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 3: The Mirror of Help
Wednesday, November 4

Who Are You When You’re Helping?


It is easier to examine the history of volunteerism or identify harmful patterns in an organization than it is to ask what we personally carry into a helping relationship.


This reflective session turns the lens inward. Through video, cultural figures including Karen and Kevin, and a careful comparison of the stereotypes surrounding Karen and “Keisha,” participants will explore how identity influences whom we believe, protect, fear, comfort, correct, or excuse. We will notice what happens when our intentions are questioned, our help is declined, or our image of ourselves as kind and helpful becomes unsettled. This session will not offer a quick solution or a checklist for becoming one of the “good ones.” It invites participants to stay with the mirror long enough to see something new.

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

Learn more and register for Session 2 - Good Intentions, Unequal Power White Supremacy Culture in Helping and Volunteerism