On white people not existing…and other truths James Baldwin taught me
As a 12-generation descendent of settlers, Elizabeth Woodson explores legacies of violence and chooses repair amongst her family and those of us who believe ourselves to be white.
Beyond Virtue Signaling
Jeff Raderstrong writes about parenting white children amid the on-going legacy of slavery and racism in this county, and how up for children as models in practicing kindess, accountability, and repair.
“Our people did not assimilate into whiteness alone. Our people became white as they collectively yoked themselves to the dominant culture, and distanced themselves from those marginalized by the culture. They did this together, and so we must undo this together.”
Essay by Darcy Ottey, Shula Pesach, and members of the Re-Calling Our Ancestors Team
Meditation
Resources
Feeling Into (and out of) White Gatekeeping
by Annie Ferguson
Keeping Time and Time-Keeping: Re-Calling Our Ancestral Calendars
by Darcy Ottey, Shula Pesach, and members of the Re-Calling Our Ancestors Team
Monet Goode
Emmet Marsh
Eleanor Parks
Facilitation Guide
MOVING OUR INTERNALIZED RACISM
by Laura Stein
Practices
Feeling Into (and out of) White Gatekeeping by Annie Ferguson
