1.      Wrestling with Whiteness the original training: 

New Dates: September 28; October 12 and 26; and November 9 and 22

Wednesdays 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT) / 6:00pm-8:00pm (ET)

This course is designed as a “201” space for people who have already made a commitment to exploring racial justice and want to take a deep dive in skill building and utilizing Ignatian spirituality to explore their relationship to implicit bias, white supremacy culture, and whiteness.  It is not an appropriate intro to racial justice work.   More info and registration here.

Train the Trainer for Wrestling with Whiteness: If you’ve been wondering about leading Wrestling with Whiteness in your community, or thinking about adapting it to be more appropriate to your context (yes you can use the materials and change the name but we should talk about it) this is for you!  We will be holding online sessions this summer and fall for people who have taken the course or are taking it to think about the stories you would use to facilitate it, and how you might want to adapt it for your context.  Sign up to express your interest here and we’ll work to find a time that works.

Program Outcomes: 

In this training series we will seek to create a shared understanding of white supremacy culture, reflect on how it lives in us and shapes our lives, and utilize the gifts of Ignatian spirituality to prayerfully consider how we free ourselves to think and act outside of the dictates of white dominant culture.  Participants will learn to articulate their own story of whiteness, opportunity and privilege and analyze how their work is impacted by implicit bias and white supremacy.  Participants will get equipped with tactics of resistance to train, organize and move other white people in the work of dismantling white supremacy.  

Program History and Facilitation:  

The training is based on a curriculum developed by Faith in Action, a Jesuit founded multi-racial multi-religious grassroots faith-based organizing network working across the US on racial and economic justice.  It was created by white-identifying organizers in Faith in Action who wanted to take responsibility for organizing themselves and their volunteer leaders to wrestle with white supremacy culture and implicit bias.  Over the course of a year, they consulted with clergy, organizers and trainers of color across the nation to develop this four part online curriculum.  We are adapting the curriculum to utilize Ignatian spirituality as a key method for helping us discern our relationship to whiteness and our call as white folks.  

The sessions will be led by Annie Fox, the Jesuits West Provincial Assistant for Social Ministry Organizing.