Anima Conference 2025 Resource Page
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General Conference Resources
Session Resources
Session 1 – “Calling in” skills when polarization threatens democracy
- Loretta Ross website
- Loretta Ross Events
- Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel (now available for pre-order) by Dr. Loretta Ross
- Article: “What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called them?” in by Loretta Ross, New York Times, November 19, 2020
- Graphic of the session by Heather Collins
Session 2 – How to be a Non-Polarized Leader when world events spill into the Workplace
- Deep Diversity: A Compassionate Approach to Achieving Racial Justice by Shakil Choudhury (2022)
- Anima Café: Shifting Beyond “Neutral” Leadership During This Politically Divisive Era
- Article: “Why do I dehumanize?” by Shakil Choudhury
- Poem: Wendigo Unleashed by Barb Thomas from forthcoming chapbook Towards Morning
- Session slides: How to be a non-polarized leader when world events spill into the workplace by Shakil Choudhury
- The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Don’t Want to Know about Each Other by Raja Khouri and Jeffrey Wilkinson (2023)
- Graphic of the session by Heather Collins
Session 3 – Power Literacy: How to Name and Use Power Effectively in the Workplace
- Julie Diamond’s website
- The Diamond Power Index
- Power: A User’s Guide by Julie Diamond
- Bones of Belonging: Finding Wholeness in a White World by Annahid Dashtgard (2023)
- Power Slides Handout by Anima Leadership and Diamond Leadership
- Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How it Changes Us by Brian Klaas (2021)
- Graphic of the session by Heather Collins
Session 4 – Listening Circles: A Practice of Dealing with World Events and Resolving Conflict on Work Teams
Session 5 – How to Challenge Rising Authoritarianism and Polarization
- Tim Wise website
- White Like Me by Tim Wise (2011)
- Article: “Turning White Privilege Into Racial Responsibility” by Tim Wise, Stetson Today, March 29, 2016.
- Blood Sport, TVO Original with Dave Meslin
- Masha Gessen on Trump’s ‘Autocratic Attempt’ on America by Stephanie Degooyer, The Nation, June 3, 2020
- Authoritarianism: How You Know It When You See It by Horizons Project
- The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee (2022)
- Graphic of the session by Heather Collins
Session 6 – Developing Resilience: How to Work with Grief and Conflict in the Workplace
- Bones of Crows tv show by Marie Clements
- IMDB link for Marie Clements
- Bones of Crows CBC Gem 60s trailer for series
- Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion and Reconciliation by Annahid Dashtgard (2019)
