Healing Racism Within
A Course for White-Identified Leaders
January 7, 8, 9
Welcome
This course will be an exploration of the defensiveness, shame, guilt, and anxiety that often accompany an association with white as a dominant racial identity. These feelings, even when they belong mainly to our family of origin, can prevent well-intentioned leaders from fully and effectively engaging with the work of challenging racism. Our goal is to witness and release these emotions so that we are freer to engage collaboratively in equity work.
The program is divided into three sessions. An explanation of each topic is below, where you will find resources posted after the course.
Dates and Link
This course is a three-part series, held January 7th, 8th, and 9th from 7:30 pm to 9 pm ET (4:30 to 6 pm PT). Recordings will be available for those who would like to review the material or who cannot make the live event.
Please use this link to add the event to your Google calendar. The zoom link is in the calendar invite.
For any questions, please email lesley@sagelycreative.com.
Session 1
January 7th
The first session is an explanation of the self-focused model: how identifying our own challenging experiences carves a path forward for change. We'll cover methods for staying present with our own experience so that we do not oscillate between overcompensating and avoidance.
Resources will be available here 24 hours after each session.
Session 2
January 8th
This session is an explanation of how painful memories continue to reverberate, including how being expected to exclude can create feelings of fear and guilt that continue to impact our current moment. We'll work together to identify and compassionately witness prior moments of discomfort in our past.
Resources will be available here after our session.
Session 3
January 9th
This session teaches you to find old patterns, including intergenerational ones, and use compassion to resolve their impact. You'll be able to spot the emotions behind the story in yourself and others. We look back to move forward, knowing that resolving our own pain frees us to imagine a new future.
Resources will be available here after our session.
Agreements
Sagely agrees to keep all information you share confidential.
Sagely uses visualizations, meditations, and case studies that are specifically designed for our groups. They build off of each other and require some instruction before use. We ask that you not share these materials. If you feel that a particular item might be of use in your organization, please contact us about adapting it for your setting.
Sagely keeps recordings of sessions on this password-protected site. We ask that you do not share recordings with anyone outside the group. We ask that you keep all information that your group members share confidential. Thank you.