Institute to provide anti-racism training

The UNM Institute of Public Law (IPL) hosts a series of training workshops beginning this month aimed at reducing prejudice in education, health care, the criminal justice system and economic development organizations.

IPL’s Anti-Racism Training Institute (ARTI) of the Southwest operates in partnership with Project Change and the Institute for Democratic Renewal in California.

Training is provided by the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond and is designed to help people develop a common understanding about the roots of racial disparity and provide concrete tools to build multiracial support for institutional equity.

The two-day prerequisite workshop on “Undoing Racism” will be offered July 11-12, Sept. 13-14, Oct. 18-19, Nov. 14-15 and Dec. 5-6.

Those who complete the training can sign up for two additional days of specialty workshops. Disparities in education will be covered July 13 and 19. Health care is the focus Sept. 20 and 27, criminal justice, Nov. 16 and 22, and economic development, Dec. 13 and 18.

All workshops are held at the LeBaron Courtyard, 2120 Menaul Blvd. NE.

“People aren’t good about talking about race across race, so the institute is about making that happen,” says Vicki Plevin, ARTI program coordinator.

Cost is $50 for individuals, $100 for non-profits and $200 for corporate groups. A limited number of scholarships are available.

The Levi Strauss Foundation launched Project Change in 1991 to address racial prejudice and improve race relations in the United States.

For registration information, call 277- 8771.