If we define community as a place where no one feels the need to leave a part of themselves at the door, then our communities need to be safe places where everyone thrives.

Join us for a new monthly workshop series focused on going deep with Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI).

Each month The Sum’s Elliott Butler-Cisneros will probe challenging community questions, models, and tools for internal exploration and external support. Topics will include: identity, solidarity across differences, power and privilege, white fragility, cross-cultural communication, solidarity protocols, gender and sexual orientation, race, and socioeconomic power.

**Note that each workshop is offered as a stand-alone presentation. While we hope you’ll consider joining us for the entire series, you will gain a great deal from each one even if you can’t attend them all.

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We’re continuing this series by diving into personal identity and why it matters.

We can’t live in solidarity with others if we are not aware of how we fail to live in solidarity with ourselves.

In this session, we’ll do the personal work of exploring our identities: from group membership (racial, cultural, religious, gender, sexual orientation, disability, class) to personal history (personality, intelligences, roles). Including:

• Looking at the intersectionality of our identities
• Examining our “internal systems” of governance
  • Who has power and who does not? Who is welcome and who is not?
• And gathering our learnings to strengthen our vision and sense of purpose – in solidarity

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