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5 Wednesday's Online
April 3, 10, 17, 24, & May 1 2024
4pm-6pm PT // 6pm-8pm CT // 7pm-9pm ET
Are you longing to deepen into your commitments to racial justice in community with other white folks?
Are you seeking to bring more embodiment to your work for racial justice?
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Unraveling Whiteness is a course that invites you into conversation and learning through the body with other white folks living into racial justice commitments.
Participants will be invited into practice around gratitude, tapping into emotions, re-inhabiting time, and leaning into our interconnectedness to the more-than-human world, as some ways to embody anti-racism. Pre-recorded videos on themes for each session will be fodder for the experiential exercises in each live session, including a variety of paired and small group exercises.
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Live sessions will allow for juicy intellectual, emotional, somatic and spiritual engagement with how white supremacy cultural habits show up in our lives despite our best efforts.Invitations to begin unraveling the legacies of whiteness in our family lines and considering clear, concrete actions upon leaving the course will also be woven in.
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This course invites you to explore the wisdom of your body and emotions as well as the scope of your imagination as equally important learning tools for addressing systemic racism alongside understanding terminology and an analysis of power.
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The Work that Reconnects (WTR) Spiral forms the container in which the overall series is held and individual sessions are designed. WTR is a group of teachings, meditations, community exercises, and grounding practices, developed by Joanna Macy and others that are built around the belief that we are all interconnected beings in the web of life.
Is this Course right for me?
This Course is open to anyone who identifies as white as well as anyone who identifies as multi-racial and/or as a white-passing person of color who is interested in exploring ways you've been socialized as white and are complicit in white supremacy despite your best efforts and multiple identities.
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This Course focuses on United States history, context, and current reality. People from outside the US are encouraged and welcome to join us, understanding we are using a US-based frame.
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This Series is five Wednesday's for two hours each time. Participants must attend Session 1 in order to participate in future sessions.
Attendance of every live session is strongly recommended.
A Note about Recording:
This course is experiential in nature and therefore all sessions are live. We will NOT record any of the live sessions, as they will consist primarily of exercises that happen in pairs and groups. We will have short pre-recorded videos that accompany every session and ask participants to watch these before each session, as they set up the theme and offer teaching on each topic that will then be discussed in the live session.
Testimonials:
This course has supported me to feel empowered to see myself and my resources as change-agents within the long-term work of dismantling white supremacy. Kara and Nicole facilitated a supportive space for conversation, ritual, trust-building, ancestry work, and imaginative play which was effective in being embodied in a
variety of ways.
- ernest g.
I liked that Unraveling Whiteness was a group for white identified folks. This was helpful in me feeling more space for us to be vulnerable and messy as we stumble through this material.
- Verana B.
Kara and Nicole helped me to connect more with my body and to see and acknowledge all of the white supremacy characteristics inherent in me. They gave me excellent tools to try to counteract these and helped me to shape commitments to move forward. I highly recommend this class.
- Jamie L.
As one way to live into our commitment to economic justice and pay everyone a livable wage we invite you to use the sliding scale rate structure below (created by http://www.wortsandcunning.com/blog/sliding-scale) to investigate your current access to financial wealth and income. We encourage you to register at the rate in which you are able to answer yes to most of the statements in that category.
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We also encourage folks to get creative around how they might pay for this course. Some ideas could include: you paying part/your employer paying part, you tapping into your personal and organizational networks to invite others to donate towards the cost of your participation, and/or getting a grant to cover the expense. As facilitators we are doing some stretching to offer the course at these price points, while also committing to scholarships and we invite participants into that stretch along with us, as we all navigate this late-stage capitalism we find ourselves in.
Cross-Class Redistribution & Organization Rate: $455
This rate pays the “Full Rate” along with directly subsidizing the “Reduced Rate” registrants. Please consider this rate if you answer yes to most of the statements below and/or if your employer is paying you to attend.
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I am comfortably able to meet all of my basic* needs
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I may have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment of basic* needs
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I own my home or property OR I rent a higher-end property
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I own or lease a car
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I am employed or do not need to work to meet my needs
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I have regular access to health care
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I have access to financial savings
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I have an expendable** income
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I can always buy new items
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I can afford an annual vacation or take time off
Full Base Rate: $333
This rate is 'at cost' and enables us to cover the expenses related to putting on this course. Please consider this rate if you answer yes to most of the statements below.
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I may stress about meeting my basic needs* but still regularly achieve them
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I may have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment of basic* needs
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I own or lease a car
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I am employed
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I have access to health care
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I might have access to financial savings
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I have some expendable income**
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I am able to buy some new items & I thrift others
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I can take a vacation annually or every few years without financial burden
Reduced Rate: $155
This rate is reduced to create access for those for whom accessing this course at the other rates creates a financial burden. Please consider this rate if you answer yes to most of the statements below.
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I frequently stress about meeting basic needs & don’t always achieve them
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I have debt and it sometimes prohibits me from meeting my basic needs
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I rent lower-end properties or have unstable housing
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I do not have a car and/or have limited access to a car but I am not always able to afford gas
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I am unemployed or underemployed
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I qualify for government assistance including food stamps & health care
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I have no access to savings
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I have no or very limited expendable income
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I rarely buy new items because I am unable to afford them
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I cannot afford a vacation or have the ability to take time off without financial burden
* Basic Needs include food, housing, health care, and transportation.
** Expendable Income might mean you are able to buy coffee or tea at a shop, go to the movies or a concert, buy new clothes, books, and similar items each month, etc.
Additionally, if the rates above still create a barrier to accessing this course, please apply for a full or partial scholarship through the Robin Radford Cross-Class Solidarity Scholarship Fund. Please email Kara at: kbenderconsulting@gmail.com to receive more information.
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Cancellations & Refunds Policy:
Registration closes on Monday April 1st at midnight Central Time.
If you cancel before Friday March 22nd at midnight CT, then you can receive a 50% refund.
No refunds will be issued after Friday March 22nd.
A Note About Zoom:
This series will be held online over Zoom. If you don't already have a Zoom account, please set up an account for free before the gathering. This can be done both on your phone and your computer. Close to the start of the first session, we will send out a Zoom link to all registered participants.
Course Facilitators
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