The Power of Listening Circles For Racial Healing

Online Workshop with Camille Bennett from Project Say Something
Saturday, June 24, 2023
9-11am PT / 10am-12pm MT / 11am-1pm CT / 12-2pm ET
Free, Suggested Donation: $30

Listening Circles play a vital role in racial reconciliation. Listening Circles offer allies and directly impacted communities the opportunity to openly share their experiences and perspectives without judgment. Our session will begin with the exploration of the historical background of talk/listening circles and drumming circles and why Indigenous and African  cultures created them. 

Our interactive session will explore the power of grounding, mindfulness practices, how to set boundaries, how to create a safe space and how to develop guiding principles for listening circles. Together we will explore the  facilitation of listening circles through practice and active engagement. Our session will end with a brief Q&A session. 

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This training will prepare you to participate in the call-to-action for holding Racial Healing Circles during the Campaign Nonviolence Action Days, Sept 21-Oct 2. Project Say Something is a cosponsor of this call-to-action. Racial healing circles provide space for people to come together, share stories, and listen deeply to one another, fostering better understanding and empathy across races. You can increase your impact by inviting power holders from local offices, institutions, and businesses. Take it deeper by reaching out to people who are not usually at the table. If you are planning to hold a racial healing circle during Campaign Nonviolence Action Days, let us know here.

Your suggested donation of $30 for this session will help Pace e Bene pay Camille Bennett for her knowledge and expertise. Everyone is welcome, however. If you are able, please contribute a little extra for the Solidarity Scholarship Fund.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, her global perspective stems from living on the  island of St. Maarten. Camille is the Founder and Executive Director of Project Say Something, a nonprofit organization with a mission to confront anti-Black systems and ideologies, promote reproductive justice, and fight against patriarchal violence using education, community empowerment and advocacy.  After the State of AL passed a bill targeting her and the organization, Bennett founded Project Say Something Direct Action, a c4 organization that focuses on the eradication of anti-Black policies in AL and co-founded Alabama Moves a statewide coalition created to stop Anti-riot legislation and protect protestors on the frontlines of Black liberation.

A 32-year resident of Alabama, Camille and her husband Taurus are Founders and Directors of Focus-Scope Child Enrichment Centers. The centers focus on holistic child development o Black and brown children. Camille has also been the Chief facilitator of Living Spirit: Center for Spiritual Oneness since 2012. Her centers focus on reproductive justice, empowering marginalized communities, and cultural competency. Project Say Something, initially a local grassroots effort, mobilized regionally and nationally through coalition building, sustained protests, and advocacy for the political power and humanization of Black Alabamians.

Earning a National Championship in public speaking from The University of Alabama in 1999, Camille continues to lift her voice empowering local, national and international communities to advocate for racial justice. Camille is the wife of Taurus Bennett and mother of Christian (21), Morgan (17).