A two-day in-person retreat for white professionals ready to turn anti-racist values into daily workplace practice.

Good intentions are not enough.

Many of us want to be allies, advocates, and anti-racist colleagues. But in real workplace moments, we freeze, over-explain, avoid conflict, or stay quiet because we are afraid of getting it wrong.

Allyship in Action is designed to help participants build the self-awareness, discernment, and communication skills needed to show up with more courage, humility, and consistency.

This is not a performative training. It is a structured, skill-based retreat for people who are ready to examine their conditioning, understand their impact, and practice what accountable action looks like in real workplace situations.

DAY 1: Understanding Ourself and Our Impact

Explore how our experiences, assumptions, and workplace culture influence the way we communicate, make decisions, and build relationships.

We'll explore:

• How identity and life experiences shape workplace interactions

• Common reactions to discomfort and difficult conversations

• The workplace norms that influence behavior and belonging

• How everyday actions can unintentionally cause harm

• Clarifying the values that guide your choices and leadership

DAY 2: Building Skills for Meaningful Allyship

Turn insight into action by building practical skills for navigating real workplace situations with confidence, accountability, and care.

We'll explore:

• How power and influence shape workplace relationships

• The impact of everyday decisions on trust and inclusion

• Practical ways to interrupt bias and microaggressions

• Communication tools for navigating difficult moments

• Leading with courage, humility, and consistency

This is for you if:

You want to reduce workplace harm without collapsing into shame, defensiveness, or silence.

You are a white-identifying professional in a nonprofit, social impact, education, public service, or mission-driven organization.

You care about equity but want clearer tools for what to do in real moments.

You are ready to practice, receive feedback, and become more accountable in how you show up with colleagues, teams, and communities.

DETAILS AT A GLANCE

WHEN

October 1 & 2, 2026
8:00AM - 9:00 AM (Breakfast)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

WHERE

Oakland Peace Center
111 Fairmount Avenue Oakland, CA 94611

HOSTED BY

Taima Beyah, Workthentic
Ellery Graves, Culture Shifters
In partnership with Oakland Peace Center

PRICING

Includes 2 days of breakfast, lunch, snacks and refreshments, take home materials, and some gifts for the journey.

• Community Rate Available

  • Single Tickets: $500

  • Team Bundle of 3: $1350

• Standard Pricing: $1,350

• Standard Team Bundle of 3: $3,700

Payment plans available through Klarna at checkout.

Payments through organizations are accepted by Credit Card (with additional processing fee) or Check made payable to Workthentic LLC.

If cost is a barrier, contact ellery@cultureshift.live.

Please reach out to assistance@workthentic.com if you have more than 3 people who will attend.

What You’ll Walk Away With

Increased self-awareness around racial identity, conditioning, and motivation

Clearer discernment in moments of tension, fear, or conflict

Practical language for interrupting harm and microaggressions

Stronger understanding of power, impact, and transparency at work

Tools for communicating with more care, clarity, and accountability

A more grounded way to align personal values with daily professional practice

"Ellery is amazing at what she does, and is able to hold hard conversations around race and interruption in a way that feels contained and safe."

- Training Participant

“An embodiment of antiracist culture and practice doesn't exist, and now you have to create it - not for me, but so you don't pass this infection down to your children.”

- Resmaa Menakem

"I’ve noticed that I am having lots more conversations in my personal life in different ways than I used to. There’s been a way it’s changed into what I feel for myself and / or my values which has made anti-racism conversations less debatable."

- Training Participant

MEET YOUR FACILITATORS

ELLERY GRAVES

Ellery Graves is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified Healing-Centered Coach, and trainer. She is the founder of Culture Shifters, supporting people working toward justice, healing, and collective liberation. Her work creates spaces for people to examine how identity, conditioning, and systems of oppression shape who we are, while building the self-awareness and courage to practice more liberatory ways of being with ourselves and one another.

Over the last decade, Ellery’s approach has been shaped by her work at Oakland Private Industry Council and other Oakland-based community organizations, where she supported job seekers impacted by the justice system and community violence in securing livable-wage employment or career training, and stable housing.

Centering purpose, agency, and dignity, she witnessed how transformation happens when people are supported not just in meeting goals, but in reconnecting to their power and vision for their lives. These relationships, along with her own lived experience and continued healing process continue to ground her coaching and training today.

Through healing-centered coaching, anti-racism facilitation, and staff development training, Ellery supports individuals and organizations in deepening self-awareness, strengthening relationships, and building the capacity to put their commitments to racial justice into practice. Her work includes 1-on-1 coaching, the monthly Amplifying Impact workshop series, and partnerships with community-based organizations navigating the complexities of creating more just, relational, and accountable workplace cultures.

TAIMA BEYAH

Taima Beyah champions human-centered practices built on integrity and authenticity within the professional landscape.

She is a Bay Area native with deep roots in the fight for social justice and social change, with 25 years of experience in human resources, operations, employee training, and risk management within organizations and 15 years as a consultant.

She previously served in executive positions with esteemed organizations including National Center for Youth Law, East Bay Community Law Center and Urban Montessori Charter School. Her consultancy clients have include Senior Disability Action, Centrol de la Raza, Alliance for Safety and Justice, New Door Ventures and 10,000 Degrees.

In her capacity as a consultant and coach, Taima has helped organizations and countless individuals improve operational efficiency, grow leadership skills, and cultivate a shared culture of compassion with mission alignment. She is passionate about disrupting the status quo to solve for the intersectionality of the human heart space and the inherent oppression in American capitalism.

Taima balances her work life with cooking, coaching volleyball, and traveling with her family.

Move From Awareness to Accountable Action

This retreat is for people who know awareness matters, but also know awareness alone does not change culture.

If you are ready to practice the skills of allyship, reduce harm in your workplace, and build greater trust with the people around you, join us for Allyship in Action.

Connect with Us

510-575-9992

ellery@cultureshift.live

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