Facing Racism
Facing Racism is Soul 2 Soul Sisters’ ending anti-Black racism/ending white supremacy culture program. We provide cohorts for individuals, cohorts for organizations, and Facing Racism Alumni programming.
Facing Racism
The only program of its kind, Soul 2 Soul Sisters hosts Facing Racism cohorts comprised of mostly white and non-Black people of color who identify as activists, educators, professionals, faith leaders, artists, social workers, and more in centering Black Women & femmes, Black experiences, and Black liberation.
We aspire to cultivate structures and systems that provide compassion, abundance and healing for all people, thus individual and collective healing is foundational to Facing Racism programming.
Centering the lives and experiences of Black people, particularly Black Women, Facing Racism provides:
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Sacred space for participants to learn and share deeply about race and racism.
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An exploration of self-identity and social awareness as relates to white supremacy culture.
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Space and time for assessment of self and the organization i.e. examine the role oppressive language and behaviors may play in the organization, analyze organizational composition and culturally responsive practice/service.
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Analyses of anti-Black racism and the impacts of white supremacy culture.
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Discussions about the U.S.A.’s historical and present-day reproductive injustices against Black Women, and medical reparations as physically and culturally healing.
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Resources exploring the necessity of white people acknowledging and healing from anti-Black racism, and subsequently integrating sustained healing practices in anti-white supremacy culture work.
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Sacred space to explore defunding/re-allocating funding/abolishing law enforcement work as healing justice.
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A myriad of resources regarding ending anti-Black racism.
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Opportunities to develop accountability partners for continued anti-white supremacy culture work.
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An affirming space for participants to develop and implement plans for doing positively transformative personal and collective work to end anti-Black racism.
Reflections from Recent Facing Racism Participants
“This cohort engages the work of anti-racism from a space of healing, self-care, and imagination – reflecting on what we are working FOR, not just what we are working against. The homework is intellectually and emotionally stimulating and the facilitation of S2SS's staff creates a sacred space for sharing and learning that is full of challenge and grace. S2SS makes room for each participant to begin wherever they are on the journey of understanding white supremacy culture and systemic racism and invites you to grow from that place.” Facing Racism Participant, 2021 Winter/Spring Cohort
“Facing racism was a life-changing experience. S2S Sisters’ staff guided me with love, challenge, joy, pain and learning to open my mind and heart and call me to action. Join us on this journey!” Facing Racism Participant, 2021 Winter/Spring Cohort
“The Facing Racism Cohort was an eye-, mind-, and heart-opening experience for me. Knowing I had spent too little time thinking about race previously, the Cohort vastly expanded my limited, white-centered worldview and challenged many of my assumptions.” Facing Racism Participant, 2021 Winter/Spring Cohort
Facing Racism Alumni
In keeping with the Facing Racism Cohorts, individual and collective healing is foundational to Facing Racism Alumni programming.

The three main objectives of Facing Racism Alumni programming are to:
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Provide a sacred space for former Facing Racism participants to reflect on and share about their personal and communal experiences to end anti-Black racism.
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White Facing Racism Alumni lead the ending anti-Black racism work – the sustenance and effectiveness of this program provides alumni opportunities to strengthen the awareness, knowledge and resolve needed to work toward ending anti-Black racism – Facing Racism Alumni programming does not require the labor of Black Women.
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Counter to white supremacy culture, Facing Racism Alumni integrate celebration and joy into personal and collective anti-Black racism work.