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Kathleen Harter Consortium for Children's Services
Dismantling White Supremacy Culture in Non-profit
Organizations
Community Grantmaking Process
Consortium for Children's Services
Kathleen Harter
1010 James Street O: 315-471-8331
Syracuse, NY 13203 F: 315-475-2622
Kathleen Harter
kharter@childrensconsortium.org
O: 315-481-0570
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Kathleen Harter Consortium for Children's Services
Evaluation Form
Organizational Background
Mission and History
Please share with us your organization's mission and a brief organizational history.
The Children's Consortium has been providing Parenting Classes to families in Syracuse and Onondaga
County since 1973. Our mission is to improve the lives of children by improving the parenting knowledge,
skills and application of those skills of parents and caregivers. Our services include Parenting Education in
the form of evidence-based programing like Nurturing Parenting, Circle of Security, Parents as Teachers and
Early Head Start.
Services Provided
Please share the services that your organization provides as well as information about the population and/or
clients that you serve.
We provide:
- Family Life Skills to parents who are involved in the Child Protective Services or Family Court Systems.
These clients are almost always from a lower socio-economic background and services are paid for through
Onondaga County DCFS.
- Circle of Security to parents of children younger than 5. This program is a mix of families who are self-
pay and paid for by DCFS. This program is targeted to families who struggle with learning disabilities,
language barriers or severe cases of neglect and abuse.
- Early Head Start to families who fall below the poverty level or have children with learning disabilities.
This is a cooperative project with PEACE, Inc.
- Food Security project to families who have experience food insecurity. We provide between 5 and 10
complete meals per month for families of 3 to 9 people. This is a cooperative project with the Food Bank of
CNY and the NY Dairy Association.
Our client demographics are very similar to the City of Syracuse demographics. Many are below the
poverty level socioeconomically. We have several refuge families. Our families identify themselves as 45%
white, 35% black and 20% biracial or other.
Organization Type
Human Services
Organization's Budget Size
$250,000-$500,000
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Primary County Served
Please select the PRIMARY county served by your organization.
Onondaga
Secondary County Served
If applicable, select SECONDARY county served by your organization.
Oswego
Project Narrative
Request Title
Name of Project (if unknown type "unknown")
Dismantling White Supremacy Culture in Non-profit Organizations
Amount Requested
Amount Requested
$18,000.00
What is the problem or challenge?
Describe the problem or challenge your proposal addresses within the focus area you selected above, fully
explaining the particular community or organizational need.
The Children's Consortium has a 48 year history of serving some of the neediest and most diverse
populations in Syracuse and Central New York. Our goal is to be as inclusive and inviting to our clients and
staff as possible. The issues our clients deal with are very personal and emotional. These important issues
and problems vary within communities and cultures. While I believe that our staff and board always strives
to provide the best atmosphere and environment, I also believe that the times we are living in require more
work and more self-knowledge and awareness than we are able to provide on our own. Guidance, instruction
and the ability to dialogue with others regarding the community-wide issue of systemic racism and
oppression would help us to do both the personal and agency-wide work that would be beneficial to our
clients and the community in general.
Project Detail
Explain your project in detail. Provide a workplan if applicable.
Our project involves having our staff and board members all participate in the IDI (Intercultural
Development Inventory). Using this tool, individuals can learn where they fall on the spectrum of awareness
of their behaviors and implicit biases. The IDI also provides reports and suggestions for growth as part of the
project. These reports are done on an individual basis as well as an organization-wide report.
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Using the IDI reports, the organization can then provide individual and group learning opportunities in a
comprehensive and organized way that will help employees and board members gain the knowledge and
skills they need to better work with clients, the community and other employees.
The Consortium would partner with REACH CNY, Interfaith Works, IDI International and the HSLC to
provide the programming and instruction that would move the agency forward in a meaningful way.
Examples of program offerings include dialogue circles, HR specific trainings for hiring for diversity, speakers
and special events to expand exposure and cultural awareness.
Finally, all of those board and staff that were engaged in the programming will retake the IDI to determine
growth and knowledge.
Please select the focus area that your project addresses
Please select all that apply.
