Upcoming Trainings
WIDE is committed to supporting organizations long-term through targeted, individualized technical assistance and Trainings, and we are currently in the process of developing our next trainings. Please contact us with any specific concerns or requests.
Previous Trainings
CARAT
Equity Pause
In Spring 2021, WIDE offered a Community Anti-Racist Advocate Training (CARAT), a three-session virtual training open to members of all Lincoln organizations, boards and departments who were looking to deepen their knowledge and develop skills in the practice of anti-racism. 127 community members representing 49 Lincoln organizations participated to work towards individualized Equity Action Plans.
Participants were guided towards reviewing policies, procedures, cultural norms, and individual biases within their organizations; and were guided in discussing strategies for implementing sustainable change to foster equity and inclusion.
CARAT sessions were run by Kathy Lopes of InKlusion Consulting and offered at no cost thanks to the support of the Ogden Codman Trust.
Each of the 49 town boards, commissions, departments and organizations were responsible for submitting their Equity Action Plans and 6- and 12-month progress reports.
As a follow up to CARAT, WIDE has offered a training to teach the skill of Equity Pauses.
An Equity Pause is literally a pause in planning, preparation, or observation to consider who is doing the work, in what way it empowers others from as many perspectives as possible, and how our identity influences our thinking, allowing us to recognize what biases, structures, and assumptions are at play. We must learn to pause to recognize who may not be represented.
An Equity Pause is a series of prompts to help us understand more about our own identities and how they lead to our decision-making. Equity Pauses are designed to help us acknowledge issues of racial, socio-economic, of gender, and family structure bias so that we can make conscious decisions about how to address our biases.
CARAT Participants
Town Departments
Town Boards and Commissions
Town Organizations
Town of Lincoln, Conservation Department
Town of Lincoln, Council on Aging
Town of Lincoln, Fire Department
Town of Lincoln, Public Library
Town of Lincoln, Parks and Recreation
Department
Town of Lincoln, Police Department
Town of Lincoln, Public Schools
Town of Lincoln, Select Board
Town of Lincoln, Water Department
Town of Lincoln, Administrator
Town of Lincoln, Clerk’s Office
Town of Lincoln, Finance Department
Town of Lincoln, IT Department
Town of Lincoln, Planning Department
Bemis Free Lecture Series
Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Friends of COA
Green Energy Committee
Lincoln Land Conservation Trust
Town of Lincoln, Capital Planning
Committee
Town of Lincoln, COA Board
Town of Lincoln, Finance Committee
Town of Lincoln, Housing Commission
Town of Lincoln, Friends of the Library
Town of Lincoln, Library Trustees
Town of Lincoln, School Committee
Town of Lincoln, Water Commission
Town of Lincoln, Planning Board
First Parish in Lincoln
Garden Club
Girl Scouts
Goodnow Library
Lincoln Cultural Council
Lincoln Democratic Town Committee
Lincoln Family Association
Lincoln Nursery School
Lincoln School Foundation
Lincoln Woods
Lincoln Youth Soccer
Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding
Program Inc.
Magic Garden Children’s Center
METCO Coordinating Committee
Mothers Out Front
PTO
Saint. Vincent. de Paul Lincoln Weston
The Commons
The Food Project
The Lincoln Foundation
The Walden Woods Project
WIDE