By Courtney Harge, POC Caucus Liaison and Member Advisor at Fractured Atlas; and Tiffany Wilhelm, White Caucus Guest Facilitator at Fractured Atlas and Interim Strategic Operations Officer at the Opportunity Fund in Pittsburgh
As part of our commitment to anti-racism and anti-oppression, Fractured Atlas has been hosting race-based caucuses since late 2016. Each space serves a unique role in our work. We’re sharing our experiences in the hopes that more organizations will implement the practice.
What is a caucus? Why is it important to have?
Courtney: Caucuses are focused meeting times for groups of people to connect around like identities. Frequently, rhetoric around unity overemphasizes our similarities: for marginalized people, this “unity” can be akin to erasure. Caucus spaces allow for a centering of identity that can be freeing simply in its being named.
Read more at the Fractured Atlas blog.