Race-based Caucusing in the Workplace (EP.44)

Courtney Harge (CEO, OF/BY/FOR ALL) and Nicola Carpenter (Director of People Operations, Fractured Atlas) sit down with Tim Cynova to answer the 30 questions they most frequently receive when speaking with individuals and organizations about race-based caucusing in the workplace. Want to learn more? Join them for their brand new course "Race-Based Caucusing in the Workplace: The Why & How" taking place in October 2021. To find out more visit: https://www.workshouldntsuck.co/courses2/caucusing What is anti-racism, anti-oppression work, and in particular, anti-racism, anti-oppression work in the workplace? What does accountability look like for anti-racism, anti-oppression work in the workplace? What is race-based caucusing? Is a caucus, an affinity group, and an Employee Resource Group the same thing? Why should companies provide space for caucusing in the workplace? Who should be caucusing? Why would someone be a part of a caucus? What do companies need to do before they introduce race-based caucusing in the workplace? What do employees need to do before they start caucusing? How do people determine which caucus to attend? How do you get people to attend race-based caucusing if it’s not mandatory? How often do caucuses meet? Is there an ideal number of people to be in a caucus What happens DURING the caucus? How are they structured? What happens AFTER a caucus meeting? Who is responsible for managing the caucus process? Do you need a facilitator to get caucusing started? Or to keep caucusing going? Can’t we just all be in the same room to talk about this? How is this supposed to help address racism and oppression if it’s just white people talking in a room together? Won’t caucusing lead to further division or segregation? Doesn’t this just amplify racism? If caucusing is working separately, when do we all come together to talk? What are the people of color saying about us white people when they caucus? It doesn’t seem fair that they don’t also have to report to the white people about wha