Training Course

Belonging Together: A Facilitation Training Course for Space Holders

Communication & Facilitation Professional Development

Immersive unlearning and relearning course to evolve facilitation skills for trauma informed equitable communication, inclusion of diverse perspectives and voices, and building cultural conditions for belonging. Embody and integrate circle facilitation practices for dialogue where power is shared, whole selves are valued, and listening is centered in the heart.

This 6-week online course will support you to:

Build skills for relationship centered and emergent meeting planning.
Create spacious flow in conversations to support trust building.
Deepen awareness and navigate nuance around language.
Develop a practice of working with embodied somatic practices in facilitation.
Navigate how to manage conflict resolution, repair, and restorative practices.
Practice trauma-informed and communal care facilitation techniques together.
Recognize shadow projections and engage multiple intelligences to support your experience.

The Belonging Together Facilitation Training Course is offered online and includes a mix of presented content, resource sharing and reflection, cultural/group somatics, and practicing together in a generative and supportive space.

Experience belonging together in facilitation community with people working towards humanity’s evolution and build skills to ripple transformative ways of holding space into your work.

If the dates do not work for you, this training course can be customized for groups and teams (online or in person). Please send a message to inquire.

LOCATION

Zoom
Link sent upon registration

DATES

Thursdays
October 16
October 23
October 30
November 6
November 13
November 20

TIME

1:00-3:30 pm EST

Meet the Trainer

Rae Carter (she/ki) is a communication facilitator and curator of EmpowR Transformation, an associate with The Creative Discourse Group, and herbalist and Earth tender at Grandmother Cherry Sanctuary. Rae weaves embodied antiracist culture building, gender affirming values, experiential and nature-based learning, trauma-informed practices, holistic healing, and animist spirituality into capacity building work to shift limited perspectives, disrupt dominant patterns, navigate conflict, reimagine communication, and bridge micro and macro behavior change for transformative justice.

This course is informed by Rae’s practice and study with The Circle Way, Rockwood Leadership Institute, Education for Racial Equity, Center for Transformation & Change, adrienne maree brown, Divorcing White Supremacy Culture; client work with EmpowR Transformation and The Creative Discourse Group; a 20+ year career in communications including owning a grassroots public relations business and serving as communications director at the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund/Vermont Farm to Plate Network; and many years working to cocreate coalition among community organizers, organizational change agents, holistic healing practitioners, and spiritual space holders.

Details

Session Design

Sessions are every Thursday from 1:00-3:30 pm beginning October 16. Resources will be provided relevant to each session. Sessions are designed around these content themes:

Circle process background and techniques (October 16)
Meeting and conversation design (October 23)
Inclusive engagement and generative conflict (October 30)
Group energetics, emotional agility & nervous system regulation (November 6)
Language changes and responsiveness to the current landscape (November 13)
Resilience in supremacy culture to remain steadfast in cultivating belonging for collective liberation (November 20)

Course Zoom Norms
Please arrive on time. You are welcome to eat food and show up without performance or perfection. This is an experiential learning course so live engagement with other participants is part of the course. Sessions will be recorded and will not include break out sessions or small group conversations to respect confidentiality. Aspects of the experiential learning will be missed if not attending the course live.

Accessibility
Please send a message with any accessibility requests or questions so all attempts can be made to meet your needs.

Zoom link and additional information will be emailed upon registration.

Reciprocity

Tier 1 – $225
Paying for yourself/Soloprenuer with the following conditions:
~ I stress about expenses to meet all of my basic needs
~ I am underemployed or do not have much expendable income
~ I may not have stable housing and it can be challenging to find support from family and friends
If Tier 1 is still unaccessible, please send a message to receive support from the EmpowR Equity Fund.

Tier 2 – $300
Employer is paying and is a Small Business or Nonprofit with under 10 employees
Paying for yourself/Soloprenuer with the following conditions:
~ I am employed or have regular work to meet my basic needs
~ I am able to eat out and buy tickets to events and activities
~ I have some debt, but it does not prohibit basic needs
~ I may have access to financial savings or family to help me when times are tough

Tier 3 – $375
Employer is paying and is a business, nonprofit, or educational institution with over 10 employees
Paying for yourself/Soloprenuer with the following conditions:
~ I earn enough to meet my needs and contribute to savings or retirement
~ I own or rent a middle to upper income home; I can afford an annual vacation
~ I would like to act in solidarity and with people who may not have the same income advantages as I have
(Tips welcome to support the EmpowR Equity Fund)

Send a message to pay half up front and half later.

If you cannot participate at the time offered and would like to schedule a course offering
for members of your organization or group,
please send us a message.

REGISTER for the Facilitation Training Course

CANCELLATION POLICY

Life happens! If you are unable to attend, please be respectful of our time and let us know/cancel your registration. You can pay the cost forward or request a refund up to 24 hours in advance. Cancellation refunds include a small fee to cover credit card costs. No refunds for cancellations within 24 hours of a program.