This Month's Amplifying Impact:
Practicing the Art of Calling In
How do we interrupt harm without losing connection? Drawing from Loretta Ross’s work on Calling In, this month’s Practice Lab explores how we can move beyond simply knowing what we want to say and build our capacity to stay present and grounded when tension rises. We’ll deepen our somatic awareness, noticing the reactions and patterns that emerge in charged moments, and practice using that awareness to create greater choice in how we respond. Through reflection and real-time practice with one another, we’ll explore what it means to call ourselves in first, interrupt harm with clarity and connection, and strengthen the muscle to respond from our intentions rather than our strongest reactions.
This isn’t about finding the perfect words...it’s about building the capacity to navigate difficult moments with greater discernment, choice, and connection.
Come ready to experiment, reflect, make mistakes, and learn alongside one another.
We’d love to have you with us.
-Ellery & Kat
Why White Folks?
Because when it comes to racism, we know that white people have the most unlearning to do. Even those of us who care deeply about justice have been shaped by whiteness in ways that can show up as inner resistance, avoidance, individualism, perfectionism, fear of getting it wrong, or never being good enough "allies".
These patterns can make it harder to take the bold action this work requires.
They can also block us from holding accountability, building strong multiracial community, or staying in the work when it becomes challenging or comes with risk.
We come together as white people to learn, listen, and practice in relationship. Together, we unearth what we’ve internalized, build our capacity to embody anti-racism - not just talk about it - and support one another in becoming more healed, more grounded partners in the lifelong work for racial justice.
Past Gatherings
We meet once every other month, build community, practice deep truth telling, and healing centered growth from the inside out so we can be the courageous and accountable changemakers we are here to be.
2025 in Review
In 2025 we had:
9 Gatherings
Topics included Moving Money Towards Repair, Courageous Conversations, Engaging in the Political Moment, Dismantling white supremacy Culture from Within, Unlearning white supremacy Culture in Institutions and Relationships, Reshaping Systems & Stepping Deeper into our Role in Collective Liberation, Transforming Ourselves to Transform Our Environment, and Roots Deeper than Whiteness.
5 Guest Speakers
Including David Dean, Mollie Critterden, Elizabeth Woodson, Anna Blackshaw, and Jesse Mass.
12 Returners who came 2 or more times
6 who came to 5 or more sessions
26 unique attendees
$1,151.25 total money raised
Organizations contributed to include Love & Justice in the Streets, Homefullness/POOR Magazine, Trabajadores Unidos/Workers United, Street Level Health Project, and Roots Deeper than Whiteness Book Fundraiser.
Connect with Us
510-575-9992
ellery@cultureshift.live
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