“A big thing was just that this process really helped to embed this work into our lives more daily rather than reading an article or watching a movie or having a specific conversation with a friend, where you focused on how I'm going to think and talk about the role that racial justice is playing in my life in the world.

This pilot helped to embed it more and I have felt like this is less of a separate thing and more embedded in my social networks, my family, my work, all of that. And it helped us get more comfortable with being uncomfortable like the way that we felt the beginning of the pilot versus at the end.

I can't say that we're crazy comfortable, but comfortable admitting when we're embarrassed and when we have shame around stuff and uncomfortable not knowing everything and admitting that can feel really queasy at times. This pilot has helped us get more comfortable with that.”

“Sharing a moment when I was racist was important for me to make it more real, it made me think more about my community, the street I live on, very central to where I live and that was an important exercise, was helpful to have the trust and vulnerability in the group to share those things.”

“The false myths worked really well and were a way to blend what we're learning into our daily life. Because it felt sometimes very separate if you... you know, you joined your zoom and that was your hour of social justice and thinking about whiteness for the week, and it was so detached from your regular life. So false myths were something that worked.

Our group was texting our teammates not what happened, but a little emoji of like a fire alarm and just the words false myth moment and just getting that throughout the day. We all recorded it separately — I recorded in my notes app but even just getting a little note from my group members. Like, hey, I just had a moment. I didn't even need to know what it was, but it's a signal that I need to think about my day — when did this happen for me, and so that really worked well and I enjoyed that connection.”

“Felt like muscle was building to be aware and then being comfortable being aware vs. panic / pretend didn’t happen”

“The false myths framework was really helpful for our group, too and also to approach it in myself and in my relationships.

It's so ubiquitous that we have to have the space to talk about it, instead of — this is a moral failure, it’s time to freak out. Which it is more of a failure but also, how can we keep looking at it and link to something different and not collapse.

The framework was really helpful and other group members said it helped them think about how history shapes their current environment and even the street that they live on and their neighbors. And just noticing many of us felt like we had a pretty good grasp on American history but engaging with the EJI calendar was like, oh there's actually like a lot that we don't know and a lot that's been hidden from us, and so to keep learning more.

A lot of us were surprised by how often internalized racism was showing up and how often. You would talk to a group and say another false myth, another false myth, how many times a day.”

“It is extremely important to build the capacity of white people to be agents of repair, hold themselves accountable, and do what they know is right — and there are not enough organizations focused on this. We need to flip the script on where and how anti-racism work gets done. We need white orgs working with white communities that are advised, governed, and accountable to BIPOC boards and communities.”

“Reckon With is creating the blueprint for what it means to understand, honor, celebrate, grieve, heal, and liberate from our past. There is so much work to do in order for one to be a good ancestor today. These humans are about that work.”

“We cannot challenge systemic racism, or build a more secure democracy, without doing the work of shifting White American consciousness and culture, and without organizing a critical mass of White people to actively support racial justice. Reckon With is doing essential work to bring about that shift, by supporting White people with the relationships and the resources they need to engage in both the inner and the outer work of racial justice, in this moment and over the long-haul.”

“Reckon With is creating space for the challenging, but important conversations about identity and America's history of racial injustice. The more society unpacks and learns from these truths, the brighter America's future can be.”

“I am so grateful for the space, vision and resources that Reckon With creates, for change that is deep-rooted and mycelial.”

“Reckon With addresses the core wounds white supremacy creates within the white community — wounds that create the repetitive recreation of supremacy and harm. It goes far beyond awareness and into true reckoning and redefining. This work is critical to the success of social justice movements which is why I wanted to be involved. It goes beyond the binaries that plague our field and deeply responds to the question, ‘what is white folks role in justice?’”