About this Event
This is a Racial Equity Institute 2-day Phase I Workshop hosted by the California Anti-Racism Alliance and sponsored by Alameda County Community Food Bank.
Please note:: We believe that financial barriers should not stand in the way of racial equity leadership and community building. Scholarships may be available for this workshop–see FAQs below and contact [email protected] for more information.
Workshop Description
The Racial Equity Institute’s two-day workshop is designed to develop the capacity of participants to better understand racism in its institutional and structural forms. Moving away from a focus on personal bigotry and bias, this workshop presents a historical, cultural, and structural analysis of racism. Topics covered include our fish/lake/groundwater analysis of structural racism; understanding and controlling implicit bias; race, poverty, and place; markedness theory; institutional power arrangements and power brokers; importance of definitions of race and racism; history and legacy of race in American economic and policy development; racial identity and its interaction with institutional culture. With shared language and a clearer understanding of how institutions and systems are producing unjust and inequitable outcomes, participants should leave the training better equipped to begin to work for change.
ACCFB Affiliates
Staff and affiliates of Alameda County Community Food Bank (ACCFB) may be eligible for sponsored, no-cost registration, subject to seat availability. To check availability, please contact us at [email protected]. We will connect your request directly with event sponsor for follow-up.
Time
This workshop will go from 9:00am - 5:00pm PT on Thursday and Friday, January 14-15, 2026. Sign-in and breakfast will start at 8:30am PT, so we encourage you to arrive and get settled during this period as the workshop will start right at 9:00am PT.
This workshop is designed for participants to attend the FULL 2-day training as each part of the workshop builds on the pieces that come before. If you miss one piece of the workshop, you may miss the foundation for the rest of the experience. If you are unable to attend the full workshop, please look at for a future opportunity where you can attend the full workshop.
Food
A breakfast (light) and lunch will be served for both days of the workshop. There will be vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options for lunch. You may want to bring your own water bottle as well during the workshop.
Attire
Wear something you are comfortable in for the two days, keeping in mind that you may want to consider layered options in case you feel too warm or too cold.
Devices
We ask that you do not use your devices such as your phone or laptop during the workshop as it can be distracting to other participants. If you would like to take notes, we prefer you do it by hand over using a device for this reason. There will be breaks during the workshop, so feel free to use those devices during those times.
Location
Alameda County Community Food Bank (ACCFB) is located near Oakland International Airport at 7900 Edgewater Drive.
Directions from the airport on Hegenberger Road: Turn left at Edgewater Drive. Continue on Edgewater Drive approximately a half mile (past the Toyota dealership). The Food Bank will be on the right (it's the driveway just past the Uber sign).
Parking
Turn into the parking lot and proceed to the Community Engagement Center (CEC) located at the back of the property – past the loading docks. As you make your way to the CEC, please mind all on-site traffic signs and note that the speed limit is 5 mph.
Park in one of the spaces in front of the CEC building. Please do not park in the small guest parking lot that runs along Edgewater Drive or in the Member Agency Shopping parking lot located just past the parking lot security gates.
Entrance
Once parked, walk to the CEC and enter under the orange awning. Let the person at reception know that you are here to attend the race equity training.
Bicycles
The Food Bank has a bike rack adjacent to the Member Agency Parking lot (near the sliding glass doors inside the front gate). Please bring your own lock for your bicycle.
Public Transit
There are a few ways to get to the Food Bank on public transit. We strongly recommend that you confirm operation and schedules when planning your trip.
The Oakland Coliseum BART station is about 1.0 mile from the Food Bank. While it is possible to walk over Hegenberger Road to the Food Bank, it is not ideal since the sidewalks for pedestrian traffic are limited. AC Transit’s 98 bus line stops about ½ block away across the street from the Food Bank. Please visit the http://www.ACtransit.gov website for fare details and scheduling (about every 30 minutes).
Alameda County also runs a free shuttle service from the Oakland Coliseum BART station to the Edgewater County Offices, which are about a block away, on the opposite side of Edgewater from the Food bank. Ours is the East Oakland Shuttle toward Edgewater (not Eastmont). The shuttle stop is on San Leandro Street, on the same side of the street, but on the far side of the Coliseum Bridge, from the BART entrance. Shuttles are blue and green, and you have to ask the driver which direction they are going (there are two loops, but they don’t have signs, you want to ask for Edgewater).
Shuttles run every 20 minutes from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please visit http://www.acgov.org/sustain/what/transportation/sp.htm for details. You can download the county’s DoubleMap app from the Apple App Store or Google Play in order to track real-time arrivals.
About REI
We are an alliance of trainers, organizers, and institutional leaders who have devoted ourselves to the work of creating racially equitable organization and system. We help individuals and organizations develop tools to challenge patterns of power and grow equity. Join us today.
About CARA
The California Anti-Racism Alliance (CARA) is a network of people committed to building collective power and advancing racial equity in California who share a historical, cultural, and structural analysis of racism and inequity as alumni and partners of the Racial Equity Institute (REI) and the Groundwater Institute (GWI).
Event venue & nearby stays
7900 Edgewater Dr, 7900 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, United States
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