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“Loving yourself is a political act. We are taught not to love ourselves, and from that place we are easily manipulated...
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UNtraining White Liberal Racism We explore what it means to be white, bringing awareness to white conditioning and privilege that we did not choose as children, but that we can take responsibility for as adults. SF Bay Area Phase 1 Two Bay Area Phase 1 groups will start in Fall 2019. Info available soon! | People of Color UNtraining
We explore how to communicate authentically and compassionately with each other about issues of race, and how to heal the effects of trauma resulting from being the targets of racism. SF Bay Area To receive information when it is available, sign up for updates here: | Jewish and White in AmericaWe will explore together the complexities of Jewish and white identities—target and privileged—with openness, intensity, and deep respect. SF Bay Area Phase 1 |
What is unique and inspiring about the UNtraining is that we work from the inside out. We look at what's going on inside of us and how that translates into our actions. | The support and compassion that existed in the group, as modeled by the facilitators was amazing and freeing. I got an opportunity to begin a deeper journey into my relationship to white privilege and racism. | I learned to be more real and to experience and manage many different feelings and reactions simultaneously. I am much more able to stand in your shoes, whoever you are, because I learned to stand in my own. | I now know how much my freedom and the freedom of people of color are inextricably intertwined. |
It’s essential, personal work that has enabled me to facilitate conversations around racism and stereotyping with my students. | The UNtraining is nonjudgmental and non-shaming. It is safe and powerful. | This feels like important and essential work for European Americans if we are to move beyond the insidious effects of racism. |
UNtraining Articles, Blogs, Interviews
Investigating a white liberal childhood A blog by Janet Carter, UNtraining director Read the most recent post Also check out: | Social Justice - What's in it for White Men? Guest post by former UNtraining teacher Rachel Shaw on Christine Sleeter's Critical Family History blog | Shambhala Hosts the UNtraining, Sept 2016 A daylong training with UNtraining teachers Janet Carter and Charlene Leung brings together individuals in the Bay Area Shambhala community committed to unlearning their social conditioning around race Article by Bob Pressnall in The Shambhala Times | UNtraining on "Talk It Out Radio" KPFA 94.1 FM ARCHIVED: LISTEN HERE |
