Book | Leading White Accountability Groups | by Dr. Kathy Obear

For more than 30 years, Dr. Obear has worked not only with other “white folks” but on herself to live an anti-racist life. This resource is grounded not only in her experience as a professional scholar, educator, and facilitator, but in her daily practice. The exercises, tools, and information shared here will meet folks wherever they are on their journey. This is not just a major contribution to the field of diversity and inclusion, but to the world.

Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington

President,
The Washington Consulting Group

This comprehensive guide features practical guidance, time-tested exercises, insightful case studies, and a wealth of resources and strategies for running an effective White Accountability Group.

Written by an expert trainer and facilitator with decades of experience, this book will help readers make the business case for starting a group...

Co-create a POWERFUL Learning Community

Identify Critical Skills and Competencies

Design EFFECTIVE Learning Activities

and work toward becoming anti-racist change agents.

Dr. Kathy Obear has long been a leader in the foundational work of white antiracist education. Now, she offers a veritable treasure trove of resources and guidance in this nuanced yet accessible guide for leading white affinity groups in the workplace. This book should be considered essential to every organization’s DEI bookshelf.

Dr. Robin DiAngelo

author of White Fragility

Many white leaders and changemakers have found a place to deepen their capacities as well as engage with a growing community of white colleagues committed to racial equity in White Accountability Groups. In these confidential learning spaces, white people can focus on their collective development as they unlearn racist attitudes and behaviors, develop greater skills to interrupt racist microaggressions, and shift policies and practices that perpetuate white privilege and create cultural and structural barriers for People of Color.

About the Author

KATHY OBEAR , E.D.D.

Dr. Kathy Obear is a nationally recognized expert in helping leaders, change agents, and facilitators develop the capacity to create equitable, inclusive, and racially just organizations. Currently president of the Center for Transformation and Change, Kathy is a co-founder of the Social Justice Training Institute, an intensive professional development experience to deepen capacity to dismantle dynamics of racism and white supremacy in ourselves and in our organizations.