Well, this one was an interesting one—for us at least. We decided to talk about organizational culture, and it was the first time that we recorded while being in the same room together.
At some point along the way—really, during the listening sessions we decided to use to get the ball rolling—the whole thing pivoted.
We found ourselves slowing down and diving into topics such as:
How do the Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture live within us? And how is that getting in the way?
How much is my/our attraction to holding spaces around anti-racism related to white supremacy and patriarchy living within me/us?
What are the ways that this can impact our roles, and actually keep white supremacy alive?
And we slow down to look at how easy it is to make this an individual story, rather than recognizing how the culture is working on us.
There’s a lot there. So, we have a request of the listener:
If this was a 40+ minutes session between the two of us, what would your reflections be?
We’d love to hear from you.
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Links for things mentioned in this episode:
DoP Ep. 3 on Sessioning - In this episode we dive into the practice of ‘Reflective Listening’ that we learned from our teachers at Holistic Resistance. Think of this as a primer for the whole of this current episode.
The star model by Jay Galbraith - a framework that we use, and many in Organization Development use
Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture - updated white paper by Tema Okun, rooted in the works she did with her late-colleague Kenneth Jones, among others. A must read for anyone in anti-racism work.
Resmaa Menakem - Black-bodied trauma therapist and Somatic Abolusion educator
The Politics of Trauma, by Stacy Haines - An essential tool for healers, therapists, activists, and trauma survivors who are interested in a justice-centered approach to somatic transformation
Connection Works Learning Together sessions - Our weekly free one-hour learning sessions. We dive into different topics each week. More interactive than your typical webinar.
DoP Ep. 10 with Aaron Johnson - A great conversation between Greg and Aaron
Disrupting our Practice Community on LI - join us on LInkedIn as we explore the topics discussed here on the podcast.
This episode was recorded on January 9th, 2023
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