the liberation is possible project
with Bari Katz & Tanya Williams
30 days of liberation exploration
Do you believe it is possible?
Liberation, that is?
A collective, individual, and internal liberation...
Have you ever considered that possibility?
And have you considered it as a way to challenge white supremacy and other forms of oppression?
We're talking a deep, expansive, aware, active, and relational liberation. A liberation that is more than a word but rather a way of being. A liberation that is not FOR anyone else, but that is for yourself in relationship and community with others. A recognition and a living example of the beautiful quote by Aboriginal Australian activist and artist,
"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together."
— Lilla Watson —
what is possible from that kind of liberation?
We, Bari and Tanya, have been intentionally focused on that kind of liberation in our work, our lives and our thinking and we wanted to give you the opportunity to experience an asynchronous project that you can revisit as often as you would like. Through the work of Dr. Barbara Love, in her article Developing a Liberatory Consciousness, we know:
“We have been socialized into roles of dominant and subordinate (in a system of oppression). One result is that our vision of possibilities for change is limited by our confinement in the roles to which we have been assigned.”
— Dr. Barbara Love —
As Dr. Love states in the quote above, our vision for liberation and therefore, change, is limited to the ways in which we conform or inhabit the roles that we have been socialized into - and our ability and willingness to challenge those roles through our awareness, analysis and commitment to action.
She clearly articulates the importance of establishing an individual and collective commitment to challenging our oppressive conditioning, aligning to disciplined and consistent beliefs and actions that move us toward a liberated future. We believe there are many ways to challenge our oppressive consciousness and conditioning - and we want to use this month to do it by focusing on liberation.
The Course At A Glance
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connection
Join the quarterly zoom community calls and sessions and get ready to share your reflections on what you're learning and the ways that you are living into your own and others liberation. We'll invite you to share your thinking, videos and inspirations with each other - in liberatory ways. It will be a way to notice where your oppression conditioning might be showing up, and receive support to challenge it.
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exploration
You can work through an informative course at your own pace. The ecourse is available for free with the Thinkific app and includes a workbook with reflections from Bari and Tanya, actions, assignments, and inspirations, videos, and an online community that you can be a part of to accompany you along your journey. You'll learn more about our own understanding of liberation and how we "go after it" in our own daily lives.
interested in participating?
Just click the button below and you will be taken to the course page on Thinkific. Follow these instructions to participate:
meet your facilitators
After a fascinating beginning to their relationship, Bari Katz and Tanya Williams have developed a relationship over the years deeply rooted in their shared beliefs and values around social justice and liberation. As a design and facilitation team, we have worked with a number of outstanding organizations to disrupt the nature of white supremacist patterns and culture.
Bari and Tanya have a strong connection as two people who believe deeply that a more socially just world is possible, and are committed both personally and professionally to creating spaces that invite others to imagine and work toward that possibility.
Go After Your Liberation. And Go Hard.
Interested in the Project?
liberation is possible
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liberation is possible
Subscribe to the community and receive the Liberation is Possible eCourse Free!
Thank you! Your email will be added to the Authentic Coaching and Consulting's email list. An email with instructions on how to access the Liberation is Possible Course and a hello from us is on its way!