People's Institute for Survival and Beyond

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People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB)
AbbreviationPISAB
Formation1980
Founder Ronald Chisom and James Norman Dunn
PurposeAddress racism, poverty and social injustices
HeadquartersNew Orleans, Louisiana
Location
  • United States
Website pisab.org

The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) is a non-profit organization that provides education and training to individuals, communities and organizations on issues related to systemic racism and social and human justice. [1] [2] The organization was founded in 1980 by civil and human rights activists and scholars Ronald Chisom and James Norman Dunn. [2] [3] [4] [5] The organization is based in New Orleans, Louisiana with several regional organizing hubs across the country. More than 2 million people, across the United States and internationally, completed PISAB's Undoing Racism and Community Organizing workshop. [2] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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Programs and initiatives

Undoing Racism

The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond offers an Undoing Racism workshop that that seeks to increase people's understanding of systemic and institutionalized racism in our society. [10] [11] [12] The program uses a multi-dimensional approach that incorporates historical analysis, group participation, and community organizing strategies. [13] [14] Participants in the workshops engage in dialogue and discussions that are designed to support critical thinking, challenge their assumptions about race, privilege, and power. [4] [15] [16] The workshop is designed to be accessible to a broad range of individuals, organizers and organizations, including community groups, non-profits, government agencies, and businesses. [17] [18] It has been implemented in a variety of settings, including schools, neighborhood associations, hospitals, and social and service agencies. [18] [19] [20]

The workshops have been in different research studies that in some cases, required the participants to attend PISAB's Undoing Racism workshops;

Article publishedPublishing JournalYear of publishingRelationship with PISAB
Antiracism Expanding Social Work Education: A Qualitative Analysis of the Undoing Racism Workshop Experience Journal of Social Work Education 2018 [21] The study evaluated how student participants felt after attending the Undoing racism workshop. [21]
Participatory and Action Research Within and Beyond the academy: Contesting Racism through Decolonial Praxis and Teaching "Against the Grain" American Journal of Community Psychology 2018 [22] The participants attended a two and half days Undoing racism work that was organized by PISAB prior to taking the survey. [22]
The Art and Science of Integrating Undoing Racism with CBPR: Challenges of Pursuing NIH Funding to Investigate Cancer Care and Racial Equity Journal of Urban Health 2006 [23] The study explored how the principles of community participatory studies can be integrated with the processes of undoing racism program. [23]

People's Institute Youth Agenda (PIYA)

PIYA is an initiative of People's Institute for Survival and Beyond through which young people and community organizers committed to understanding the current issues that face our society and young people come together to making a positive contribution in their communities are educated and recruited to reach other young people and organize. [24] [25] The program was started in 1996 by an intergenerational group of veteran organizers and the young activists and is tailored for youths aged 12–18 years. [26]

European Dissent

This is an initiative that is specifically designed for individuals of European descent who are interested in working towards racial justice and equity. This anti-racism organizing collective seeks to address the ways in which white privilege and racism operate in our society, to strengthen the number of white people organizing for racial justice, and to empower participants to take action to dismantle racism. [27] [28] [29]

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