#WeToo
People of Color
Healing the Gender Wound
Gender Equity and Reconciliation International is a unique program to forge new pathways of mutual healing, respect, and creative collaboration and partnership across the gender divisions in society. Founded on principles of truth and reconciliation, the program has been developed over 26 years and implemented widely in South Africa, the United States, and other countries.
GERI workshops for People of Color (POC) allows participants to share the deep truths of our lives and communities. The #MeToo movement, which recently made huge waves in mainstream society was started in 2006 by Black activist Tarana Burke, who identified the need for an intersectional approach to transforming patriarchy
The most recent PoC GERI workshop, entitled #WeToo: People of Color Healing the Gender Wound, was held for People of Color in Seattle, WA, June 22-24, 2018.
“It was profound being in PoC space.” reflected one female participant, “Seeing brown hands on both sides of me felt good… I felt safer to bring these things up. It’s easier to open my heart to men of color knowing you have been targeted by the isms.”
“It was such a positive and transforming experience. I feel forever touched and just a sense of my whole being having the capacity to feel on a much deeper level… There are no words to describe my authentic feelings of the experience, it’s so amazingly powerful. I just know there is a shift inside of me. I am so grateful for the experience.” ~ Participant from #WeToo workshop
The next People of Color GERI workshop is scheduled for March, 2019 in Seattle, WA. More details forthcoming.
Facilitators:
Zanele Khumalo, MA is International Program Officer and senior Trainer for GERI, practitioner of contemplative Christianity and Taize, and director of GenderWorks, based in Cape Town, South Africa.
John Tsungme Guy, MA is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in Seattle, WA, and lead facilitator and training apprentice for GERI.
Karambu Ringera, PhD is a Program Coordinator and facilitator for GERI, and founding President of International Peace Initiatives, based in Kenya.
Alka Arora, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Women’s Spirituality Department at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco, and GERI facilitator.
Rev. Ladale Benson is an ordained Baptist minister based in Charlotte, NC with a social justice background, GERI facilitation trainee, and doctoral student at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI) has created safe forums for 26 years to empower men and women to jointly unravel gender and sexual conditioning without blame or shame, and reclaim mutual harmony, inspiration, and reverence between the sexes.