Join us for our upcoming 3-part event series! While each session offers unique insights and works as a standalone experience, they are designed to build upon one another for maximum impact. We strongly encourage attending the full series to get the most out of the experience, but feel free to sign up for whichever sessions fit your schedule.


Important Event Details:


• Separate Registration: Please register for each session individually to secure your spot (below).
• Special Perk: Attend all three sessions and you'll automatically be entered into a drawing to win a gift card to a local business!
  

Designed specifically for The Grove Initiative, this series is written and facilitated by Brianna Miller, On Paper LLC.

Session 2: Good Intentions, Unequal Power?
Wednesday, October 28

White Supremacy Culture in Helping and Volunteerism

White supremacy culture does not appear only through open hatred or extremist beliefs. It can also live inside habits that organizations reward as professional, efficient, objective, helpful, or simply “the way things are done.”

In this non-blaming but candid session, participants will examine how perfectionism, urgency, paternalism, power hoarding, one right way, avoidance of conflict, individualism, and hero culture can influence volunteer programs and helping relationships. We will also look more closely at saviorism and what can happen when generosity becomes entangled with authority, identity, gratitude, and the need to be perceived as good. The purpose is not to identify bad people. It is to recognize powerful patterns that good intentions alone cannot prevent.


Learn about and register for Session 1 - Who Taught Us to Help: A Bold Look at the History Behind American Volunteerism

Learn about and register for Session 3 - The Mirror of Help: Who Are You When You Are Helping?