cwc monthly reflections

Our Monthly Reflection posts are a collection of our monthly newsletters and the type of questions we grapple with during CWC gatherings. Some months we have robust conversations that lead to potential answers; some months our dialogues also lead us to additional resources as we continue to seek answers; and some months we find that we are left with even more questions than we started with.

The CWC community doesn't claim to have the answers... rather we believe in the power of curiosity and where it can take us when we dare to ask the questions and come together in possibility.

October 2025: Living the Elements of Practice

Living the practice is about weaving anti-racism into the way we move through the world—through big choices and small habits, in how we learn, how we connect, and how we care for ourselves and each other.

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June 2025: The Grace to Dismantle Racism

We have found that in the work of dismantling white supremacy, it’s not uncommon to value perfection over progress.. And yet, it’s easy for us to get stuck at different points on our journey, immobilized by the fear of getting something wrong and causing harm. But if there’s one thing we’ve found, justice work isn't clean or linear. It’s relational, it’s messy, and it requires grace.

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May 2025: Feeling the Feelings

Although it’s easy to get stuck in our heads, we’ve found that dismantling white supremacy isn’t just intellectual—it’s emotional. Grief, shame, guilt, confusion, fear, anger, even numbness—all of these are part of waking up to the violence and harm that racism inflicts on others and the ways White people have been shaped and limited by it, too.

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December 2023: The Price of Fitting In

We are excited to share a new opportunity for CWC community members looking for service opportunities within CWC. So many of you already serve the community by telling your story, sharing resources, sending out follow-up emails, and running tech during the gatherings. In 2024, we are going to add “hosting” to the list of service opportunities! We will be holding two informational sessions in January for anyone interested in exploring the possibility of hosting a CWC gathering

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