This workshop presents useful frameworks and approaches using culturally responsive and racially equitable engagement and evaluation (CRREEE). Public health and human services practitioners are challenged to use processes that consider:

The CRREEE framework can be leveraged to resolve these complexities. Specifically, the framework offers a way to undo racism and oppressive structures previously upheld by practitioners, researchers, evaluators, institutions, and systems. It argues the importance of considering culture and race when facilitating an engagement process because both are critical and substantive nuances that should be addressed when a practitioner is unaware of the culture of those being engaged.

Instructors will provide workshop participants with a template to analyze their organization’s programs, initiatives, and systems using CRREEE. It also introduces a “How-to Process” focused on the cultural competencies of the individual facilitating the engagement—with strategies for improving those competencies. The template focuses deliberately on an engagement process mindful of race, culture, equity, and community contexts, offering strategies to produce improved and more equitable outcomes. Participants will engage in small-group exercises to apply the concepts in the template to real-world evaluation processes, providing practical application of the equity framework.

After participating in this workshop, learners will have improved their ability to have dialogue around issues of difference, social justice, and their impact on health. This interactive workshop allows participants to engage in small group discussions and activities to engage with content and reflect on materials and how they may incorporate concepts in their life and work.