On Thursday, March 18th, we will be gathering for the second Actionar of 2021, where we will be looking at the white backlash to last summer’s uprisings, and the movement to defund the police. How is this reinvestment in white supremacy impeding the reallocation of...
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond teaches us that in order to undo racism, we must learn from history. The history of racism in the United States is synonymous with the creation of whiteness. “White” as a racial category was conceived in the American...
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond teaches us that in order to undo racism, we must develop “anti-racist leadership intentionally and systematically within local communities and organizations”. In order to develop anti-racist leadership, we must break down the myths we are taught in the...
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond teaches us that in order to undo racism we who self-identify as white must analyze and explore our own internalized belief that we are superior to Black, Indigenous and People of Color. PISAB defines internalized racial superiority as: The acceptance of and...
Please mark your calendar for Undoing White Supremacy Austin’s August’s Unlearning Circle on Saturday August 14, 2021 from 10 am to noon. Register for this event HERE. Gatekeeping is the topic for this month. The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond defines the anti-racist principle of gatekeeping as...
Please mark your calendar for Undoing White Supremacy Austin’s September Unlearning Circle on Saturday September 11, 2021 from 10 am to noon. The topic for this month is Sharing Culture. The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) describes the Undoing Racism principle of Sharing Culture as, “Culture...
October’s UWSA Unlearning Circle will explore the People’s Institute principle: Maintaining Accountability. Organizing with integrity requires that we be accountable to the communities struggling with racist oppression. Conversations about accountability among white people usually begin and end with a focus on individual accountability. They center...
November’s UWSA Unlearning Circle will explore the People’s Institute principle: Analyzing Power As a society, we often believe that individuals and/or their communities are solely responsible for their conditions. Through the analysis of institutional power, we can identify and unpack the systems external to the community...
UWSA's December 2021 Unlearning Circle will explore the People’s Institute principle: Undoing Racism, more specifically, Tensions Experienced by People Who Identify as White in Racial Justice Work. We can all agree that racism is harmful and we must work to eradicate it from ourselves and our systems....
January’s UWSA Unlearning Circle will explore the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond’s principle - Networking: We recognize that the growth of a movement for social transformation requires networking – “building a net that works.” Networking means building principled relationships based on humane values. For some of...
