University hosts 12-Step recovery program for WHITENESS
October 17, 2020 | Frieda Powers
The University of Minnesota hosted a webinar series aimed at helping white participants “recover†and learn about their “ties to white supremacy.â€
UMN’s School of Social Work recently offered a virtual lecture using a “12 step†program like that used by Alcoholics Anonymous in order to help white people “recover and reclaim our full humanity.†The lecture titled, “Recovery from White Conditioning,†is taught by school alumnus and therapist Cristina Combs and was hosted by the school’s Center for Practice Transformation.
The program is a creation by Combs, a white woman who spent “years of struggling to navigate the role and presence of whiteness in her personal, academic, and professional journeys,†according to the university’s website.
“I am on traditional Dakota land,†Combs began her lecture, referring to the land and the Native American tribe that settled in Minnesota.
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