Workshop Details

E1: Interrupting Racism for Children (All-Day Part 2)

Presented by Jill English & Annie Hostetter

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Workshop Description

This workshop will be presented as a three-part, all day event. Those who register for this session must also register for and attend sessions D1 and F1.

Disproportionality has long been evident in the child welfare system. In Marion County, black children represent 11% of the child population; however, they represent 40.9% of children in the child welfare system compared to white children who represent 71% of the child population and only 46.7% of children in the system (Child Advocates Children in Need of Services Data, 2018).  Interrupting Racism for Children (IRFC) has a powerful impact on how we all can take action to address racism in our community immediately. The workshop gives people tools they can begin using immediately and is facilitated by IRFC Director Jill English and IRFC Coordinator Annie Hostetter.

Approved by DCS for Foster Care Parent Hours

Learning objectives:

• Participants will learn about the history of race and racism in Indiana
• Participants will better understand how racism affects the Indiana child welfare community
• Participants will acquire tools for disrupting this crisis

Presenter Bios:

Jill L English is a graduate of DePauw University and the Chief of Community Equity and Inclusion for Child Advocates.  Jill is the co-developer of the Interrupting Racism for Children program, is a certified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory, a train the trainer for Civic Reflection through Salisbury University and is certified in DEI in the workplace from Cornell University. She’s worked in human services for 30 years and has trained in the areas of culture and race for 25 years.   

Annie Hostetter, MA is a Program Developer and has been a facilitator for Interrupting Racism for Children at Child Advocates since 2018. Annie received a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Politics and Policy from Beloit College, a master’s degree in Sustainable Community Development from SIT Graduate Institute; is certified in DEI in the workplace from the University of South Florida and Cornell University. She has been doing antiracist organizing for over fifteen years from post-Katrina New Orleans, the mountains of North Carolina, Tanzania, and Vermont before returning to her native Indianapolis.