Our Staff Commitment

It is a deep value of Prism that working to liberate the most oppressed of us leads to the freedom of all of us.

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Staff at Prism are committed to the work of providing decolonized therapy and striving to work in alignment with our agency values. That means unlearning, relearning, listening, and embodiment of the work required to exist in an anti-racist, pro-black, pro-LGBTQIA+, pro-disability manner. We ask our staff to engage in challenging their actions, thoughts, and behaviors and lean into the discomfort of being an active participant in this work. Staff at Prism engage deeply in honesty, accountability, and self-reflection to grow in their liberation work.

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We look for staff who are interested in:

• Making space for difficult conversations

• Being open and interested in feedback

• Being aware and mindfully engaging with the ways white supremacy impacts each of us

• Practicing accountability in a way that builds community and honors humanity 

• Engaging in personal growth and feeling rooted in a "life long learner" stance

• Engaging with others from a brave space and one of deep listening

• Acknowledging and valuing differences

• Unlearning and learning together

• Rejecting binary thinking

• Rejecting competition and the concept of ”winning”

• Able to identify and challenge when they are engaging in over/under accountability

• Avoiding trying to control the other person & their reaction

• Remaining curious over judgmental

• Holding multiple truths at once

• Focusing on strengths and try to find common ground

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​​Here are some of the resources that have helped our staff grow and embody this work:

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Books:

• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

• White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad

• The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

• Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton

• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

• The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

• How to Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi

• Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

• Why I'm No Longer Talking About Race with White People by Reni Eddo-Lodge

• White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better by Regina Jackson & Saira Rao

• Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson

• Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence by Derald Wing Sue

• Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad

• Decolonizing Therapy by Dr. Jennifer Mullan

• Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

• Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown

• Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown

• Whipping Girl by Julia Serano

• Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman

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Podcasts:

• Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Decolonizing Podcast

• From Root to Bone​

• Be Antiracist

• Maintenance Phase

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Videos:

• ​How Can We Win - Kimberly Jones