Question 1

Disrupting Our Whiteness Deep Dive: Contempt. November 8, 4-7 PM. Online zoom platform."

Accepted Answer

Facilitated by Dylan Wilder Quinn and Jennie Pearl. 
 
Disrupting our Whiteness programs are all about connecting with fellow white folks and training ourselves to reach for fellow white folks about race in ways that disrupt the supremacy that lives inside of our bodies. We build foundations and support, connection, and accountability. Our goal is to invite white folks into the anti-racist movement and foster their skills and our relationships with them for long-term change.
 
Contempt is at the heart of supremacy. 
 
 • “My coworker is terrible - he is always telling me Asians drive badly and calls it the Wuhan virus.”
 • “My boss is so racist. She always gets so defensive when I start talking about race.”
 • “My uncle is terrible - he voted for Trump.” 
 • “If my colleagues don’t prioritize race more this year I will just walk out.”
 
It is easier to talk about people than to talk with them. It is easier to share our side than listen.
 
Distancing ourselves from white folks who we disagree with lets racism be. This distance gets filled in by stories from media, politicians, and can make conversations across differences feel insurmountable. Liberal, educated white folks are socialized to treat other people as if they are better than them. 
 
How do we reach through the barriers and notice our own judgment, our own “I’m better than anyone who thinks like that,” and try to find a different way of being with each other?
 
ABOUT DISRUPTING OUR WHITENESS DEEP DIVES: 
 
Holistic Resistance believes there needs to be a place for white folx to be with each other and work on our material.  AND...it does not erase your work with POC led leadership and movements. We should respect this process as a portion of the work, not the complete picture. White people working with accountability is an essential piece of not putting the burden exclusively on POC to help white folx unlearn our racism.  
 
These deep dives are aimed for white folks working on their racism, and we invite white people to unedit their responses as much as possible, to really deeply process and notice the racism that lives inside of us. Witnessing this can be very painful for People of Color - and, POC and mixed race folx are always welcome to join. We trust your desire to be in these spaces and will support you in being there and the extra energy that it takes to be in these spaces.
 
Breaks will be taken as needed and we encourage participants to take care of themselves, their access needs, eat as needed, and move around when needed.  Sliding scale for the event is from $150 to $550.
 
REGISTER: Email holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com.(mailto:holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com?subject=RSVP Judgment Deep Dive)
 
YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE CONFIRMED WITH PAYMENT. Please contact holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com for payment plans and access needs for you to attend.

Question 2

Deep Dive: White Supremacy and the Listening Ear. November 10, 4-7 PM.  Online zoom platform."

Accepted Answer

Take a moment to breathe into your body.
Imagine a Black woman in front of you, talking with you. What keeps you from hearing her? 
Imagine a Black woman presenting at your workplace. What keeps you from being able to listen to her? How long is your attention span to listen? When do you notice your coworkers stop listening?
Imagine a Black man telling you you’ve hurt him around race. What thoughts are going on inside of your mind? What are you feeling in your body? 
White supremacy has taught us to not hear, to not listen to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, not to value what they have to say and to tune them out. 
This racism can be unlearned. Practice noticing and rewriting the script inside our bodies so we can better hear and listen to People of Color.
 
What to Expect
 
This event is about connecting and building bonds that dismantle racism. Having a small group can slow down how we see, hear, and reach for each other. Breaks will be taken as needed.  Sliding scale for the event from $150 to $550.
 
REGISTER: Please contact holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com (mailto:holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com?subject=RSVP Holding Black Stories Deep Dive)for questions and to register. 
 
YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE CONFIRMED WITH PAYMENT. Please contact holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com for payment plans and access needs for you to attend.

Question 3

Deep Dive: Facilitator Series: Trauma Tracking. November 14, 4-7 PM. Online zoom platform."

Accepted Answer

Trauma Tracking is at the heart of how we faciltate.
 
Trauma Tracking is: tools we use to notice our own defense systems, our own positionality, and to start to track others as well. The goal for this workshop is to start to examine the tools that Holistic Resistance uses to commonly get ahead of trauma stories, to build a positionality profile for yourself and for others, and to build trauma tracking tools to allow collaborations to go more easefully, to get ahead of hurting People of the Global Majority, to get ahead of the hurt of integrating spaces. This workshops covers what kind of trauma should people be tracking, what kind of trauma can be ignored temporarily, and how to notice hurts in their early stages.
 
What to Expect
 
This event is about connecting and building bonds that dismantle racism. Having a small group can slow down how we see, hear, and reach for each other. Breaks will be taken as needed. Sliding scale for the event from $150 to $550. 
 
Register: Contact holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com (mailto:holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com?subject=RSVP Holding Black Stories Deep Dive)for questions and to register. 
 
YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE CONFIRMED WITH PAYMENT. Please contact holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com for payment plans and access needs for you to attend.

Question 4

Disrupting Our Whiteness EMBODIED Deep Dive: Feedback. November 15, 4-7 PM. Online zoom platform."