Projects that develop new programs or strengthen current programs that align to the community needs
Projects that engage and develop board capacity
Project Timeline
What is your project timeline? Please provide specifics.
June 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022.
June - August - Staff and board complete IDI.
September - October: Program, trainings and events are scheduled.
November- April: Staff and board participate in trainings and events.
May: Staff and board retake the IDI
June: Presentation to staff and board regarding agency-wide growth and report to Gifford.
Project Outcomes
Anticipated outcomes
Define and detail the specific outcomes upon which you will measure success. How will you evaluate the project as
it progresses and once complete?
We will use the IDI Intercultural Development Continuum and the IDI plan as the basis to measure our
success. All participants will complete an initial IDI and use the plan for the individual as well as the
Organization report to help develop the activities that they will participate in. Success will be measured
through participant surveys, #'s of participants, as well as growth demonstrated on the IDI Continuum.
We expect most activities will have 75% or better participation and that employees and board members
will participate in 75% of offerings. Additionally, on the IDI, our goal is for participants to reduce the
difference in their Perceived Orientations and their Developmental Orientations by an average of 5 points.
The same should be demonstrated by the group as a whole. Further, individuals and the group should gain 5
points in their knowledge and understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion as identified on the IDI.
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How will organization/community change or learn?
How will your organization or community change as a result of this project? How will your organization and/or
community learn from this project?
Our hope is that our organization will become more inclusive of others and come to a better and deeper
understanding of the issue of systemic racism in our community. Our goal is to understand how our policies
and practices need to change to incorporate this inclusion as well as our personal attitudes and behaviors so
that we can retain the wonderful talent that our community has.
Internal Evaluation
Total Project Budget
$19,190.00
Recommended Amount
$15,000.00
Staff Summary
The Children’s Consortium is seeking funding to begin an internal assessment and educational initiative.
They recognize that the population they serve is extremely diverse, and hope to proactively tackle the biases,
inequities, and other issues that may exist within their organization. This proposal would have three main
phases: an IDI (Intercultural Development Inventory) study of their staff and board, a series of workshops,
readings, and facilitated discussions aimed at addressing existing bias, and a final IDI assessment to gauge the
progress made.
Additionally, The Children’s Consortium has been successful in partnering with a number of other local
nonprofits to support this endeavor: the assessments would be provided by the Human Services Leadership
Council (HSLC), the dialogue circle would be handled by InterFaith Works, and Reach CNY would also benefit
since they are a partner/subsidiary of the Consortium. As it happens, Gifford funded the HSLC’s certification
as a Qualified Administrator of IDI several years ago. This is a nice example of things coming full circle and
our grants building on one another to magnify their impact.
We recommend funding this project in the amount of $15,000. Although they applied for $18,000 we
since learned that a number of their board members would be able to cover the cost of their participation –
thus lowering the total estimate of the project budget.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Organizational Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Please share your organization’s perspective on the importance of a diverse and representative Board of Directors
and Staff.
Our organization is highly committed to diversity in board and staff that is the reason we are applying for
this grant. We know that just "trying to do better," is not enough. Really exploring our own unconscious
biases and the way our organization operates regarding hiring and retention is the best way that we can think
of to improve our diversity and, more importantly, our relationships among staff, board and clients.
What are some of the specific avenues in which you ensure that work?
We will use the IDI to identify where we are on the spectrum of Intercultural Development. From there
we will use the information we learn about ourselves and our organization to develop and grow our cultural
awareness as well as improve our services to clients. We will participate in trainings from HSLC regarding
personnel as well as a facilitated book group and dialogue circles offered by Interfaith Works.
