Managing a Racially Charged Crisis in Real Time

The Public Space

Leaders are responsible for managing major organizational crises with far-reaching impacts in real time. Kim Brick and David Navarro, both leaders of color at Oregon Coast Community Action, share what they did when confronted with a racially charged crisis that threatened their organization and entire community. ORCCA serves Coos, Curry, and western Douglas counties with a mission to actively create positive changes for a thriving community.

In this episode:

• The racially charged crisis that ORCCA was confronted with (2:07)
• Ways to manage a crisis in real time (6:19)
• How organizations can self reflect and move forward (14:01)
• The importance of resources and support (16:14)
• What leadership in action looks like (19:56)
• Why we all need to be aware of our own implicit bias (20:55)

Additional Resources:

• October 27, 2020 recording: Managing a Racially Charged Crisis in Real Time: How Two Nonprofit Leaders Rose to the Challenge with Kim Brick and David Navarro, Oregon Coast Community Action
• July 7, 2020 recording: How to Conduct an Internal Equity Audit presented by Alexis James, Construct the Present
• June 18, 2020 recording: Leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts during a Crisis presented by Alexis James, Construct the Present
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