A Radical Soul Care Exploration

Wednesdays ~ April 14, 21, 28 & May 12 & 19, 2021

Men Ages 18+ 

What you are, the world is. Without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
J. Krishnamurti

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WHAT: Racism, Masks, and Manhood is a five-part experiential online course that invites men into awareness of and discussion on how to address internalized and systemic racism by owning the masks of whiteness.

The latest expressions of racism and white privilege revealed by both racially-biased policing and the inequities in pandemic health care have again brought to light how deeply embedded systemic racism is in our culture.

As we approach the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, and the Black Lives Matter protests, we invite you remember your feelings and to take stock of your past year and what you might have done personally to address racism (or haven’t yet).

Are you a man who is ready and willing to be an active part in the multi-generational racial healing process? Is this the time for you to commit to real change related to racial justice and much needed transformation? Are you willing to take this opportunity to explore how racism and whiteness live in you both personally and socio-economically?

If so, we invite you to join with other men in examining our whiteness and being willing to recognize that we must start with the only man you can change…. yourself.

WHEN: Classes will take place on:

• Class 1: Wednesday, April 14th @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm Mountain Time
• Class 2: Wednesday, April 21st @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm Mountain Time
• Class 3: Wednesday, April 28th @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm Mountain Time
• Class 4: Wednesday, May 12th  @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm Mountain Time
• Class 5: Wednesday, May 19th  @ 6:00pm — 8:00pm Mountain Time

WHERE: Live online via Zoom, a free video conferencing software. All classes will be recorded and available to course participants for you to watch on replay for up to 1 year. When you sign up for the course you will receive a Zoom link and pre-seminar materials that we encourage you read before we begin.

WHO: This course is for any man who identifies as white and is:

• Ready to start or continue the journey of better understanding race, racism, and whiteness and willingness to engage on these topics.
• Willing to explore the origins of whiteness within and with other men.
• Ready to own our masks of whiteness, white privilege, and the cost to our souls.
• Open to the healing that comes from opening to our shadows and projections.
• Willing to address racism internally and systemically with an open mind, heart, and soul.
• Wanting to find the motivation and support for a commitment to antiracism.

This course will be taught by MLA founder and ritual elder, Tom Daly, PhD and transformational coach, John Harrington.

WHY: As each of us does our personal soul work to understand how racism lives in us, that healing ripples out to our communities in creating a richer, diverse, and more equitable world. 

COURSE INVESTMENT: $197

Includes shared class times, materials for enhanced learning and growth between classes, and opportunities for collaboration and support for collective action.

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**Course investment options, including a free option, are listed below.**

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Perhaps the most powerful of all white privileges is that we white identified men can choose to deal with racism and the pain that division causes or not. If we don’t want to confront racism consciously we can deny, avoid, and dismiss the issue in so many ways.

What will you choose to do with that privilege? If this is the right time for you to engage in radical soul healing for yourself and our communities, please join us.

The course will be divided into two parts:

Part 1

The first part will include three sessions to find your own motivation for doing this work. We will look at the origins of whiteness and begin the process of sourcing our whiteness in our beliefs, thinking, and feeling. We will explore the masks we men wear and the shadows we project onto others. We will take a hard look at the creation of those masks of white manhood historically, psychologically, socially, and physically and why that inner work is so critical in addressing racism.

We will discern our personal biases, how, when and where these were learned, and explore both the many levels of white privilege and also its cost to our souls.

Questions we may explore as we look at how racism shows up in our inner life might include:

• What is the history of whiteness? And why does it matter?
• What is our racial identity? How does that impact our biases and projections? 
• What are our personal masks of whiteness?
• When and how do we maintain our white privilege within?
• What are the wounds of white privilege to our souls?
• Are we willing to feel the depth of our anger and grief at racial injustice?
  • If so, how can we work with those feelings in a supportive and productive way?

 We will do our best to approach this inner transformational work with the utmost compassion and creativity for ourselves and other class members.

Part 2

In the final two sessions of our class we will open to depth of our feelings around racial injustice and find ways to work with those feelings in supportive and productive ways. We will source both the risks and motivation to sustain anti-racism within our hearts, minds, and souls and find the support we need to continue this soul work for the rest of our lives.