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NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE# OF OFFICE TERM COMMITTEE
BOARD MEMBERS HELD ASSIGNMENTS
Kathleen Coughlin, MPA 9/2017- Finance
Vice 2020
Associate Director President
Syracuse University Health Services
111 Waverly
Avenue Room
116D
Syracuse, New York 13244
Work: (315) 443-5699
FAX: (315) 443-9010
Email: kccoughVdJ.svr.cdu
Vera Dunsmoor, RN
12/2018- Program
Director of Patient Services 12/2021
Oswego County Department of
Health 70 Bunner Street
Oswego, NY 13126
(315) 349-3545
Vern.Dunsmoor(a)OswcooCountv.com
Paul M. Harris, Treasurer 5/2016- Finance
MS Program 2019 Executive
Director
Atlantic States Legal
Foundation 658 W. Onondaga
Street Syracuse, NY 13204
Business phone: 315-475-1170
Email: paulmharris(d.gmail.com
Cell: (516) 707-7449
Amy Heerkens, LMSW 7/2018- Personnel
Licensed Medical Social Worker 2021
St. Joseph's Primary Care Center West
321 Gifford Street Syracuse NY 13201
(315)708-6977 - personal Cell
1Monica Richardson, MA, CPP
Healthy Start Program Coordinator 10/2020-
Onondaga County Health 2023
Department 421 Montgomery
Street, 9th Floor Syracuse, NY
13202
Business phone: 315-435-2920
Cell: (315) 278-3665
MonicaRichardson(aJongov.nct
Jess Ryan, MSEE
Jess Ryan Coaching February
JessRyan.com 2020-
2023
Jcss(i'iJJcssRvan.com
(315) 382-8554--cell
Margaret A Sheen, Esq.
Nov.
Assistant Regional Attorney 2017-
NYS Department of Environmental 2020
Conservation
Mobile: 315-569-6877
Home: 315-487-7874
220 Haywood Road
Syracuse, NY 13219
Email: r" ·
Leslie Smith, OTR/L President 11/2018- Program
11/2021
4930 S. Eagle Village Rd.
Manlius, NY 13104
315-243-1076
Srnithfam07(iiimc.com
Sanford Ternes, MD, FACS 8/2020-
Retired 8/2023 Program
Committee,
Chair
4748 Limberlost Lane
Manlius, NY 13104
, 315 6378687 (home)
3154811879 (cell)
2Sara VanAllen 3/2021-
3/2024
3Budget Narrative:
IDI
The Intercultural Development Inventory is an instrument used to gauge where one falls
on the Continuum of how one understands and relates to those of other cultures. This
assessment tool has a question and answer as well as reflective piece to help people
identify where they are and those steps that would move them further along. It is given
as a pre and post-test to participation in dedicated exercises and activities designed to
increase cultural awareness.
Cost - $7,500
The book/workbook set we would like to use is:
Author Layla F. Saad’s, Me and White Supremacy to encourage people who hold white
privilege to examine their (often unconscious) racist thoughts and behaviors through a
unique, 28-day reflection process complete with journaling prompts. This guided journal,
which includes the book's original weekly prompts and lots of space for note-taking and
free-writing, is the perfect place to begin your antiracism journey. You will unpack:
Week One: White Privilege; White Fragility; Tone Policing; White Silence; White
Superiority; White Exceptionalism
Week Two: Color Blindness; Anti-Blackness against Black Women, Black Men,
and Black Children; Racist Stereotypes; Cultural Appropriation
Week Three: White Apathy; White Centering; Tokenism; White Saviorism;
Optical Allyship; Being Called Out/Called In
Week Four: Friends; Family; Values; Losing Privilege; Your Commitments.
Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. Create the change the world
needs by creating change within yourself.
Cost: $33 on Amazon
Facilitator:
We would like to hire a facilitator to take us through Saad’s book so that we can discuss
and make progress in our thinking and application of new information to increase our
cultural awareness. We do not have a facilitator picked out yet.
Estimated cost: $2,000Dialogue Circle:
See the attached proposal to facilitate dialogue circles by Interfaith Works.
Cost: $4,000
Workshops:
A variety of workshops will be offered including those that cover:
-Hiring for diversity
-Home visiting with refugee populations
-Understanding diverse cultures in the workplace
We anticipate a total of 30 people will participate in 2 workshops each at $50 per
workshop.
Admin/Overhead:
Approximately $1,200. We are not asking for funding for this.AND THE CONSORTIUM
FOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2020 and 20192021 Initiative: Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity
PROPOSAL
“… hearing that racism is learned will stick with me for the rest of my life. I never saw
the connection of parents passing their stereotypes down to their children.”
