CLTV workshops bring together cohorts of people to explore: how the economic system is designed to uphold the racial wealth gap, the disproportionate responsibility of white people within this system, and opportunities to activate their influence and affluence to reduce the racial wealth gap. Participants meet in small groups between sessions and complete assignments that focus on building the knowledge, courage, and accountability needed to take action with their own capital. Led by a team of peer facilitators, the workshops feature guest speakers such as Chris White, Tiffany Hawkins, and Janine Firpo.
The Intensive Workshop—CLTV’s flagship program—is a 9-session course that brings together small cohorts of 6-12 white women with class privilege. The workshop culminates with participants drafting and adopting individual, cohort, and family action commitments and strives to foster an alumni community that endures after the workshop’s completion. The Intensive Workshop currently serves three to four annual cohorts of Boston-area participants.
The Mini Workshop is an introductory 3-session course that brings together larger cohorts of all identities and geographies and works well to augment the programming partner organizations offer their communities.
The Impact Collective curates 1-3 session, guest-facilitated workshops that target the interests of Intensive Workshop alumni and others in the CLTV community.
Past workshops include:
- Surviving a Bear Attack: Strategies for Difficult Conversations About Race with Ken Rogers
- Finding Ourselves: The Lineage of White Women & Racial Justice with Liz Aeschlimann
- Place-Based Investing to Close the Wealth Divide with Deborah Frieze
