Dancing with Power: An Embodied Exploration of Whiteness
For White-identified leaders ready to do some inner work using theatre.
In an increasingly polarized world, the journey to creating healthy, inclusive, and equity-driven workplaces has never been more critical. Key to this journey is for White-identified leaders to use their social and positional power to transform their workplace cultures and achieve racial equity. To do that, White-identified leaders need to pause and grapple with how Whiteness - white culture norms and privilege – lives in the ways and systems they lead.
This program is that pause; a space for White-identified leaders to engage in an embodied exploration of Whiteness in their leadership. Beyond books and training, this program invites White-identified leaders into a courageous and compassionate guided journey to access their bodies’ wisdom, drop their armor, and move beyond performative allyship – from awareness to action.
If you are a White-identified leader who feels stuck in figuring out how to meaningfully engage with DEI and anti-racism work, is ready and committed to investigate what keeps you stuck, wants to use embodied ways of knowing, and is open to learning with and in community, this guided journey is for you.
We use Social Presencing Theatre, an embodied social arts-based change methodology, developed under the leadership of Arawana Hayashi, to conduct this exploration. This program will be offered again in the Fall.
Learning Journeys
Build your capacity to lead from a place of resilience.
See more detailsThis is for folx who:
- Are leaders in a workplace, responding to crisis after crisis.
- Want to develop their personal power.
- Are ready to play with embodied ways or learning.
- Want to learn in community with others.
"I feel transformed in my capacity to access my sense of my personal capacity, and my awareness of what it feels like in my body to really feel grounded and connected."
For White-identified leaders ready to do some inner work using theatre.
See more detailsThis is for folx who:
- Are White-identified leaders.
- Want to meaningfully engage in DEI and anti-racism work.
- Are ready to investigate what keeps them stuck.
- Want to use embodied ways of knowing.
- Want to learn with and in community.
Beyond books and training, this program invites White-identified leaders into a courageous and compassionate guided journey to access their bodies’ wisdom, drop their armor, and move beyond performative allyship – from awareness to action.
Dialogues about where we've been, where we are now, and where we're headed in relation to the work of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, particularly through the lens of race.
See more detailsThis is for folx who:
- Are in leadership roles and seek an open and honest conversation about doing DEI work.
In May of 2023, community leaders came together to be in conversation around issues related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Feedback from that morning was incredible and communicated clearly that more dialogue sessions of this nature would be welcome. So let's do it!
A six-session embodied learning journey for people in leadership who identify as women, transgender or non-binary to explore relationships to power.
See more detailsThis is for folx who:
- Identify as women, trans or non-binary and are in leadership roles.
- Feel unsure of how to step into power in helpful ways.
- Want to radically reimagine power as transformative for self, organization and systems.
- Are interested in using positional power for equity and social justice.
“It was a life-changing experience, professionally and personally. As a visible minority immigrant woman in a leadership role, I used to doubt my ability to help level the power plane and let my voice be heard. The workshop gifted me a new lens to look at power and power dynamics, and it strengthened my courage and strategy as a leader and advocate for other newcomers and immigrants.”
Get the support you need to create a healthy, inclusive, and equity-driven workplace culture. Coaching packages are highly personalized to your needs, budget, and approach.
See more detailsThis is for folx who:
- Are a White-identified leader
- Are struggling to figure out what to do when it comes to DEI
- Understand their leadership role in creating transformative change in the workplace
- Are ready to do their inner work
"I’ll help you to do the inner work required to shift your awareness, behaviours, and mindset so that you can build more connection and trust with your team and repair the power imbalances and inequities that exist in your workplace."
Trainings
A workshop designed to build your understanding of what unconscious gender bias is, how to recognize and counter it, and how gender bias intersects with age, sexual orientation and race.
See more detailsThis is for folx who:
- Want to understand how gender bias shows up at work.
- Need tools to mitigate bias due to gender or gender identity.
- Seek an open and honest conversation about gender bias – and what it means for your organization and people.
“…with the knowledge and guidance provided to us by Dr. AnnaLise Trudell and Louise Pitre, we were able to take a constructive first step along our journey towards building a more diverse and inclusive work environment.”
Looking for something custom?
I can develop a leadership workshop or learning series to suit your needs.
Start the conversation