Beloved Conversations Virtual: Within is done in separate, racial identity-based courses. Gathering Our Selves is for Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and other racially targeted people* (BIPOC+). Un/Learning for Liberation is for white folks.
This is the registration page specifically for white people. If you identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and other racially targeted people* (BIPOC+), please return to the Meadville Lombard webpage and select one of the other courses.
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.
Choose a Pricing Option
Reparations Note: White participants with the means to do so are encouraged to consider paying an additional $50, in recognition of the historic legacy of racist economic policies and the ways in which generational wealth and greater access to economic opportunity have privileged white people as a group for hundreds of years. These extra funds will go towards providing scholarships to those who need it to participate in this program.
Interdependence Note: Regardless of your racial identity, if your class privilege and/or professional expense budget allows you to pay more so that others may pay less, please consider adding an additional contribution to your total. These extra funds will go towards providing scholarships to those who need it to participate in this program.
Equity Note: Regardless of your racial identity, full and partial scholarships are available to those who need them. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please contact us at [email protected] before registering, to request a scholarship.
Refund Policy
We will be glad to issue a full refund, for any reason, within 30 days of the payment date. After 30 days, we cannot issue any refunds.
If you are interested in paying for a group of people together, please contact us at [email protected] for more information on how to do so.
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 Congregational Coordinator.
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 how “racism” continues to cause spiritual harm. The Well hopes to be a mediating space of guidance, support and reconciliation for those who experience the sting of racism in their everyday lives. Historically, that list refers to those who have experienced social and structural oppression: African Americans/Blacks, Caribbean people, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Middle Easterners, Latin America/Latinx, Indigenous peoples across the Americas, and mixed-race people.