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A Reparations & Reconciliation Giving Circle
This experience is for US-based White bodied entrepreneurs and leaders with a burning passion for justice who are ready to step into their next level of liberatory leadership to truly embody radical repair.
For us, radical repair is the type of repair that is rooted in truth and reconciliation and makes tangible amends with your dollars and with your actions for the wounds of Indigenous land theft & genocide and the trafficking, exploitation, & enslavement of Black Africans and all of the subsequent atrocities that have been committed against our people.
It’s a repair that reckons with the foundation of racial settler capitalism on which white privilege is built and asks the question “how do I use my power and unearned privilege to dismantle this foundation and follow the leadership of Black & Indigenous peoples to build the future rooted in ALL of our inherent dignity?”
It’s also the type of repair that requires deep integration with the body through somatic practice and presence work to expand your nervous system’s capacity to hold discomfort, decenter whiteness, and create a bodily awareness of where oppressive behaviors show up.
We’re taking all of this on in community in the most revolutionary, expansive, and deeply impactful experience that exists…The Rooted in Repair - Reparations and Reconciliation Giving Circle
Where we're redistributing money 💰 to fund Reparations & Land Back while engaging in a truth and reconciliation process (similar to the post-Apartheid Truth & Reconciliation Commission in South Africa) ˆwith Black & Indigenous change-makers, land stewards, storytellers, history-makers, activists & more!
The Reparations & Reconciliation Circle is structured as a 5 month experience (September 2026- January 2027) where each month centers a different social justice issue area of repair linked to Indigenous genocide &/or chattel slavery in the US, which we’ll explore through...
Truth and Reconciliation Talks with some of the most incredible Black, Indigenous, and Afro-Indigenous change-makers, land stewards, storytellers and activists where you'll get to bear dignified witness to their stories, histories, and experiences.
Group Check Ins where you get to be in community with your fellow cohort mates, ask questions, and discuss what you're processing through.
Super attentive somatic integration sessions with support that centers your humanity as you move through feelings, programming, triggers and all the messy things that come with this type of radical work.
And redistributing funds 💰 as a group (1/4 million for our first cohort) toward Reparations and Land Back
We’ll be hosting a total of 3 calls per month, one of which is optional, and you'll also get support through our private podcast that includes foundational lessons custom curated based on the needs of the group, and bonus sessions like private group soundbaths and other sessions that support your integration of this revolutionary repair work.
We've intentionally made the schedule for this experience spacious to best support you in this process.
Sample Schedule (actual example of what our first month in this container will look like)
For our first month we’ll actually get to make reparations to and get to speak with Mother Lessie Benningfield Randle who is the very last remaining survivor of the Tulsa Race massacre and has been fighting for reparations for over 100 years and we’ll get to be the ones who finally make that dream a reality for her. We are truly creating repair that has been generations in the making and I 100% believe the ripple effects of this work are going to be so far beyond what we can even imagine!
Month 1: Black Wealth, the Racial Wealth Gap & The Tulsa Race Massacre
Week of September 7th: Foundational Lessons drop via our private podcast
Group Check In (optional): September 10th 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST
Truth & Reconciliation Talk: with LaDonna Penny & Mother Lessie Benningfield Randle (the last remaining survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre)- September 15th at 5:00 PM EST/2:00 PM PST
Somatic Integration Session: September 17th from 5:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST/2:00 PM PST to 4:00 PM PST
Bonus Session (optional): Group Soundbath - September 30th from 5:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST/ 2:00 PM PST to 3:00 PM PST
Check out our full calendar here: (times may change with ample notice based on the needs of speakers, facilitators or group members)
Program Cost: $50,000 USD
The cost for this experience is $50K USD and the best part is that we’ll actually be redistributing 50% of that program cost (25K) per person throughout the course of the program directly to reparations and LandBack.
We only have 10 spots available and applications/enrollment is open now!
If you apply on or before August 21st, 2026 you will get a FREE 1 on 1 impact strategy session with me (Mel) AND you will have access to the 6-month payment plan which is the most spacious option ($8,333.33/month for 6 months).
Payment Options are:
💰 $50,000 USD Pay in Full
💰 Applications in & approved in August 2026 $8,333.33 USD/month for 6 months (Aug 2026-Jan 2027). *If you apply on or before August 21st you also get the bonus free 1 on 1 impact strategy session with me! (Yay!)
💰 Applications in & Approved in September 2026: $10,000 USD/month for 5 months (Sept 2026-Jan 2027)
Any questions? Feel free to schedule a call with me!
Not a fit right now but want to be a referral partner and help support this work? Feel free to email me! [hello@rootedfirmla.com]
Ready to do this? Apply today and let's go!!!
