To deepen self- and organizational awareness of racial issues and increase intercultural competence so that we will experience transformational change.
Five Thursdays, February 9th, 13th, 20th, 11th, & 27, and March 6th, 13th, and 20th 2025, from 4:00pm-6:00pm Pacific time.
This six-week dialogue workshop and training is led by Kaleidoscope Institute (KI) facilitators and is designed to help us embrace and enact the vision of Becoming Beloved Community, which is a lifelong spiritual and faith journey. KI believes change happens in the space between comfort and fear – what Eric Law has described as the Grace Margin. Our work is based on respectful communication, building relationships where persons can change and learn in developmentally appropriate ways. This workshop and training is intended to satisfy the Episcopal and other denominational Canonical requirements for all lay and ordained leaders to participate in anti-racism training. It includes exploration of historical and contextual instances of oppression and racism in which we all participate. We use models and processes to explore bias, power, and the systems of injustice and inequality. Our disciplines include:
dialogue,
noticing and wondering together,
questioning assumptions,
telling the truth about ourselves and our organizations,
modeling alternatives to current patterns and problems.
We provide guided opportunities for personal reflection (Handouts), asynchronous group reflection and interaction (Threaded Discussions), and synchronous group interaction (Zoom web conversations).
SESSION 0: Getting Started
SESSION 1: Community Building & Cultural Awareness
SESSION 2: Tell The Truth: Exploring Personal and Corporate Elements
SESSION 3: Proclaim the Dream - Intercultural Competency
SESSION 4: Practice the Way of Love - Doctrine of Discovery
SESSION 5: Practice the Way of Love - Power and Privilege
SESSION 6: Repair the Breach - Integrations and Sending Forth
Most of the material for the sessions will be provided online with worksheets, short readings and videos.
Participants also will be asked to SELECT AND READ ONE of these books during the course:
Living into God's Dream: Dismantling Racism in America - Catherine Meeks, ed.
My Grandmother’s Hands - Resmaa Menachem
Seeing My Skin - Peter Jarrett-Schell
The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander
Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy - Layla Saad
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - Isabel Wilkerson
Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery – Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Ra
We know that change happens when…
We are in relationship with others who ask us challenging questions,
When we explore history and share stories,
When we interrupt patterns of behavior and accepted assumptions,
When we feel safe and are offered time to change,
When we model different behavior with our actions,
When we notice what remains unchanged,
When we ask about why others may refuse to change
This workshop is offered in partnership with Bexley Seabury Seminary, an accredited learning institution for all those seeking a path to prophetic and pastoral service. Bexley Seabury pioneers theological education with a 200-year-old history and a deep commitment to a diverse and inclusive future. Register for this workshop through by clicking on the button below.