Courses and Conversations

An 8-session asynchronous course, rooted in Emergent Strategy, that transforms conflict from a source of fracture into a tool for building resilient communities.

Together, we'll move from self-awareness to collective practice:

Session 1: Introduction
We begin with an introduction and overview of Emergent Strategy, laying the groundwork for how we'll approach conflict as a generative force.

Sessions 2–4: Understanding Ourselves
We turn inward to explore how we personally experience conflict, examining the roles of insecurity and trauma as drivers of tension, and naming the ways purity politics, identity politics, and deference politics show up in social justice spaces.

Sessions 5–6: Understanding Each Other
We dive into group dynamics and social psychology, including cognitive biases and coalition dynamics. From there, we gain clarity on our own values and practice establishing healthy boundaries, introducing radical honesty as a foundation for clear, accountable communication.

Sessions 7–8: Putting It Into Practice
We explore what accountability and repair can look like through an abolitionist lens, discussing apologies and models for transformative accountability, with radical honesty as the throughline that makes genuine repair possible. We close by integrating everything, applying Emergent Strategy and insights from adrienne maree brown and other thinkers to navigate conflict and create generative spaces in our own work.

Throughout this journey, participants will develop practical skills for navigating disagreement with clarity and accountability, fostering spaces where conflict strengthens, rather than undermines, the work for liberation.

Format: Self-paced • 8 sessions • Video + worksheets + exercises + readings
Certificate: Upon completion (12–15 hours)

Price: $625

This course represents over 60 hours of development, rooted in decades of community practice and movement work. We've priced it with sustainability in mind - so we can continue creating offerings like this for years to come.

That said, we're committed to accessibility. If the cost is a barrier, just reach out. We have limited reduced-rate spots and payment plans available.

Before we can build something new, we must understand what we're standing on, and what's standing in us.

This first installment of the Antidote Dialogues invites participants into a courageous excavation of coloniality: the deep, often invisible systems of thought, behavior, and power that shape how we show up in justice spaces. Together, we'll unearth the ways colonialism lives not just in our institutions, but in our bodies, our relationships, and our approaches to change.

Format:
A virtual dialogue series meeting once weekly for four weeks. Each 2-hour session is designed for deep reflection, honest conversation, and collective sense-making—creating space to go inward together.

Guided by the question "What are we carrying that isn't ours?" participants will:

• Trace the roots of colonial logic in modern social justice work, from urgency and productivity to saviorism and extraction

• Examine internalized patterns of hierarchy, perfectionism, and either/or thinking

• Name the ghosts in our organizations: unexamined norms around time, resources, and accountability

• Practice unearthing - creating space to notice, name, and begin releasing what no longer serves collective liberation

This is not about guilt or shame. It's about clarity. Because we cannot decolonize what we refuse to see.

Excavating Our Coloniality is the first step in a longer journey toward relational, embodied, and truly liberatory practice. No prior experience required, only a willingness to look inward and underground.

Format: 4 weekly virtual sessions • 2 hours each
Investment: Details coming soon