– adult college student, also the father of a college
student
“… the dialogues helped me see students not as annoying teenagers, but as people
with complex lives of their own.” –
college professor
“The dialogues helped me look at myself and see if there’s a way to do my job better.”
– agency manager
Introduction
The Children’s Consortium would like to invest in an important effort to expand
capacities in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The Consortium is
developing further professional development opportunities for its member organizations.
The Children’s Consortium will have all board and employees take the IDI assessments
which include the delivery of an action plan tailored to the individual and their placement
on a continuum of five IDI multicultural orientations. One typical action plan strategy is
to have active conversations with people of a different racial identity. The InterFaith
Works dialogue-to-action program will help The Children’s Consortium implement s
strategy, but will also provide an opportunity to create a more specific action plan that
dialogue participants will create for themselves to foster racial equity action in their
organization.
Dialogue program need and description
Our work forces are increasingly diverse places of learning and living together. Helping
people who work together see these differences as part of the wonderful web of the
human family, rather than a difficult challenge to overcome is a critical job of workplace
leaders. In light of the national awareness of the ongoing hurts brought about by racism
and ethnic targeting, and in light of the growing numbers of former refugees and
immigrants in our community, dialogue programs have never been more needed.
Creating safe spaces where honest and courageous conversations about differences
1can occur is an important educational and social-emotional growth experience. Through
these safe spaces staff face long-held, even unaware, stereotypes and find ways to
build bridges of understanding.
The dialogue process builds the capacity of the whole community. Both facilitators of
the dialogue circles and its participants learn methods of constructive engagement that
inform public policy and community problem solving. InterFaith Works believes that that
the dialogue process helps to develop a common ground on which people can stand,
leading to lasting, positive change.
InterFaith Works has provided community-based dialogues since 1995. Offered through
the agency’s El-Hindi Center for Dialogue, these dialogues are tailored to the
organization’s needs, including addressing diversity and inclusion requirements, critical
incidents that may have occurred, and appropriate scheduling to engage the most
people. The agency works to build the capacity of the organization to engage its own
leadership in the provision of meaningful dialogues.
Basic Structure: Dialogue circles are made up of a group of 10-12 people who can see
one another as peers. These peers meet once a week for six weeks, for two (2) hours
per session. The dialogue is guided by a trained pair of facilitators who remain neutral
while guiding the group’s discussion through often challenging and courageous waters.
The goal of the group is to build empathy and understanding for the many different
identities that exist in the group, and to assist in expanding the participants’ racial equity
lens. This deeper understanding across ALL identities leads to participants increased
ability to work in multi-cultural teams, to successfully navigate diverse workplaces, and
to cross invisible boundaries within communities.
This work is accomplished by training facilitators in the curriculum by having them first
experience the full curriculum as a participant, undergoing a separate training on the
curriculum concepts and engaging in practicums as facilitators, and then engaging the
workplace community using the trained facilitators. The timeline below is preliminary
based on the conversation with Ms. Harter. This below time frame does not reflect a
possible “Phase 2” for the HSLC, which could be convening two circles per year for its
membership, over a several year period.
Time Frame: the project steps below are assumed to occur during a 9-month period
Step 1: Who: Children’s Consortium Staff and Board
What:
Identify participants
Commit support to the program, including working to gain support with the DEI
subcommittee and drafting foundation proposals
Identify specific dates and times for the dialogue circle
Identify and recruit 10-12 diverse participants who can commit to the dialogue
circle schedule.
2Step 2: Who: Children’s Consortium and IFW’s Center for Dialogue staff
What:
Give input to program design
Design dialogue guides and participant materials
Design evaluation modality
Identify two IFW facilitators
Step 3: Who: Children’s Consortium Staff and Board
What:
Conduct dialogue circle
Write report including participant evaluation and action plan summary
The specific time frame for all activities above are suggested only, and would be
determined at an initial meeting to determine next steps. The budget for this proposal is
$4,000 for one dialogue circle.
Peter Willner, Director, El-Hindi Center for Dialogue, pwillner@interfaithworkscny.org, or
at 315- 449-3552, extension 102.
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