Building on the positive response and success of our previous 21-Day Racial Equity and Habit Building Challenge (the “21-Day Challenge”), the Section, through the Diversity Committee, is pleased to offer Section members the opportunity to participate in a follow up program, the 10-Day Tune Up. Like the 21-Day Challenge, the aim of the 10-Day Tune Up is to work though a syllabus of 10 daily assignments to get us thinking about how we, as lawyers, can take action toward racial equity, particularly in the legal profession. The 10-Day Tune Up is designed to fit into your daily professional life, with ten new, short but incisive daily assignments.
In our previous 21-Day Challenge, several dozen individuals formed weekly discussion groups, where—with trust, kindness, and mutual respect—they met to discuss the daily assignments and to think hard about how to effect positive change in the legal profession on the seemingly intractable issues of racial equity, diversity, and inclusion. Participants were invited to debrief their experience at the conclusion of the challenge, and the most universally shared feedback was that the 21 Day Challenge had been meaningful and profound, and that the Section should provide a similar opportunity again in the future.
The goal, as before, is to create small discussion groups where members can discuss the 10-Day Tune Up assignments and share ideas and best practices for moving the needle on matters of race and racial equity in the legal profession. Participation is entirely voluntary, and prior participation in the 21-Day Challenge is not required.