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At Afara, we believe that education plays a major role in transforming culture. We provide unique learning opportunities that cultivate the knowledge, skills, and personal awareness necessary for creating and sustaining a more just and equitable society.

Origins To Action | Signature 3 Part Series

Foundational Course

*This series represents the first level of our course offerings. Participation is sequential and cannot be attended out of order.

The course includes group sharing, independent reflection work, one-on-one conversations, small group exercises, and much more. 

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ORIGINS AND INVENTORY | MODULE 1

MODULE 1  

There is no escaping this: Before you can affect positive change, you must become the change. How does this happen? By taking a step back and diving deeply into your core, where your fears, behaviors and biases lie you can get clarity around where you started. Then, by taking a step into the now and understanding your current ways you can begin to consciously and proactively rewrite your narrative.

During Module 1 You Will:

  • Discover your racial bias "origin story" as well as the filters and blindspots created

  • Acknowledge the existing, internalized stereotypes that impact your behavior

  • Identify bias patterns of speaking and listening that prevent you from making meaningful connections

  • Gain new communication practices that support more empathetic and positive relationship building 

You Will Be Able To:

  • Build a framework for looking at your origin story that allows you to accept it for what it was while empowering you to write a new story based on who you are now or who you want to be 

  • Identify the difference between your thinking and your reacting

  • Be in conversations you normally avoid and navigate through them powerfully 

  • Connect with people in ways that build trust, mutual respect, and understanding

 

RELEASING SOCIAL AGREEMENTS THAT BIND | MODULE 2

MODULE 2 

Give yourself the tools and knowledge to become a powerful–and influential–contributor within your family and communities. Join thought-provoking breakout rooms, roleplay activities, and group sharing exercises to free yourself from old social standards that do not reflect the values you have for yourself…and your life. 

During Module 2 You Will:

  • Discover the truth behind how the social agreements you keep impact your daily life 

  • Begin to separate your real-life experiences from societal mythmaking 

  • Create heightened awareness of when you're present and when you’re not

  • Develop communication habits that facilitate connection, authenticity, and empathy

You Will Be Able To:

  • Identify your relationship to social agreements and be responsible for what you will and will not do

  • Create context around your communications that support thriving relationships

  • Navigate charged situations so that you are not frozen by them  

  • Transform your relationship to fear and experience new realms of courage and possibility 

 

BECOMING THE SOLUTION THROUGH COMMITTED ACTION | MODULE 3

MODULE 3

This last module is dedicated to action. At this point in our Origins to Action series, you will have the tools and insights needed to drive change that creates extraordinary results, and the ability to deepen relationships through thoughtful, meaningful conversations. Let’s harness this knowledge and power to build a more just and equitable world.

During Module 3 You Will:

  • Develop a clear and unobstructed view of your and others’ racial bias

  • Gain clarity around the distinctions between equity and equality

  • Establish an actionable plan that allows you to make a meaningful impact in the world 

  • Move through fear and step into the opportunity of leadership, courage, and possibility

You Will Be Able To:

  • Operate from responsibility and accountability with declarations, commitments, and agreements

  • Choose the kind of life that allows you to be with people in new ways

  • Design your life with clear pathways to become the solution for what matters most to you

Scene And Unseen | Film Club

6 Session Program

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A six-week interactive series using film as a medium to explore and discuss topics and lived experiences surrounding race, multiculturalism, systemic bias and institutional racism

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Testimonials

  • What did you think about our facilitators ?

    ” Facilitation style felt easy and flowed well. It was deep, vulnerable and at the same time felt comfortable.”

  • What did you notice in the Preview Sessions for Origins To Action?

    “It's inclusiveness, from an Asian boy in high school to an older white couple, and different races in between.”

  • What did you think of the Afara Film Club, Scene and Unseen?

    “OMG. Loved Loved Loved this! I was so nervous but I definitely feel like I’m going to be so much smarter and knowledgeable after this. Thank you!”

  • What will you take into your world after this experience?

    “The world, as I see it, through my eyes, is not a fact but an experience. And in order to make it a better one for everyone, I must become aware of others' experiences. All our needs are more similar than different.”