Disrupting Our Practice Free* Introductory Workshop

August 1st or 8th, 4:00 - 5:30 pm PT

Does the idea of being confronted with the “charge of race” in the midst of a meeting, workshop, or retreat leave you feeling frozen? Unable to imagine how you would proceed?

For us white-bodied consultants, coaches, facilitators, leaders, etc., this can feel like our worst nightmare. 

But for our colleagues-of-color, this is the day-to-day reality.

If we’ve learned anything over the past few years, it’s that as white-bodied folks, we need to be prepared to step into these conversations. They are, afterall, around us even when we don’t realize it.

We believe that it’s important for white-bodied folks to be in this work together, which is why we have spent the last three years creating programs designed to create community around conversations about race. 

When we come together to do this work, we can build community—and networks of support—that help us grapple with the aspects of anti-racism work that can feel beyond our reach, and outside of our understanding.

Please join us for this free workshop that is an introductory taster to our full program Disrupting Our Practice: Understanding Whiteness.

This workshop is for anyone working in the Organization Development field as a coach, consultant, facilitator, or trainer, as well as for organizational leaders. Really, it’s for anyone holding, facilitating, and controlling space where people are doing their work.

In this workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Slow down and feel into what makes talking about race so hard;

• Learn a tool to support you in processing what makes it hard (and that you can use in your work to help move conversations forward);

• Name the obstacles you sense within yourself in a judgment-free zone;

• Explore the primary driver of what keeps white-bodied folks from stepping more directly into these conversations; and

• Get a taste of—and a feel for—the full 9-week Disrupting Our Practice program.

* Is this really free?

Well, yes. We aren’t charging anything for this workshop. That said, we are asking that folks make a donation to a BIPOC-led organization of their choice. While we want to give folks an opportunity to get a taste of our longer program for free, we also want to recognize that it’s important to invest in communities of color, and the organizations that support them. In our paid programming, we always make a contribution of 20% of all earnings to a BIPOC led group. In lieu of that, we are asking for participants in these workshops to make a contribution that feels good to them.

Feel drawn to the workshop yet also unsure? Schedule a complimentary 20-minute call with one of us.

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