White Ally Learning Lab Overview
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What
A three-session workshop that offers an informed & supportive curriculum to examine the role white people play in the current racial environment and to begin to repair the damage done by past generations
How
• Moving beyond good intentions to taking responsibility for the impact of our actions on others
• Growing our cultural intelligence & empathy
• Celebrating our cultural heritage
• Learning about the costs of white privilege
• Getting off the Hero/Victim/ Villain triangle
Who Attends
White people on a spiritual path who seek to make tangible the idea of “we are all one” by looking at whiteness and privilege ... without burdening people of color in the learning process
Topics
• Discovering white culture in its commonality & variety
• The meaning of whiteness, both explicit & implicit
• Personal experiences of early exposure to racism
• Overt, intentional racism vs covert, unintentional thoughts & actions
• Institutional racism and its role in the founding & growth of America
• Treating everyone fairly is not treating everyone the same
• Guilt as a useless emotion
• The difference between power over and power with
• What is an ally & why would I want to be one?
• Creating communities where everyone is supported in being their complete & full selves
Media
• Short lectures from activists and diversity professionals
• Large and small group discussions and sharing
• Interactive activities, journaling, reflection and meditation
• Impactful documentary films
• Practice dialogues
• Poetry, art, mindmapping & music
Take Aways
• Tool kit of practical solutions to challenging situations
• Language to speak up about racism in conversation
• Personal white cultural history
•“My Why Statement” as an ally
• Friends & allies in a new white affinity community
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