Accepted Answer

Facilitated by Dylan Wilder Quinn and Jennie Pearl. 
 
Disrupting our Whiteness programs are all about connecting with fellow white folks and training ourselves to reach for fellow white folks around racism that disrupts the way supremacy lives inside of our bodies. EMBODIED DOW programs are specifically about practicing this support in real time through real-life role plays and scenarios. We practice here to reduce harm in real life. 
“I know conflict and feedback are essential parts of relationships and ending racism. I know that in my mind. I want to be better at that.”
We hear this often from white folks. We can’t get better at receiving feedback and listening deeply, and wading through ours and others’ trauma stories without practicing. This is a supportive environment to practice receiving and being with feedback around your racism.
 
ABOUT DISRUPTING OUR WHITENESS DEEP DIVES: 
 
Holistic Resistance believes there needs to be a place for white folx to be with each other and work on our material.  AND...it does not erase your work with POC led leadership and movements. We should respect this process as a portion of the work, not the complete picture. White people working with accountability is an essential piece of not putting the burden exclusively on POC to help white folx unlearn our racism.  
 
These deep dives are aimed for white folks working on their racism, and we invite white people to unedit their responses as much as possible, to really deeply process and notice the racism that lives inside of us. Witnessing this can be very painful for People of Color - and, POC and mixed race folx are always welcome to join. We trust your desire to be in these spaces and will support you in being there and the extra energy that it takes to be in these spaces.
 
Breaks will be taken as needed and we encourage participants to take care of themselves, their access needs, eat as needed, and move around when needed.  Sliding scale for the event is from $150 to $550. Please contact holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com for payment plans and access needs for you to attend.
 
REGISTER: Email holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com.(mailto:holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com?subject=RSVP Judgment Deep Dive)
 
YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE CONFIRMED WITH PAYMENT. Please contact holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com for payment plans and access needs for you to attend.

Question 5

Deep Dive: Race and Relationships. November 17, 4-7 PM. Online zoom platform."

Accepted Answer

For those of us with marginalized identities, closeness is an antidote, a healing time after surviving oppression every day. When we have people that our bodies can relax around, where our nervous systems can rest, it is a sacred space. However, for those of us in interracial relationships, sometimes our relationships can add to the harm we experience every day rather than give us ease from it. Sometimes just the skin color of our partner or something they say can be a painful reminder of the harm out there in the rest of the world.
This Deep Dive is for white folks who are in close relationship with People of Color, or who anticipate dating or being close with POC folks in the future. In fact, diving into this material before being in deep relationship with a Person of Color is great timing. White partners will explore their own trauma stories and how they intersect with hurting their POC partners. White conditioning has kept us from seeing the oppression and pain of our partners, and often the closer and more attached we get, it is easier to NOT see or believe their experiences of oppression. This deep dive urges white folks to imagine a more connective way of being in partnership. 
Questions we may explore: 
 
How do we track the messages we have been taught about POC from a young age and how that plays out in our relationships? 
How do we extract The Black Male Brute, the Hypersexual Black Woman, and other harmful stereotypes from our bodies when we reach for POC as intimate partners? 
How do I build my capacity for holding my partner’s pain from surviving the impact of oppression every day? 
What do we do when we hurt our partners while also feeling hurt by them? 
How do I find support that feels helpful - that can both name my whiteness and support me emotionally?
 
What to Expect
 
This event is about connecting and building bonds that dismantle racism. Having a small group can slow down how we see, hear, and reach for each other. Breaks will be taken as needed. Sliding scale for the event from $150 to $550.
 
Register: Contact holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com (mailto:holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com?subject=RSVP Holding Black Stories Deep Dive)for questions and to register. 
 
YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE CONFIRMED WITH PAYMENT. Please contact holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com for payment plans and access needs for you to attend.

Question 6

Deep Dive: Facilitator Series: Emotional Defenses. November 21, 1-4 PM. Online zoom platform."

Accepted Answer

For people having and facilitating conversations around race, it is critical to track the emotional defenses of the white people we are working with.
 
1. Are they afraid of being called racist?
2. Are they navigating deep conflict at home that keeps their capacity low?
3. Are they overworked and tend to rely on their busy-ness to justify their racist mistakes?
4. Have they had conflict with you or other anti-racist white folks that makes them wary to have tough conversations?
 
Knowing and slowing down the defenses of the people we are reaching for is a critical and helpful tool. 
 
This leadership Deep Dive will explore experientially how we notice our own defenses and navigate the defenses of white folks to make successful movements in the direction of anti-racism.
 
What to Expect
 
This event is about connecting and building bonds that dismantle racism. Having a small group can slow down how we see, hear, and reach for each other. Breaks will be taken as needed.  Sliding scale for the event from $150 to $550.
 
REGISTER: Please contact holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com (mailto:holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com?subject=RSVP Holding Black Stories Deep Dive)for questions and to register. 
 
YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE CONFIRMED WITH PAYMENT. Please contact holisticresistanceinfo@gmail.com for payment plans and access needs for you to attend.

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