51st ANNUAL ARNOVA CONFERENCE

Imagining ARNOVA's Next 50 Years:

Scholarship, Practice, Community

Nov 17-19 | Raleigh Convention Center - Raleigh, NC

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Racial Equity in Non-Profits: Lessons Learned from RMJJ’s Charlotte Model

Free Pre-Conference Workshop

Wednesday, November 16, 2022: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Room 304

Raleigh Convention Center  - 500 S Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27601 

McKinsey and Company consultants estimate that the U.S. spends more than $8 billion a year on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training (Dixon-Fyle et al., 2020). Yet, little attention has been paid to the empirical outcomes from DEI training (Dobbin & Kalev, 2018; Gutiérrez et al., 2000; King et al., 2012). This workshop explores the current state of knowledge regarding DEI training. Then, uses the burgeoning empirical literature and local data to acknowledge the importance of knowledge/data, a foundational race analysis that examines root causes and develops a shared language, explicit organizational values and priorities, and institutional organizing for practice change. Lessons learned from the more than a decade of Race Matters for Juvenile Justice are also presented with an emphasis on six dimensions of change. Recommendations gleaned from academic literature and RMJJ's own data can assist participants and stakeholders in implementing more successful DEI training and fostering more equitable decisions and organizations. 

Derrik Anderson  - Racial Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Trainer & Consultant 

Derrik is a Certified Diversity Professional (CDP) with over 25 years of professional experience within non-profit and the health and human service industry. He has over 10 years of experience within the field of racial equity, diversity and inclusion that includes living this work both personally and professionally. Leading with his authentic voice and lived experience, Derrik has a passion and genuine interest to share information that fosters relationships and trust as well as build healthy teams and organizations. He utilizes a Systems Thinking approach through a Racial Equity framework that centers equity and intentionally about interrupting systems and structures. He is a systems organizer and transformational leader dedicated to optimization and empowering people, businesses, and organizations through gaining awareness, understanding the importance of shared language, identifying, and addressing structural and institutional racism, systemic disparities, implicit/explicit bias, and organizational inequities embedded in policies, practices, and procedures. Nationally recognized racial equity, diversity, and inclusion trainer specializing in rapidly identifying organizational needs, innovating workshops, seminars, trainings, and internal conversations that foster the necessary skills to advance racial equity both personally and professionally on a micro and macro level. Seasoned in consensus building, capacity planning, organizational development, employee/volunteer leadership, and program development/launch. Highly analytical — establishes program metrics, continually improves outcome, and ensures programs exceed goals. Passion for working with all levels of the non-profit/corporate/organizational structure to define problem areas and collaborate on maximizing equity and equality.

Susan McCarter, PhD, MS, MSW  - Professor 

Susan McCarter, PhD, MS, MSW, has been a DMC scholar, practitioner, and advocate for over 20 years. Dr. McCarter’s career began as a juvenile probation officer, adolescent mental health counselor, and policy analyst/advocate in Virginia where she earned her MSW (Clinical) and her PhD (Social Policy and Social Work). She continues to research, practice, and organize in the area of adolescent risk and protective factors – specifically race/ethnicity and involvement with the juvenile justice, child welfare, education, and healthcare systems. Dr. McCarter is the Vice-President of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work, and serves on the State DMC Subcommittee, the Truth and Racial Justice: Charlotte Consortium, and leadership team for Race Matters for Juvenile Justice. Dr. McCarter is as an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of North Carolina Charlotte and currently leads two funded research studies examining the School-to-Prison Pipeline.

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