cpsylist: Fwd: Forward along? NEW Me and White Supremacy learning group (FREE)

Thu Nov 10 10:49:03 PST 2022

Hi everyone,

Please see info below for an opportunity to join a local learning group focused on Layla F. Saad’s book “Me and White Supremacy.”

Best,
Mary
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Mary Marchetti, M.S. (she/her)
Counseling Psychology Doctoral Candidate
College of Education Academic Advisor
University of Oregon
mmarchet at uoregon.edu<mailto:mmarchet at uoregon.edu>

I support all students regardless of immigration status or country of origin. For more information and resources please visit the Dreamers page<https://blogs.uoregon.edu/dreamers/> and the Immigration FAQs page<https://international.uoregon.edu/immigration_faq>. Remember, when interacting with faculty, staff, and offices around campus you are never required to reveal your status.

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From: Mary Marchetti <mmarchet at uoregon.edu<mailto:mmarchet at uoregon.edu>>
Subject: Fwd: Forward along? NEW Me and White Supremacy learning group (FREE)
Date: November 9, 2022 at 9:37:31 PM PST
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Hi all,

Sending along this “Me and White Supremacy” book group opportunity. Sending everyone positive week 7 energy, too.

Best,
Mary
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Mary Marchetti, M.S. (she/her)
Counseling Psychology Doctoral Candidate
College of Education Academic Advisor
University of Oregon
mmarchet at uoregon.edu<mailto:mmarchet at uoregon.edu>

I support all students regardless of immigration status or country of origin. For more information and resources please visit the Dreamers page<https://blogs.uoregon.edu/dreamers/> and the Immigration FAQs page<https://international.uoregon.edu/immigration_faq>. Remember, when interacting with faculty, staff, and offices around campus you are never required to reveal your status.

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From: Robin Quirke <robinquirke at gmail.com<mailto:robinquirke at gmail.com>>
Subject: Forward along? NEW Me and White Supremacy learning group (FREE)
Date: November 7, 2022 at 12:14:26 PM PST
To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Hi! If you know any white-bodied folks who you see as being hungry to work on unpacking their internalized white supremacy within a supportive community space, will you please consider passing this email along to them? I still have 8 open spots, it's life-changing work, and it's free! Many thanks! 🙏❤

"Me and White Supremacy" learning group opportunity

After months of stepping back and taking some much needed quiet and reflection time, I have received several emails lately from people asking about any upcoming "Me and White Supremacy" book groups. It seems the time is ripe to dive back into this work. It is the season of shedding, and I can't think of a better thing to chip away at than the shedding of internalized white supremacy!

--> This book group is for white-bodied folks, and if you are not white-bodied, I am sharing this with you in case you want to pass it along to white folks you know who might hunger for this kind of work. Many thanks!

If you know me, you know I am very enthusiastic about this interactive book! For me and countless other white-bodied folks (see note from author at end of email on being mixed race while holding white privilege), this book is a life-changer because it invites us into a place of personal accountability, humility, and authenticity. See the details below, and feel free to forward this along to trusted folks in your circle of acquaintances.

Background:

The interactive book "Me and White Supremacy" was written by Layla F. Saad, a Black woman, to provide white-bodied people a reflective guide on how internalized white supremacy (dominant white culture) affects their thoughts and behaviors. Here<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2WdHR0dl64&feature=emb_logo> is one of Layla's video introductions to the book content (you will hear her reference it as an Instagram challenge, which it was at that time-- and now it's a book).

It is designed to be a 28-day challenge, with 28 journal prompt themes for each of those days. In my experience facilitating these groups for six seasons now, that pace is difficult to sustain if participants are digging deeply into the material (and needing to juggle work, kids, etc.). I have tried different patterns of engagement, and have found the most natural rhythm seems to be a 9 to 10-week pattern, outlined here<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oLWKC091_PK4gXt2qF7c3iVzGpOnoqKnCH1FCEFsL4g/edit?usp=sharing>.

Details:

WHEN

  *   Wednesdays 5:30-7pm (Pacific time; I am in Oregon)
  *   This is a 9-week course, and we will meet November 16, 23, 30, December 7, 14, BREAK, January 4, 11, 18, and 25
  *   Participants need to be available for at least 7 of the 9 gatherings, and be present for the first group
  *   There is approximately 30-60 min of at-home journaling each week

WHERE

  *   Group will meet via Zoom (this allows for people with chronic pain to attend, as well as those who live outside the Eugene/Springfield area)

COST

  *   Free, except for the cost of the book

SPACE/APPLICATION

  *   This group will be limited to twelve participants (if there is enough interest, I will do more groups after this one ends)
  *   You can fill out the application form here<https://forms.gle/6fdB8T9hrsABkHqC9>

💓 In community,

Robin

P.S. Consider checking out my podcast, Cracks in the Cement<https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/C03Dy39lAub>! :)

From Me and White Supremacy, in Layla Saad’s (the author) words: Important Note for biracial, mixed race and people of colour who hold white privilege: This workbook is for you too, however your experience of doing this work will be very different to the experiences of white people who are not biracial, mixed race or people of colour. While you may receive the so-called “benefits” of white privilege, that does not mean you have had the same experiences as a white person. You might have white parent(s) or other ancestors. Or you may not be white at all, but instead be a person of colour who is very light-skinned, white passing or white adjacent. Your white privilege does not erase your other identities. And so while it is important for you to do the work to address your internalised white supremacy, you may need to adjust the questions to more appropriately fit your experiences as a person who holds white privilege, but is not white.

It is also important to know that this work will also bring up some challenging feelings around your internalised oppression against yourself, your family members, your marginalised identities, and about how you have also been oppressed by a system that only benefits you to the extent that you are able to ‘present’ or ‘pass’ as white, and be anti-black.

This work will likely bring up many conflicting emotions including shame, confusion, fear, anger, remorse, grief, and anxiety. This work may bring up dynamics that have caused you or others harm in your family relationships, your friendships, your romantic relationships or work relationships. Please prioritise your self-care as you move through this work. Do not use it as an excuse to not do the work in a substantial way, but at the same time honour yourself and the different feelings that show up around your identities. Do not use this work as a stick to beat yourself with. But rather, use it to interrogate your complicity within a system of privilege that is only designed to benefit you to the extent that you can conform to the rules of whiteness.

Note from Robin: This work can also be layered and complicated for white-bodied people who are Jewish. If you are Jewish, I will help connect you with a support person since I am not Jewish.

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Robin Quirke (they/them)
Rise Up Rooted<http://riseup-rooted.com/>
info at riseup-rooted.com<mailto:info at riseup-rooted.com>
robinquirke at gmail.com<mailto:robinquire at gmail.com>
541-510-9783

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