Awakening to the Delusion of Whiteness Sign up Deadline

Date: January 15, 2025

Time: December 15, 2024 - June 22, 2025

Location: Online

Contact: adw.zco@gmail.com

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Awakening to the Delusion of Whiteness Sign up Deadline

January 15, 2025

December 15, 2024 - June 22, 2025

Awakening to the Delusion of Whiteness is an affinity group that helps white people navigate an exploration of the elements that have contributed to the often unconscious identity as “white.” We explore in this way with an understanding that our own liberation/awakening is intimately bound to one another.

Participants in the ADW affinity group will learn about whiteness, privilege, and racism as well as turn inward to engage in deeply reflective spiritual practice.

The course is guided by volunteers who are practicing members of the Zen Community of Oregon as well as graduates of Awakening to the Delusion of Whiteness.

WHEN AND WHERE?

The course will be held monthly on Sundays, via Zoom. Sessions are 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific time. The complete schedule is as follows (all times are Pacific time zone):

  • January 26, 2025, 2 PM – 4 PM, Pacific Time
  • February 23, 2 PM – 4 PM
  • March 23, 2 PM – 4 PM
  • April 27, 2 PM – 4 PM
  • May 18, 2 PM – 4 PM
  • June 22, 2 PM – 4 PM

HOW DO I SIGN UP?

If you were unable to attend the required orientation on Dec. 15, you can find a recording AT THIS LINK — passcode iX95wB&p

To sign up for the full six-month group, CLICK THIS LINK. The deadline to sign up is end of day on Jan. 15, 2025.

If you have questions about the course, please email the facilitators at adw.zco@gmail.com.

“White people need to see race and understand themselves as racial beings with roots and a collective history of power and privilege. In a racial affinity group, white people can discover together their group identity and discern its privileges and impact without the aid of and dependence on people of color. Together, whites cultivate racial solidarity and compassion for themselves and support each other in sitting with the discomfort, confusion, and numbness that often accompanies racial awakening.” — Ruth King