Interactive Session – Unlearning Whiteness and Turning Toward the Joy of Greater Belonging
This workshop will offer a space for white-identifying participants of all ages to explore how to move past the amnesia and denial of “whiteness” by connecting with the best traditions of our ancestors and seeking to create a balanced, life-sustaining culture beyond the unearned privileges we have inherited. Somatic awareness techniques, storytelling dyads, ritual “composting,” and supportive group-sharing to encourage accountability will all be incorporated into this nuanced and compassionate community space. With: Hilary Giovale, community organizer, author of Becoming a Good Relative: Calling White Settlers toward Truth, Healing, and Repair; Darcy Ottey, co-founder/former Co-Director of Youth Passageways; Shay Sloan Clarke, longtime activist, and currently Executive Director of the Global Center for Indigenous Leadership & Lifeways and Nourishing Futures; Lauren Gucik, facilitator, event producer, and food justice organizer.
March 28th | 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Panelists
Hilary Giovale
Author, Community Organizer, Speaker and Facilitator
Hilary Giovale, a community organizer, speaker, facilitator and self-described ninth-generation American settler, seeks to follow Indigenous and Black leadership in support of human rights, environmental justice and equitable futures. As an active “reparationist,” she seeks to divest from “whiteness” and to bridge divides with truth, healing, apology, and forgiveness. She is the author of the award-winning book Becoming a Good Relative: Calling White Settlers toward Truth, Healing, and Repair.
Lauren Gucik
Facilitator, Educator, and Activist
Lauren Gucik is a facilitator, event coordinator, educator, and food sovereignty and social justice activist dedicated to weaving connections between people, land, and ancestral wisdom and designing experiences that nourish joy, deepen reflection, and cultivate liberation.
Darcy Ottey
Facilitator and Network Builder
Darcy Ottey is a “cultural practitioner,” facilitator, network builder, and co-founder and former Co-Director of Youth Passageways, an intergenerational and cross-cultural network supporting the regeneration of healthy passages into mature adulthood for today’s youth. Darcy’s work focuses on: supporting white people and others with privilege in dismantling systems of oppression internally and externally; building resilient networks of relationships across lines of difference; and building community capacity for meaningful acts of redistribution, reparations, and “rematriation” with people in the global majority.
Shay Sloan Clarke
