This in-person, interactive course will build your capacity, embodiment and understanding of yourself inside of liberation movements in the US at this time. Participants will explore the role our bodies, the land, and our lineage(s) play in building a different future and world. Courses typically infuse a combination of neuroscience, physical movement, song, connection to nature as well as practical and theoretical grounding materials into a unique curriculum customized for organizers, coaches, healers and more.
In this session, we focus on foundational practices and concepts as well as relationship building between participants.
One-day courses are a great opportunity to gauge your interest in going deeper into more intensive courses.
One-day courses may include introductions to some of the following:
Deepening your embodied awareness, practice, and learnings from the body up
Bringing your body into action in your work and life
Creating communities of practice that will support you to keep exploring, letting your body reveal more depth, and unearthing your longings
Deepening and building your commitment to racial justice and understanding and confronting racial capitalism
No prior somatics experience is needed. Typical course size is 15-30 people.
As a part of an ongoing commitment to resourcing Black embodiment and organizing, we've redistributed $50,000 to Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD) each year for the past four years and are now also supporting local Black and Indigenous organizing anywhere we hold trainings.
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Dara Silverman is an embodiment teacher and social change consultant whose work is based on their 25 plus years of community experience in environmental, social, and racial justice movements, 35 years of facilitation practice, and embodiment training at the Strozzi Institute and generative somatics.
Dara will be assisted by nicole bauman, Lucy Waechter Webb and Tess Waechter Smith.
Nicole Bauman is a white midwest-based queer parent steeped in the sacred work of facilitation, conflict resilience, somatics and ritual. They see building embodied resistance and resiliency as an essential part of living into the world to come, and are passionate about creating space where personal and collective healing and liberation feel possible, and are rooted in connection to the body, each other, and the land.
Lucy Waechter Webb (she/her) is a somatics coach, politicized spiritual leader, mom, land-tender, ritualist, writer and organizer. She works at the intersections of spirit, embodiment and justice to support the emergence of our collective liberation.
Tess Waechter Smith (she/her) is a queer, white, earthly Taurean being and a mother. She is a politicized Somatics coach who has been enchanted with the body since I was a kid, and has had many practice grounds including dance, singing, sports, racial justice organizing, parenting and so much more.
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This course is offered on a sliding scale. The true cost per participant is $150.
Sustainer Rate - $250+: for those who have generational or inherited wealth.
Supporter Rate - $200: for those comfortably paying their rent or mortgage and those being sponsored by an organization with sufficient budget.
Grounded Rate - $150: for those who have a regular income and are paying their mortgage or rent.
Equity Rate - $100: for those who are challenged to make ends meet. Payment plans and limited scholarships are available. Please reach out to programs@embodyingracialjustice.org to talk about your options.
This infographic includes more about the sliding scale tiers for your consideration.
All of this only works if everyone pays at the level they are able - not at a level lower than what they can pay. Together we can create financial balance when we each pay in alignment with our abilities.
Your registration fee pays facilitators a living wage, allows us to redistribute funds to local Black and Indigenous groups as well as Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity, and includes paying the ERJ Practice Manager for organizing and administrative fees associated with the course.
Donations and sponsorships to offset the course cost for other registrants are always welcome.