2025 Anti-Racism Training Schedule
All anti-racism trainings are from 9 am to noon on Zoom.
Fee: $20. Scholarships are available, especially for postulants and candidates for ordination. Email [email protected].
The Anti-Racism Commission's anti-racism training series is facilitated by Lailah Dunbar-Keeys, M.S., M.Ed. and designed to help participants understand the historic creation, preservation, and personal and institutional effects of a society built upon ideas of racial difference, which in turn support an unjust, racially based hierarchy.
The series repeats annually, and offers the Introduction to Systemic Racism training 3 times a year.
Anti-racism trainings are mandatory for clergy and open to all. Completion of all 5 trainings over 2 years meets the initial clergy requirement for anti-racism education.
September 27, 2025
Racism and Identity
This training explores the ways in which systemic racism informs our personal identity, behaviors and outcomes. We will develop a sociological understanding of the concepts colorblindness, colorism, cultural appropriation, unconscious bias, micro-aggressions, White fragility, and White privilege.
October 25, 2025
Racism and Active Accountability
This training will challenge us to think about the ways in which we can be actively accountable for identifying, resisting, and responding to the racism that shows up in our lives and the institutions in which we participate. We will explore various ways to act, resist and transform systemic racism to create anti-racist environments.
Anti-Racism Training Facilitator
Lailah Dunbar-Keeys, M.S., M.Ed.
Lailah Dunbar-Keeys, M.S., M.Ed. is a college professor and administrator, inspirational speaker, and author who has dedicated her life and career to establishing the “Beloved Community,” a vision promoted by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. of a world free from racism, classism, and other forms of discrimination. With an analysis of culture, history, and spirituality, Lailah inspires people to connect to their collective humanity and work towards creating a world that works for everyone.
Most recently, Lailah served as the director of the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (ODEIB) at Cabrini University, where through training, policy changes, program management, and curriculum development, she created environments where students, staff, and faculty felt included and were able to thrive.
Her purpose-driven life has afforded her various career opportunities, including more than twenty years as an adjunct professor of sociology at Community College of Philadelphia, adjunct faculty in the Department of African American Studies at Temple University, and adjunct faculty in the History Department at Cabrini University.
As a consultant and trainer for the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania’s Anti-Racism Commission, Lailah facilitates the anti-racism workshop series, conducts racial healing circles, and speaks at diocesan churches. In addition, she is a licensed spiritual life coach, holds sister circles for women, study circles for the community, and guided meditation. Formerly a journalist, Lailah edited The Learning Key” for the Philadelphia Tribune newspaper, which won the National Newspaper Publishers Award for best educational supplement.
For more information or to schedule a coaching session, contact Lailah at www.lailahdunbarkeeys.com or [email protected].
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