Facilitating a healing, growth, and accountability process for others is only possible as an extension of the facilitators’ exploration of those factors in their own lives. Everyone is impacted by systems of oppression—white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, settler colonialism, ableism, and classism—as well as their own personal experiences of trauma, and everyone can cause harm. Facilitators, agency leadership, and system stakeholders must engage in ongoing self-reflection to understand and acknowledge their privilege and power, actively work to dismantle systems of oppression, and take accountability for harm caused in their own lives and within their fields of practice.
Additional Resources
- Self-Inquiry for Social Change Leaders (Milligan & Walker, 2020)
- Engaging In Self-Reflection And Growth For Equity (Lead Tool)
- The Role of Self-Awareness and Reflection in Social Care Practice (Greene, 2017)
- Awareness of Self—A Critical Tool (Urdang, 2010)
- Inner Work for Social Change
- Self-Reflection Support (Inspire Action for Social Change)
- Stop and Think: Addressing Social Injustices through Critical Reflection (Smith, 2010)
- The Racially Responsive Facilitator (Rice-Boothe, 2019)
- Pods and Pod Mapping Worksheet (Mingus, 2016)
- [Book] We Are the Work: The Making of Men Stopping Violence (Bathrick, 2014)
- [Book] The Will to Change Men, Masculinity, and Love (Hooks, 2004)
- Calling IN: A Less Disposable Way of Holding Each Other Accountable (Trần, 2016)
- Practicing New Social Relations, Even in Conflict (Spade, 2018)
- Project Implicit- Implicit Bias Test
- Healing from Internalized Whiteness, E-Course (Sandra Kim)
- Cultural Humility Resources
- 6 Signs Your Call-Out Isn’t Actually About Accountability (Johnson, 2016)
- Getting Called Out: Why Acknowledging Oppression Matters More Than Your Hurt Feelings (Tatum, 2014)