RAS – Interrupt Racism | The Counseling Alliance of Virginia

CAVA Racial Awareness & Sensitivity Training Program

Participants will be lead through an experiential and didactic learning experience to dismantle individual, institutional and systemic racism. Highlight how explicit and implicit bias’s and racially abusive behavior and interpersonal transactions are deeply rooted in whiteness, white superiority and white supremacy which has negatively impacted our daily functioning as a society. We will help participants understand how Racialized Trauma has impacted and continues to impact service delivery in the social welfare, healthcare, corrections, education and mental health organizations. We will create common language, attitudes, values and beliefs which will foster a path for white, black and people of color to heal together to better authentically serve one another and our communities.

RMCG and CAVA’s goal is to traverse the map towards racial healing and responsibility – Oblivion, aware, sensitive and competent with culturally aware and sensitive practices which are interruptive and pervasive enough to illicit authentic and perpetual change in individuals, organizations and communities.

Train the Trainer

This offering can include up to 5-8 participants at a time who are licensed, licensed Eligible, or QMHP with 10+ years of experience. Participants will engage in two weekend intensives with 100 hours of facilitation of Racial Awareness and Sensitivity (RAS) Support Groups and Race Maters Trainings. This time commitment is 1-2 years at a minimum.

Pre-Requisites to begin this offering include attendance of the Race Matters Conference, Race Matters – Deeper Dive experience, and participation in Race Matters: Racial Awareness and Culturally Sensitivity Group Supervisions.

Required Readings include:

Race Matters- Cornell West
Critical Race Theory – Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic
Culturally Sensitive Supervision and Training – Dr. Kenneth Hardy and Toby Bobes
Promoting Cultural Sensitivity in Supervision – Dr. Kenneth Hardy and Toby Bobes

Racial Awareness & Culturally Sensitive (RACS)-Community Support Groups

Racial Awareness and Culturally Sensitive – Multi Racial Support Group
The Breaching Room – Affinity Group for Black and African American people
Racial Awareness Process Group 1.5 hours weekly or bi-monthly – maximum of 12-15 participants (affinity group design available)

Race Matters Conference

How to Talk Effectively About Race and Trauma and Conducting Cross Racial Conversations is a 4-day experience with Dr. Hardy, an internationally recognized clinician, author, and Trainer. Dr. Hardy is the President of the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships in New York City, where he maintains a private practice specializing in working with trauma and oppressed populations. As the full conference experience is managed by the Counseling Alliance of Virginia, CE’s available for a nominal fee. Pre-Requisites includes an openness and willingness to gain knowledge and skills to have cross-racial conversations about dismantling white supremacy and promoting racial healing and equity among all races.

The training days are separated by 6-9 months to encourage self-reflection and personal insights to deepen the learning experience.

Suggested Readings:

Stamped from the Beginning, Ibram Kendi
The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
White Fragility, Robin Diangelo

Large organizations will need supportive in preparation and debriefing as this training is impactful to all participants.

Conference Rate

Full 4 Day Race Matters Conference: $50-55,000 – Customizable

CE’s requested at an additional fee for LCSW and LPC’s.

Contact Hour Certificates available depending on the training requested.

Race Matters - Deeper Dive

Race Matters-Deeper Dive is an experiential process designed to explore white supremacy’s personal and generational impact on one’s person and psyche. The training intends to create space to gain insight into how racism has impacted them in their lives. The training also creates a path for personal healing and attunement of the journey to being genuinely self-aware, antiracist and racially competent.

The trainings prerequisite is attendance of the Race Matters Conference and is limited to 22 participants. 2.5 consecutive days for a minimum of 8 hours each day.

Suggested readings for this training include:

New Jim Crow
Stamped from the Beginning
White Fragility

Racial Awareness & Sensitivity Group Supervision

Racial Awareness and Sensitivity Group Supervision uses case presentations via video, role-playing, consultations and verbal presentations to allow for the group members to dissect and explore the implications of racism and white supremacy on their clinical work.

This supervision allows for 6-10 participants who are licensed, licensed eligible, or QMHP with 10+ years of experience who have also attended the Race Matters conference and Deeper Dive. This program is 2.5 hours twice per month for

Training Rates

Level III Trainer

$250.00 an hour

Level II Trainer

$190.00 an hour

Level I Trainer

$150.00 an hour

Preparation Rate

$125.00 an hour

Travel and Expenses

Customized

RAS – Interrupt Racism