CONTEMPLATING 400 YEARS OF INEQUALITY

Workshops

With a focus on processing our collective past for our present healing, this experience guides participants through interactive dialogue, mindful listening and contemplative practices. Through the use of a 4ft x 20ft timeline as a contemplative learning tool, participants develop a deeper understanding of entrenched racial and socio-economic inequality in the United States.

This training harnesses the power of the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans to U.S. in 1619. By combining contemplative practices with the exploration of the timeline, participants will re-imagine how we can both transcend implicit bias and develop a more compassionate society.

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Facilitator Training

This training supports participants with developing the skills and presence to facilitate the Contemplating 400 Years of Inequality Experience. Inspired by the 400 Years of Inequality project and its powerful timeline, this training will explore research and practices at the intersection of mindfulness, intergenerational trauma & healing, and contemplative education.

Participants will learn how to use the 400 Years of Inequality timeline as a contemplative tool for deepening conversations about structural inequality, historical literacy, community resiliency and social justice. This training will provide participants with the necessary knowledge they need to guide their communities through mindful dialogue on our past for the purpose of generating healing and restoration.

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"Angel Acosta’s work on 400 years of slavery and institutional racism focuses on what matters most: moving marginality to the center of collective attention. That shift in attention might well be the only way to truly address the increasing polarization in society today. He is a master facilitator that can hold these deep structural tensions in ways that allow for healing and possibility."

Otto Scharmer