Decentering Whiteness in Time and Space

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Decentering Whiteness in Time and Space was an offering that came from a lesson I did back in 2023 on decentering whiteness as a spatial practice. We examined elements of space and how whiteness has shaped space and controls space. When I shared about it on social media and people said they'd be interested in exploring that more, I knew I wanted to talk more about it, but I also knew that people needed context. They may have wanted to jump into some of these deeper concepts, but I couldn't just do that. How can you talk about decentering whiteness when you don't even know what whiteness is? How can we talk about the ways your nervous system reactivity is shaped by both whiteness and space if you don't have a relationship with your embodiment? So, this was our exploration. The lessons are each about 90 minutes, and each comes with a reflection and some kind of activity to help you apply parts of the lesson to your life. Below, you'll see options. You can purchase them all, or do them by topic, if you'd like. Scroll down to see more!!

Decentering Whiteness in Time and Space full course

If you know you want to dive into these things, here is your place to get all the goodies. Every lesson below is included in this.

Identity Exploration Lesson

We start here because it's important to understand who you are. How are you shaped by the world? How do you shape the world? We define identity and touch on topics like intersectionality, privilege, our development, and the Enneagram

The Enneagram

The Enneagram is one of my favorite topics. The Enneagram is part of our ego structure that gives us a personality. It gives us specific ideals of what success is, sensitivities around what is safe to go toward or avoid. This is a pretty robust overview of the system.

Whiteness Basics

Ever wondered what people are talking about when they say 'white supremacy' or 'whiteness'? I cover the basics of whiteness as (a) an identity and racial construct, (b) the governing systems and structures of society, (c) a location/place, and (d) a culture. This is where we start building skill to name whiteness.

Socialization

Socialization is the process that we internalize culture. It's circular and persistent, and in order to understand how we perpetuate culture, this is an important exploration.

Time

You might not even recognize it, but your ideas and ideals about time come from white supremacy. We dive into how time as a cultural construction, including topics like wait time, time affluence, time crunches, and more. This is foundation for beginning to dismantle urgency.

Higher Tier Payment Option

✯ My identities have historically and/or presently held power (white, upper middle class, able-bodied, generational/inherited wealth, etc.)

✯ I got an undergraduate or graduate degree without having student loans, loans are paid off, or I’m able to put more than the minimum payment toward paying them off

✯ If I want to, I could eat and drink out at least once a week, or more frequently

✯ My income is something that gives me disposable income while remaining fairly comfortable

✯ I can choose whether to work or not and still have all my needs and most of my desires met, or I partly or completely live off unearned income

✯ I have a stable and growing career and/or high (potential or realized) earning power

✯ I have inherited/intergenerational assets and have my own personal assets (inheritance, owning a home, investments, retirement accounts, etc.)

Middle Tier Payment Option

✮ I can cover basic needs with some extras occasionally

✮ Someone in my family explained how college and careers worked and assisted me

✮ Annual income is sustaining, even if you don’t have a lot of wealth

✮ I completed a bachelor’s and/or Master’s (or terminal) degree

✮ I’m steadily paying down student loans or have paid them off (or had them paid off)

✮ My family of origin has/had assets (like a paid-off house, retirement accounts, etc.)

✮ If I need financial support, I’m able to look to family, my community or a lender for access to money (I might even be able to get someone to loan me money to fund this)

Lower Tier Payment Option

☆ My social identities have historically, mainly been oppressed, or current disability impact my ability to create income, as well as my earning potential

☆ I utilize state or federal assistance for basic needs (like medical care, for example)

☆ I was the first to go to college or the first generation to attend

☆ I make enough income to meet mainly basic needs and have little to no assets

☆ Have survival credit card debt that I’m not accruing, but am paying off, and/or on income-based repayment for student loans (or unable to pay them due to size)

☆ On income-based repayment for student loans or only can pay basic payments

☆ I can’t really afford a vacation

☆ I don’t have access to savings and have been systematically barred from receiving loans (besides predatory pay day loans)

Meet Jessica Denise Dickson!!

Liberation-Centered Culture Cultivator | Expert in Training and Development | Fostering Wholeness and Safety through Enneagram Integration, Antiracist Practice, and Embodiment

Jessica Denise Dickson is a liberation-centered culture cultivator who teaches and coaches for the reclamation of our full humanity, equity, justice, and freedom through the intersections of the Enneagram, antiracism, and embodiment. She does this in one-on-one coaching, in groups and workshops, and with organizations. To this work, Jessica brings a Master’s degree in Counseling, a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a career counseling certificate, and embodiment training with several teachers. She also has almost two decades of experience in diversity education; a decade as an Enneagram student and teacher; years recruiting, training, and providing professional development for staff; and a commitment to her own personal and professional growth . . . and more. She believes when we do this work, we live more authentically with self-trust, self-safety, and fully-embodied freedom. When we do this, we change the world.