Cohort for Women of Color Working in Predominantly White Institutions
This is a space for women of color navigating the exhausting reality of predominantly white institutions. This space is for people who care about Jesus and justice, are finding the dynamics of their organization exhausting, gas lighting, and a bit confusing to navigate.
Cohort Details
When will we meet?
The Cohort meets on Wednesday evenings starting January 19th and running until March 9th. We will meet over zoom at 6-7:45 p.m. Pacific Time. You must be able to attend all the sessions in order to be a part of cohort.
How much is it?
$500
Scholarships are available. Don’t let money be a limiting factor. Finances never determine if someone is accepted into a cohort.
Who is this cohort for?
This is a space for Women of Color and non-binary folks navigating the exhausting reality of predominantly white institutions. This space is for people who care about Jesus and justice, and are finding the dynamics of their organization exhausting, gas lighting, and a bit confusing to navigate.
This is probably not for you if you want strategies for how to be succeed in white spaces. That’s not the priority of this group.
What will we do in this cohort?
Build community so you don't feel alone. You will be surrounded by other WoC and folks who BELIEVE you
Talk about how whiteness works and discuss strategies for navigating the trauma of institutional whiteness. Space to do our internal work so that we aren't guided by internalized white supremacy
Explore theology and unpack the ways that colonized white and patriarchal theologies have told to us to always sacrifice ourselves and our well being.
Workshop specific situations- DEI committees, managing up, choosing to do less, white women dynamics, and whatever other situations you are navigating.
The Facilitator
Erna Kim Hackett
Erna Kim Hackett is a preacher, trainer, public theologian, and founder of Liberated Together. She is passionate about helping women get free from the trauma of white heteropatriarchal Christianity and begin to move in embodied and integrated leadership.
Drawing from her experiences with the Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies, Black liberation theology, and the Korean immigrant church she seeks to build radical solidarities without erasing the unique experience of each community.
Erna worked with college students for 15 years, focussing on Black Campus ministries and Justice Programs. She served as Executive Pastor at The Way Berkeley, and is currently focussed on creating liberative learning communities for WOC/ Queer WOC.