How to Build a Culture of Accountability and Advance Racial Equity

One act of racial harm could have ripple effects across an entire organization. A single microaggression compounded with other acts of interpersonal racism and institutional policies that perpetuate unequal access to opportunities for staff of color­ can have sweeping consequences. Sending an email apology is like applying a Band-Aid to a systemic issue. And while organizations may opt to leave the role of accountability to their HR departments, cultivating a culture in which everyone practices a commitment to anti-racist community care and responsibility requires much more than compliance to labor policies and practices.

From the interpersonal harms of racial microaggressions to the discrimination and implicit bias within core functions of the organization, leaders must be prepared to facilitate a process of accountability that creates lasting change. Otherwise, chronic burnout and high turnover will take hold.

In this 90-minute SSIR Live! session, social sector leaders and managers will learn strategies for creating a more inclusive and equitable workplace and building a thriving culture of accountability. We will explore three forms of accountability essential to activating organizational change; outline seven practices for building a culture of accountability; and highlight four core essential competencies of accountable leadership – all in this LIVE program.  

This session will be facilitated and led by Piper Anderson, a former professor at NYU’s Gallatin School, a writer, coach, trainer, and founder of Create Forward, a social impact firm delivering experiences that advance equity and justice. This interactive 90-minute session will include prompts for reflective discussion, live polling, and two Q&A rounds to answer your most pressing questions on this topic.

Program Features:

 Expert Speakers: This webinar is designed, facilitated, and presented by Piper Anderson. Anderson is a former professor at NYU’s Gallatin School, a writer, coach, trainer, and founder of Create Forward, a social impact firm delivering experiences that advance equity and justice. She brings 20 years of experience as a coach and facilitator for racial justice, community engagement, and conflict transformation. For 10 years, Anderson was a professor at NYU’s Gallatin School and a founding member of the advisory board and faculty of NYU’s Prison Education Program. She is a New School Writing Democracy Fellow, a Culture Push Fellow for Utopian Practice, a TED Resident, Aspen Ideas Fellow, and a 2021 Radical Imaginational Fellow for The Laundromat Project. Anderson has dedicated her life to providing leaders with the generative spaces and tools they need to build thriving communities and organizations. 

 Interactive: Participants are encouraged to ask questions throughout the session. This interactive 90-minute session will include prompts for reflective discussion, live polling, and two Q&A rounds to answer your most pressing questions on this topic.

Real-world Case Studies: This program will use case studies to identify the ways that a conflict avoidant culture leads to a toxic workplace where systemic racial harms persist and how we can combat them.

Who Should Attend? This program provides insights for leaders across the social innovation ecosystem. Leaders of mission-driven organizations inclined to make their organizations more equitable will find this program particularly beneficial.

Closed Captioning Available: Live transcription is available for this program. To activate Closed Captioning during the LIVE broadcast, click on the upward arrow next to the CC icon and select the Subtitling option. To disable Closed Captioning, click on the upward arrow next to the CC icon and select the Hide Subtitling option.

On-Demand Version: Register and access the recording of the live event on-demand 24 hours after the webinar ends and anytime over the next 12 months.

Price for this webinar: $79 This price includes access to the live interactive webinar and unlimited access to the recorded webinar video and resources for 12 months from the date of broadcast.

If you have any questions about this program, write to us at [email protected].