Time: 1.5  (for small groups only <10 participants) to 3 hours

Healthy boundaries are a pillar of creating a culture of consent and sustaining equitable relationships in our lives. In a society that thrives on exploitation and values production over people, we are not socialized to think about boundaries at all. How do these conditions set the tone for how we show up in our relationships at home, with ourselves, at work or otherwise? In this workshop, we’ll be exploring what it looks like to both honor our limits and honor each other. How do we engage in boundary-setting and maintenance? What histories are at the root of our boundary setting-styles & how do they inform our relationship to self & others? The conversations we have will take into account power dynamics and cultural context, including but not limited to how our boundary-setting styles are influenced by family, social norms and society at large. When we are clear about our boundaries, it lays the foundation for mutual trust, care and accountability in our relationships - all necessary components of sustainable communities.

Centered Accountability

Time: 1.5 to 3 hours

Workshop Description:

This workshop builds off of the Liberating our Boundaries content, highlighting that our relationship to boundaries and our relationship to accountability go hand-in-hand. Being trustworthy to know, name and respect our limits also allows us to take ownership over what is ours to hold. This workshop gives us space to offer a shared definition of accountability and how it differs from punishment. We also explore proactive self-accountability, shame as a barrier to accountability and tangible and specific steps we can take toward accountability when harm has been done. 

Centered Accountability 2.0 Restorative Practices

Time: 1.5 to 2.5 hours

Workshop Description:

What does an accountability process look like in practice? In part 2 of this accountability series, we explore the differences between punitive and restorative frameworks as well as trauma-informed approaches to accountability. This workshop takes a deeper look at what pathways to repair after rupture could look like and offers participants an opportunity to reflect upon the approaches their organization uses to address sites of tension in the workplace. This workshop allows participants to think beyond their personal accountability in situations of conflict or harm and creates space to explore organizational and systematic approaches to accountability before and after harm occurs.

Time: 3 hours

Workshop Description:

Power dynamics are present in all of our personal and professional relationships whether we acknowledge them or not. This workshop offers space to create a shared understanding of what power is, how it shows up in our relationships, and how it can be wielded responsibly in support of collective power. This workshop aims to increase participants' power literacy by exploring power dynamics based on race, other identities, and positionality (i.e. role in organization). There will be space for participants to reflect on their own identities and relationship to power. We will offer frameworks that highlight different ways, both empowering and harmful, that power can be used as well as explore power struggles and how to get out of them. Lastly, we will explore connecting to the inherent power we each hold and how we can come together to build collective power.

Time: 3 hours

Workshop Description:

Conflict is a natural and healthy part of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and group dynamics. In a culture that is conflict avoidant and quick to dispose of people, this workshop offers frameworks to understand what conflict is and how it can be an opportunity to turn toward one another in order to strengthen our relationships and work. Participants will be given the space to reflect on how they have been socialized to think about and respond to conflict as well as how previous experiences with conflict impact how we show up now. We will explore what happens in our minds and bodies when conflict is present and offer somatic tools for how we can identify and tend to our needs when navigating difficult situations. This workshop also presents tools for groups to move through conflict with one another in ways that are generativ

Time: 3 hours

Workshop Description:

We each have a role to play in creating a more just world. In this workshop we create space for participants to get clear on what their values are, how their values guide their work, and where the group or organization shares values. We then explore the different ways individuals and groups can plug into values-based social change work by using the Building Movement Project’s Social Change Ecosystem Map created by Deepa Iyer. Through interactive activities we will explore the different roles offered in this model and what these roles look like in practice by looking at real life examples. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their relationship to the roles based on their socialization, values, skills, fears, and passions.