them! Figure out how to interrupt racism and preserve your relationship with that person or even establish boundaries with that person on how you see your relationship moving forward!

Sign up at the link in our bio!

We apologize for the last notice, but we just wanted to announce that we're having a little virtual open house on:

Tuesday, October 18th | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm.

You'll get to meet some of our fun, kind, and wonderful staff from our Restorative Justice, Mediation, and Training & Consultation teams!

If you're new and haven't heard of us before, you'll get to learn about who we are, the services we provide, and the work we're doing out in the community locally and abroad!

You'll get to learn about the amazing work our Landlord-Tenant Mediation program has accomplish. You'll meet our marketing team and get a preview of some of our upcoming video series projects.

And if you've kind of heard of us, you'll get to participate in a little Q&A session with each of our teams to gather more info and discuss any potential work you'd like to do with us!

We hope to see some old and new faces and we're excited to share more with you!

Image Descriptions:
Image 1: Graphic of four BIPOC folx in a virtual meeting. Three are on screen and one is in a chair in their living room with a cup of coffee, a stack of books, and a plan on a table. RNW logo in top right. Text reads, "RNW Virtual Open House, Tuesday, October 18th, 11:30am-1:00pm via Zoom. Free to attend."

Image 2: Same graphic of four BIPOC folx in bottom left. RNW logo in top right. Graphic of bubbles in top left. Graphic of an animal waving hello in bottom right. Text reads, "Meet-n-greet and Q&A with our teams!"

Image 3: Same graphic of four BIPOC folx in bottom left. RNW logo in top right. Graphic of a frog waving in top left. Graphic of chat icons in bottom right. Text in brown chat bubble reads, "Discover upcoming workshops and events!"

Image 4: Same graphic of four BIPOC folx in bottom left. Graphic of network bubble in top left. RNW logo in top right. Graphic of a red and orange cat waving hi in right center. Text in faded red chat bubble reads, "Learn about our services!"

Being a parent/caregiver of a child or children and managing their daily needs along with navigating your own responsibilities is already a challenging task in itself.

And having discussions and engaging them in discussion about race, identity, and anti-racism can be even more-so, at times, and can sometimes leave you feeling confused, unsure, and much more.

As BIPOC parents and/or caregivers these conversations come more naturally due to our lived experience of having to navigate through a world that sees us differently. And although we may have that experience, the discussion itself can still be difficult.

For white parents and/or caregivers, these conversations are a must. These are discussions that need to be had and that they should be prepared to understand. It is also an opportunity for you to learn and solidify your own understanding when engaging with children.

This workshop is a learning space for parents, guardians, and caregivers of young children (0-Elementary school aged) who are interested in engaging children in honest conversations about race.

In this workshop you will have the opportunity to explore data around the importance of talking about race with young children, reflect on your own experiences and identity, practice starting these conversations and meet like-minded folks who are excited to live into their values of being an anti-racist parent/caregiver.

Good late afternoon / early eve everyone!

Despite the late communication on this, just wanted to invite y'all to meet some of our team at our booth @ 2022 Belmont Street Fair!

We'll be connecting and building relationship with the community and other orgs and businesses in the neighborhood and we'd love to see all of you! (All COVID-safe of course with masks and hand sanitizer)

Stop on by to learn more about our org, the programs we have, the services we offer, and the workshops we having taking place soon!

We have some candy, stickers, magnets, mugs, and more! We'd love some support and we hope to meet y'all there!

Stay tuned on our story for some updates that we'll be getting tomorrow about our booth location, access to bathrooms, and more!

P.S. - looks like the forecast will be a whopping 95 so please stay safe, hydrated, and in shaded areas. All the hope that it gets cooler by then!

As facilitators and group leaders, with the stress and time that comes with juggling everyday responsibilities in our jobs, at times, it can be challenging to:

1) Explore how racism, white supremacy, and anti-Blackness show up in group dynamics and throughout workplace culture and...

2) How to interrupt it, dismantle it, and unlearn it on an individual and systemic level.

However, it is part of our responsibility to create spaces and a culture that transforms those groups dynamics and achieves a better outcome for all.

With Artful Facilitation, you have the potential to do just that! We help you to understand and design for and manage group dynamics by grounding your work in themes of racial equity, connection, trauma-informed practices, and clarity of purpose.

Join our Training & Consultation team, for self-paced online work, discussions, practice listening and receiving feedback, Q&A time, role playing, and more!

Opening Session | Thursday, Sept 29 | 10am-12pm PST
Virtual Sessions | Every Thursday, Oct 6 - Oct 20 | 9am-4pm PST

Register here --> https://bit.ly/3eEb06p