You are invited...
… to co-create an experience that will help you build the foundation of knowledge and skills you need to cultivate awareness, connection, and a deeper sense of belonging for yourself and others.
We are at a moment when we can help shape the conversation about race and systemic racism in our communities, organizations and institutions. But there is a lack of high-quality programming that applies the lessons of adult learning, healing-centered practices and an asset-based lens.
Silkstrand: Foundations of Belonging is a racial healing intensive workshop grounded in the idea that racism inflicts trauma on everyone and that racial dialogue can and should be a healing process. The program is designed to help participants understand the intersections between their own identities and oppressive systems in ways that provide a point of entry and empathy into anti-racism work.
The workshop is designed for those relatively new to the conversation who have limited access to opportunities to do this work, or to take it on through a cohort-based model. The process opens participants up to the different levels of intimacy necessary to come to these conversations in authentic, sustainable ways: mind, heart, body and soul.
“Silk” references the materials in gemstones that make them “imperfect” but also contribute to their brilliance and beauty. We must examine and embrace our complex stories in order to see and hold others’ in their fullness.
“Strand” refers to the connections and differences that exist between and within us, the threads that make up a tapestry of belonging.
Silkstrand is committed to providing individuals an opportunity to learn to sit and connect with themselves so they can more productively sit with others.
