October 2022 Unlearning Circle (10/08/2022)

Start: 2022-10-08 10:00:00 UTC Central Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00)

End: 2022-10-08 12:00:00 UTC Central Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00)

This is a virtual event

Join us for our October 8 Unlearning Circle!

Sat. 10/08/22 from 10am-noon CST

Please join us on zoom October 8th from 10am-12:00 for our Unlearning Circle Building Skills to Talk about Race. The Unlearning Circles for October through December will be designed to help us continue to build our skills to engage in difficult conversations with others about race. Engaging in conversations about race can activate our fears around perfectionism and fear of conflict. We might believe that somehow, as individuals, we should know how to have these difficult conversations. Without practice and reflection on the situation with others, the outcome of our conversations may fall short of our expectations or because we fear we will mess up, not be perfect, we may entirely avoid having the conversation.

The Troika consulting process is one way of preparing to have these difficult conversations about race in community. This process will be the centerpiece of the remaining 2022 ULCs. A Troika is something we can invite others into at any time to support us in thinking through the situations we are in and suggesting possible approaches. It is one tool that we can utilize to support ourselves and others as we build vital relationships with each other to meet the challenges of anti-racist work. James Baldwin said, Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. Join us on October 8th with the gathered UWSA community to face the challenge of building the muscle to have difficult conversations about race.

Hope to see you there!

Note: UWSA also invites you to give us feedback about the ULCs - what you like about our format and focus and ideas you have for ways they could better meet your needs - things you’d like us to try out, explore more, what might be altered, . . .. Please take a few minutes to email undoingwhitesupremacy@gmail.com with the subject line: feedback ULC.

About our Unlearning Circles -

UWSA’s first Unlearning Circle in the winter of 2017 was created as a place for white people to do the work of reflection and community self-education. As we continue to gather to critically examine our own participation in cultures of dominance, we build our capacity to show up as individuals and as a city-wide community network for Black, Indigenous and people of color-led anti-racist efforts in a positive and accountable way. The Unlearning Circles are an opportunity for white identifying people to explore white supremacy culture and our role and responsibilities in undoing racism. We welcome and recognize the gift of the presence of any People of Color who choose to join us.

In solidarity,

The UWSA Organizing Team

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