The anti-racist cycle of inquiry and action empowers educational and organizational leaders to move from individual analysis of racial inequities toward systemic and institutional changes that address racism. Participants in this interactive session will begin with reflection and move into collaborative conversations, discussing and defining anti-racist leadership and anti-racism. They will then learn about the anti-racist cycle of inquiry and action: the four phases and their interconnectedness. In small groups, participants will brainstorm racial inequities and then consider each phase as an on-ramp as to how the inquiry process might begin. From there, participants will share racial inequities from their professional contexts and potential actionable next steps utilizing the anti-racist cycle of inquiry, empowering them as anti-racist change agents while also reinforcing the value of inquiry as a strategy for capacity- and coalition-building.
