Racial Autobiography

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Racial Autobiography

• Instructions Please complete this racial
  autobiography template to present how your race
  has impacted you throughout your life.
• On slide 2, insert photos of yourself according
  to the prompts. Fit them to the space provided
  and adjust their size to make them small digital
  files.
• On slides 3-8, respond to the prompts describing
  race in your life. Add photos to illustrate if
  desired.
• If you would like, add additional slides that
  describe further aspects of your racial
  experience. What is it you would like others to
  know about race in your life?
• When finished, save this PowerPoint presentation,
  and upload it at www.summitforcourageousconversati
  on.com/forum. - Under the heading Summit
  Attendees, click on Racial Autobiographies.
  - Under the heading Subject, click on Upload
  Racial Autobiographies.- Follow the
  instructions to upload your autobiography to the
  online community.

2
Your Name
My life racially in pictures--childhood, family,
work, friends
Insert picture here of your childhood
3
Your Name
What can you recall about your first encounter
with or understanding about race?
4
Your Name
In what ways, if any, do you recall race playing
out in your elementary, middle grades and high
school years?
5
Your Name
Do you remember any events, activities or
conversations taking place in college in which
race played a role in the discovery, resolution
or subsequent course of events?
6
Your Name
How does race impact your work environment? Who
do you work with you and how does this influence
conversations, policies, and workplace
interaction?
7
Your Name
What is a most recent occasion in which race,
race relations and/or racism impacted your
personal thinking, actions or being?
8
Your Name
In what ways have your feelings about and
engagement with race evolved over the span of
your life?