Equity Workshops and Resources
Finding Freedom Workshop:
White Women and Gender Expansive People Taking on Our Own White Supremacy
Tuesdays, October 15-November 19 (skip Election Day), 4-6:30pm EST
** This online 5-part workshop is open to white female, trans and genderqueer folks brought together
Maine Environmental Education Association and Momentum Conservation.**
Cost is sliding scale starting at $50
How does internalized white supremacy in my body, emotions, spirit and relationships keep me from bringing my full self to ending structural racism?
Finding Freedom in Maine 2024 with facilitators Dani Wilson and Susannah Bartlow is a workshop that aims to deepen our individual and collective understanding of how we as white women** are complicit with white supremacy, how we can make changes to live more deeply and consistently into our racial justice commitments, and how we can move ourselves and other people in our networks to join the fight for racial, economic and gender justice right now.
**All women and gender expansive, nonbinary and trans workshop participants, as well as mixed-race and white-presenting people of color, who are interested in exploring their personal intersections of white womanhood and white supremacy are welcome to join us. The categories of “white” or “woman” might not be exactly how you define yourself, and many workshop participants who also don't fit those labels neatly have gotten so much out of this space.
Resources
Crowd-Sourced Resources on Equity
These resources are compiled from our Beyond Statements Equity Calls, contributions from our audiences, and other recommended sources. Access them here or in our resource library
Individual Learning Journey
A curated list of resources around key themes for individuals to explore in their equity journies
Beyond Statements Equity Calls
MEEA has hosted our Beyond Statements Equity Calls for three years, with the first happening back in June of 2020. We created these to share our resources, our journey, and provide space for connection, and to support participants in growing in their own practices and push their organizations to actualize change in their practices and policies. Over these years, hundreds of folks came to the calls, along with a few folks who have been with us the entire way.
We brought these calls in when we felt like they were needed to help bridge the gap in education around DEIJ in the environmental education and conservation sector in Maine. In August of 2023, we decided to close out these calls to continue on our own journey and invest more time and resources into furthering our organizational practices and internal processes. We’ve enjoyed getting to know so many of you, appreciate your care, curiosity and vulnerability and cherish the time we’ve spent together. We are excited to stay connected with you in different ways in the future.
What were the Beyond Statements Equity Calls?
The Beyond Statements Calls are hosted for individuals and organizations to practice and learn new ways of being in relationship with each other and their organizations. This work is focused on creating new norms in the pursuit of thriving and connected communities and cultures. Beyond Statements Calls are more than DEIJ “work” and instead take a more holistic approach to systems change.
What did they cover?
These calls featured some topics like building your own Ways of Being, Social Identity Mapping, Consensus Processes, and more, as well as revisiting some past topics related to culture building, equity, and shared leadership.