Dreaming Futures Beyond Whiteness
white people re-making our relationship to power, worth and security
In-person @ Kirkridge Retreat Center, June 12-16, 2026
Virtual, October 21-December 2, 2026
the moment, the context
White supremacy needs a lot of people to be attached to their whiteness for it to work. We believe we can and must disempower whiteness in order to disrupt and end white supremacy.
Whiteness has long presented our people with an avenue for perceived power, worth and security in the face of systems that divide and segregate, oppress and eradicate, and distribute resources only to those with the most privilege. But the kind of power that whiteness wields is destructive, and the worth and security it alludes to are merely mirages.
Whiteness is embodied. It is literally held in our bodies, our instincts, our habits, and not just in what we believe or think. The good news is, each of us has agency in what we embody – and claiming that agency requires work, practice, and community. We are also supported by the wisdom, knowledge, and experiences of the people we come from who lived before whiteness, and those who chose to be traitors to whiteness.
Our true, liberatory power* is not within our whiteness. So, where can we find it?
Our Offering
Dreaming Futures Beyond Whiteness:
white people re-making our relationship to power, worth and security
Dreaming Futures Beyond Whiteness offers a rigorous and nourishing space for those of us who have inherited whiteness (whether in this generation or centuries ago) to begin to re-make our relationships to how we understand, cultivate, and embody worth, security, and power.
Dreamtime is a place of deep imagination, of integration, of other-worldly meandering. While it can be a place of deep rest, it can also be a place for radical activation, initiating us into futures our rational minds can’t always conceive.
We invite you to join us in this dreamspace.
the intentions
During this experience, we (participants and facilitators) will:
practice what it means to actively refuse whiteness as our perceived source of power, security and worth
redefine how we understand and relate to power
cultivate a renewed sense of worth, security, and power-with (as opposed to destructive power-over) through repaired connection and mutual relationship with: earth, body, emotion, story, ancestry & lineage, imagination, erotic & pleasure, work, rest, death & grief, spirit, and the collective
practice tending to the end of whiteness and grounding into a long-term vision for what comes after, under, and beyond whiteness
experience the magic that happens when doing this work among a group of people with depth, care, love, and rigor, in a beautiful and lovingly tended place
who is this for?
This space is for white people who…
this description speaks to!
are committed to working from the inside out.
are wanting to step back from the urgent demands of the current moment and invest in a long-term vision that can sustain you.
want to spend time practicing with and within your body.
want to deepen in relationship with other white people doing this work.
what to expect
This space will be a co-exploration of what it looks like – and what is actually required – to disempower whiteness from the inside out, within our own bodies, and in community. While the space will be thoughtfully facilitated by El, Roan, and Jen, participants will bring their knowledge and wisdom, their tools and practices, as we delve into this work together.
While we anticipate that these sessions will contribute to participants’ sense of self empowerment, which matters, the focus will be equally on building liberatory power within and between us as a direct contrast to the impulses and overemphasis on the power-over (supremacist power) of whiteness. In white-dominated spiritual and wellness cultures that often over-emphasize the role of individual healing in a vacuum, we will do this work in real time, together, as a practice of politicized healing, and for the benefit of collective well-being.
This space will be a mix of care, joy, rigor, and love, supporting each other in growing into new practices and disrupting patterns we’ve long held in our bodies. This is a space by and for white people, where we make some progress around how we hold whiteness individually and as a collective…so that we can practice differently in our home communities.
*Our use of this phrase is influenced in part by how it is defined in The Power Manual: How to Master Complex Power Dynamics by Cyndi Suarez (2018).
the bones
There are two ways to join us for this offering in 2026.
If you’d like to delve into this work in-person alongside an intimate group of around twenty people, join us for a retreat-style gathering at the Kirkridge Retreat Center in Bangor, PA. We will begin on the evening of Friday, June 12, and close on the morning of Tuesday, June 16.
The exchange:
Full lodging (bed in the retreat center + 3 meals/day)
$900 discount rate
$1,900 base rate
$2,975 sustainability rate
Camping rate (camping on site + 3 meals/day)
$600 discount rate
$1,600 base rate
$2,600 sustainability rate
There’s also an option to pay a deposit of $500 now, and pay the rest before the start of the retreat. If selecting this option, please indicate which price tier you’re committing to.
If you’d like to attend and we’ve sold out of the rate you’re interested in, please contact us.
In-person gathering
June 12-16, Bangor, PA
If in-person isn’t an option for you, or if online simply works better, join us on Zoom for a virtual and experiential gathering over the course of five sessions this fall. Sessions will be held on the following days:
October 21, 12:00-3:00pm ET
November 4, 12:00-3:00pm ET
November 13 informal gathering, 12:00-1:20 ET
November 18, 12:00-3:00pm ET
December 2, 12:00-2:00pm ET
Sessions will be recorded, however is highly recommended that you join us live for the full experience.
The exchange:
$200 discount rate
$650 base rate
$1,080 sustainability rate
Virtual gathering
October 21-December 2, zoom
our team
Roan is a cute spellcaster who loves to cuddle and write and has a weird cat.Roan
Wren is an adorably gorgeous soul who thinks deep thoughts and is weird AF.El Tuzzolo
El is a brilliant cutiepie who loves plants and will cook you the best food.