Leading White Accountability Groups: Create Racially Inclusive Teams and Anti-Racist Organizations

“Dr. Kathy Obear has long been a leader in the foundational work of white anti-racist education. Now she offers a veritable treasure trove of resources and guidance in this nuanced yet accessible guide for leading white affinity groups in the workplace. This book should be considered essential to every organization’s DEI bookshelf.”—Dr. Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility and co-author of The Facilitator’s Guide for White Affinity GroupsThis comprehensive guide features practical guidance, time-tested exercises, insightful case studies, and a wealth of resources and strategies for running an effective White Accountability Group. Written by an expert trainer and facilitator with decades of experience, this book will help readers make the business case for starting a group, co-create a powerful learning community, identify critical skills and competencies for participant development, design effective learning activities, and work toward becoming anti-racist change agents in their organization.“For more than thirty years, Dr. Obear has worked not only with other ‘white folks’ but on herself to live an anti-racist life. This resource is grounded not only in her experience as a professional scholar, educator, and facilitator, but in her daily practice. The exercises, tools, and information shared here will meet folks wherever they are on their journey. This is not just a major contribution to the field of diversity and inclusion, but to the world.”—Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington, President, The Washington Consulting Group