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Course 2a: Introduction to Racial Equity and Community Partnership

Part 1 of 2

This free two-part course builds the knowl­edge and skills that pro­fes­sion­als need to pro­mote oppor­tu­ni­ty for all young peo­ple. Using a mix of media and inter­ac­tive lessons, the course offers strate­gies to advance racial equi­ty in pro­ba­tion prac­tices because we know that chil­dren and fam­i­lies of col­or often face the great­est bar­ri­ers to suc­cess. Part One intro­duces strate­gies for fol­low­ing the data on how kids are far­ing and work­ing to remove bar­ri­ers that keep young peo­ple on pro­ba­tion from oppor­tu­ni­ty. Part Two high­lights part­ner­ships between pub­lic sys­tems and com­mu­ni­ties that help. 

What You Will Gain From This Course 

📊 Why Race Mat­ters in Youth Justice 

Use data to show the dis­pro­por­tion­ate num­bers of youth of col­or in the juve­nile jus­tice sys­tem and the way young peo­ple of col­or are often drawn deep­er into sys­tems com­pared with their white peers. Explore key terms. 

🧰 Tools to Shift Mind­sets and Systems 

Learn prac­ti­cal strate­gies to guide your deci­sions and actions so all young peo­ple have the fam­i­ly con­nec­tions, rela­tion­ships, com­mu­ni­ties and edu­ca­tion­al and employ­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties they need to thrive. 

✅ Move from Insight to Action 

  • Apply racial equi­ty con­cepts to your every­day work and role.
  • Strength­en com­mu­ni­ty part­ner­ships that sup­port last­ing change.

Explore the Course 

Voices from the Field

Voic­es from the Field 

Hear reflec­tions on com­mu­ni­ty partnership. 
Recognizing Automatic Assumptions

Rec­og­niz­ing Auto­mat­ic Assumptions 

Explore real exam­ples of uncon­scious judg­ments and their effects on practice. 
The Seven Steps Guide

The Sev­en Steps Guide 

Refer to the Sev­en Steps to racial equity. 
Meet the Peo­ple Behind the Course 
  • Lyn­nell John­son — Instruc­tion­al Design­er, Harley Con­sult­ing Group
  • Tara Layne — Instruc­tion­al Design­er, Harley Con­sult­ing Group
  • Annie Sal­sich — Con­sul­tant, Harley Con­sult­ing Group
  • Jacque­line Skapik — Con­sul­tant, Harley Con­sult­ing Group

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Explore the Pro­ba­tion Trans­for­ma­tion Train­ing Series 

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APPA

Earn 1.5 APPA Con­tact Hours

The Amer­i­can Pro­ba­tion and Parole Asso­ci­a­tion (APPA) has approved this course for 1.5 APPA con­tact hours. Indi­vid­u­als who com­plete this course may be eli­gi­ble for pro­fes­sion­al learn­ing or con­tact hours, depend­ing on the require­ments of their juris­dic­tion and role. Com­ple­tion cer­tifi­cates can be sub­mit­ted through the appro­pri­ate local process for cred­it consideration.