Systemic racism impacts all levels of society including health care, education, religion, media and entertainment, travel and social mobility, agriculture, science and tech, the military, the police and legal system, jobs and virtually everything in the world of business and the economy.

Questions we want to explore with you are:

• Knowing that each of us would have to do a lot to change those dynamics, what are the risks of looking at our racism and the privileges and benefits whiteness provides?
• How can we use our white privilege financially, socially, and politically to balance the books?
  • How would that look for each of us personally?
• Where do you find the motivation and inspiration to take action?
  • How would a commitment to antiracism for the rest of your life look?
• Knowing this soul work is a very long road, what support would you need to keep deepening your antiracism work and stay on track?

We hope you choose to join in our container of collective education and exploration around racism and white privilege with compassion and courage. We feel the world needs each of us to openly look at this shadow. Our bottom line desire in offering this program is to catalyze a healing, inclusive movement of our souls for our families, our communities, and the world.

Through embodied experiential practices, soulful conversations, deep questioning and listening, powerful written resource materials, along with your inner wisdom, you will be part of the healing transformation that our world so needs. 

Course Curriculum

• This course will feature 5 x 2-hour online classes.
• The classes will happen live so that you can interact and engage with the course guides and other men.
• All classes will be recorded and available to watch on replay for 1 year.
• Journal prompts, readings, and other activities will be offered between classes to enhance your learning and growth.

Class 1: Laying Out the Territory

Wednesday, April 14th @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm Mountain Time

Class Guides: Tom Daly & John Harrington

In our first class we will address your personal motivation for exploring this topic. What is the backdrop of history that informs this course? What is the origin of Whiteness, and why does it matter when addressing racism?  

Class 2: Your Place and Role in this Landscape

Wednesday, April 21st @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm Mountain Time

Class Guides: Tom Daly & John Harrington

In our second class we will explore internalized racism. What are your masks of white manhood and racial identity? What are your biases, where were these were learned, and how do they impact your shadow projections?

Class 3: Inner Impacts of Internalized Racism

Wednesday, April 28th @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm Mountain Time

Class Guides: Tom Daly & John Harrington

In our third class we will open to our feelings of anger and sadness about racial injustice and begin to understand how racism arises in unconscious and unexpected ways and how to interrupt these patterns.

Class 4: Social Impact of White Supremacy 

Wednesday, May 12th @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm Mountain Time

Class Guides: Tom Daly & John Harrington

We will discuss the ongoing negative impacts of systemic racism on people of color and the unexamined costs to white people from supporting the status quo.

Class 5: Commitments and Actions  

Wednesday, May 19th @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm Mountain Time

Class Guides: Tom Daly & John Harrington

We will look at what will be required to create an anti-racist, equitable culture, and how to stay personally involved over the long haul.

Guides 

Tom Daly, PhD

Tom Daly, PhD, is a co-founder of The Men’s Leadership Alliance, the Inner King Training, and 4Gateways Coaching. He has led men’s support groups since the 70’s and continues his work through MLA as an elder, guide, and organizational catalyst. Tom has a passion for creating a sustainable world of diversity, justice, and creativity that works for everyone.

John Harrington

John Harrington is a Transformational Coach, NLP Master Practitioner, and MLA Holistic Leader. He has dedicated much of his life to personal growth and helping others on their own unique path. As a lifelong learner, he has immersed himself in multiple cultures and approaches to life throughout the world. This has inspired and reinforced his desire to help eliminate illogical fear, hate, ignorance, and injustice through exposure, understanding, and compassion for the human experience.

Course Investment

The investment for this course is $197.

Your investment includes:

• 5 x 2-hour classes (a $100 value per class, a $500 total value)
• Access to a private Facebook group where you can ask questions and engage with your colleagues and course guide (priceless!)
• Reflective Prompts and other guidance between classes (a $150 value)
• A 30-minute individual coaching session during the course (a $75 value)

That’s over $725 of guidance, content, and community for only $197!

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Course Investment Options