Ep. 11 - The impulse to leapfrog
In just about all of our programs, usually pretty early on, someone asks, “When are we going to get to taking action?” It’s certainly an important question, but perhaps it reveals something about the way we’ve been conditioned.
What if, instead of jumping right to action, we did some foundational work first? What if we wrestled with some hard questions, developed our capacity to be in the charge of race, build deep and meaningful relationships?
We certainly don’t advocate not taking action at all (and there’s plenty of legit criticism at white caucus spaces that do just that). In this week’s episode, we dive into what it might mean to lay the groundwork before just acting out of default.
How does this land for you? Let us know!
At the end of this episode, we mentioned some dates for a series of workshops. Since recording, things have changed! But…
Save the date(s)!
We’ll be hosting a series of online workshops in February and March, 2023. Specifically: 2/6, 2/13, 2/27, and 3/6. More info coming soon!
Links for some things mentioned in the episode:
Holistic Resistance (HR) - our teachers and mentors in this work
Grief to Action - a project by HR to support People of the Global Majority in their grieving and processing
Robin DiAngelo - Author of White Fragility and several other books
Resmaa Menakem - Author, teachers, and therapist. His book My Grandmother’s Hands is invaluable
Brave New Work and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - Episode of the great podcast that Shannon mentioned that talks about an approach to doing things that maybe is a clue to a new way of living and working
This episode was recorded on December 5th, 2022
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