Decolonizing Whiteness: 

Recovering Ancient Roots to Build Anti-Racist Futures

What does it mean to be both colonized and colonizer? How did Roman colonization and dispossession of Indigenous European groups become a playbook for the dispossession of people worldwide? How do we reverse the legacies of our recent ancestors and simultaneously remember the wisdom of our ancient ancestors?

Each of us descends from people who once knew how to belong to a place. Somewhere in our lineage were ancestors who spoke to the rivers, honored the seasons, and knew themselves as kin to the land. For many people of European descent, that memory has been buried under centuries of displacement, empire, and forgetting.

European-descended people are welcome to register for this two-session, interactive introductory course led by Hilary Giovale, Lyla June, Adrian Seneca Bello, and Maija West, in an invitation to recover ancient roots to build anti-racist futures.

In this course, you will:

• Explore the "two wings" framework, and see how 1) Connection to Ancient European lineage and 2) Solidarity with local Indigenous communities, work together.

• Learn healthy practices and worldviews of our ancient European ancestors and the land-based ways of knowing that live in your European lineage.

• Loosen the grip of shame toward agency, grounded action, and self-love.

• Hold the polarity of grief and hope: remember the past while looking toward the future we want to help create.

• Create an ancestor altar, a living practice of remembrance you can come back to after the course.

• Connect in small-group breakouts with others on this path, so you don't have to do this work alone.

Course Logistics

• European-descended folks are welcome to register

• This course takes place online on two Sundays, Dec. 6 & 13 

  • Sessions are from 9-11am Pacific Time (time zone converter) 

  • Resources, and access to our international Community Forum are available after registration 

Pay what you can

100% of net proceeds from this course will support Indigenous-led #LANDBACK efforts on Turtle Island, with over $47,000 given through ReHuman tuition to date.

A course platform note: A minimum of $1.00 per student is required by the Kajabi platform to enable Apple Pay and Google Pay, so please donate at least $1 to register for the course. NO ONE is turned away for lack of funds, so please contact info@rehuman.earth with any payment questions. We unfortunately cannot accept direct bank transfers, or payments from credit unions that don't issue major credit cards.