About
The Institute centers Black lives, Black thought and Black liberation.
Through a novel approach and bold vision, participants of the Institute develop a liberatory consciousness through healing the hurts of internalized racism. With an emphasis on developing liberatory consciousness, the Institute gives Black leaders in the Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois region the opportunity to name, reckon with and heal from racial trauma and the pervasive effects of internalized and structural racism.
The applied learnings and transformational experience of the interdisciplinary, intergenerational institute will prime participants to accelerate the creation of conditions that promote a just, whole society and future with impact felt most profoundly within the Deaconess footprint.
Eligibility
Participation
Structure
Each cohort consists of approximately 25 participants. The program is for nine to 12 months. There will be three, one-week (weekdays) immersive sessions that are no more than eight hours per day. Immersive sessions will occur in September 2023 (Monday, September 18 - Friday, September 22), January 2024 (dates to be announced), and May 2024 (dates to be announced).
In addition, there will be monthly two-hour group sessions during the months where this is not an immersive session and individual coaching. Additional components include weekly check-ins and office hour visits between participants and Institute leaders. Immersion sessions will be in-person and the others will be a combination of in-persona and virtual.
Application
Location
Deaconess Center for
Child Well-Being
St. Louis, MO 63113