Beloved Conversations Virtual: Within programs are done entirely in race-based caucuses:
Gathering Our Selves is for Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and other racially targeted people* (BIPOC+), and Un/Learning for Liberation is for white people.
This is the registration page specifically for white people. If you identify as Black, Indigenous, or another Person of Color (BIPOC+), please select either Gathering Our Selves I (for first time participants) or Gathering Our Selves II (for returning participants).
Important Note About Registration
At check-out, under the boxes for your email address and name, please check the little box to opt-in for receiving instructional emails. This will ensure you receive important notifications and communications from us.
Once you register and pay, you will be directed to a Google Form we will use to collect the rest of the information we need from you. You are not considered registered for this program until you have completed this Google Form.
Please enter the same email address for registration at Teachable and Google Form.
Spring 2024 registration is closed.
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The Fahs Collaborative at Meadville Lombard
Dr. Mark A. Hicks, Director of the Fahs Collaborative, at a Beloved Conversations Opening Retreat with Rev. Kierstin Homblette Allen, Beloved Conversations Program Director.
Deep Listening
Beloved Conversations teaches the importance of learning to listen deeply in order to dismantle racism and white supremacy within ourselves, our communities, and our society.
Relationship Building
Beloved Conversations: Virtual focuses on the Within work first—the personal, internal work we all need to do—so that we can build relationships undergirded by self-understanding, compassion, and respect and stay grounded as we work to transform the world around us.
*We recognize that the imperfect and complex ways we talk about our racial identities is one way that “racism” can continue to cause spiritual harm. In this program, we currently use the term BIPOC+ (Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and other racially targeted people), referring to and inclusive of those who have experienced social and structural race-based oppression: African Americans/Black people, Caribbean people, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Middle Easterners, Latin American/Latinx people, Indigenous peoples across the Americas, and mixed-race people.