ALLYSHIP IN ACTION
Move beyond awareness. Build the skill to reduce harm,
interrupt microaggressions, and act with accountability at work.
A two-day in-person retreat for professionals ready to turn anti-racist values into daily workplace practice.
Good intentions are not enough.
Many people want to be allies, advocates, and anti-racist colleagues. But in real workplace moments, they freeze, over-explain, avoid conflict, or stay quiet because they are afraid of getting it wrong.
Allyship in Action is designed to help participants build the self-awareness, discernment, and communication skills needed to show up with more courage, humility, and consistency.
This is not a performative training. It is a structured, skill-based retreat for people who are ready to examine their conditioning, understand their impact, and practice what accountable action looks like in real workplace situations.
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Day 1: Understanding Yourself and Your Impact
Explore how your experiences, assumptions, and workplace culture influence the way you communicate, make decisions, and build relationships.
We'll explore:
How identity and life experiences shape workplace interactions
Common reactions to discomfort and difficult conversations
The workplace norms that influence behavior and belonging
How everyday actions can unintentionally cause harm
Clarifying the values that guide your choices and leadership
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Day 2: Building Skills for Meaningful Allyship
Turn insight into action by building practical skills for navigating real workplace situations with confidence, accountability, and care.
We'll explore:
How power and influence shape workplace relationships
The impact of everyday decisions on trust and inclusion
Practical ways to interrupt bias and microaggressions
Communication tools for navigating difficult moments
Leading with courage, humility, and consistency
BECOME A KNOWLEDGEABLE AND AUTHENTIC LEADER
BECOME A KNOWLEDGEABLE AND AUTHENTIC LEADER
This is for you if:
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You are a white-identifying professional in a nonprofit, social impact, education, public service, or mission-driven organization.
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You care about equity but want clearer tools for what to do in real moments.
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You want to reduce workplace harm without collapsing into shame, defensiveness, or silence.
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You are ready to practice, receive feedback, and become more accountable in how you show up with colleagues, teams, and communities.
Details at a Glance
WHEN
October 1 & 2, 2026
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM (Breakfast)
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
WHERE
Oakland Peace Center
111 Fairmount Avenue Oakland, CA 94611
HOSTED BY
Taima Beyah, Workthentic
Ellery Graves, Culture Shifters
In partnership with Oakland Peace Center
INCLUDED
PRICING
(Includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, materials, guided reflection, and applied practice)
Early Bird Pricing (through August 31, 2026): $1,200
Early Bird Team Bundle of 3: $3,450
Standard Pricing: $1,350
Standard Team Bundle of 3: $3,700
Please reach out to assistance@myhumanityatwork.com if you have more than 3 people who will attend.
What You’ll Walk Away With
Increased self-awareness around racial identity, conditioning, and motivation
Clearer discernment in moments of tension, fear, or conflict
Practical language for interrupting harm and microaggressions
Stronger understanding of power, impact, and transparency at work
Tools for communicating with more care, clarity, and accountability
A more grounded way to align personal values with daily professional practice
“I had a lot of opportunity for self reflection to affirm my current practices and space to assess how I made need to shift my approach.”
– Retreat Participant
“An embodiment of antiracist culture and practice doesn't exist, and now you have to create it - not for me, but so you don't pass this infection down to your children.”
–Resmaa Menakem
“Taima is an amazing holistic facilitator. She creates a safe space for participants to fully engage and be vulnerable. She communicated clearly, made space for clarifying questions, and consistently made space for emotional and physical support.”
– Retreat Participant
Move From Awareness to Accountable Action
This retreat is for people who know awareness matters, but also know awareness alone does not change culture. If you are ready to practice the skills of allyship, reduce harm in your workplace, and build greater trust with the people around you, join us for Allyship in Action.
MEET YOUR FACILITATORs
TAIMA BEYAH
Taima Beyah champions human-centered practices built on integrity and authenticity within the professional landscape.
She is a Bay Area native with deep roots in the fight for social justice and social change, with 25 years of experience in human resources, operations, employee training, and risk management within organizations and 15 years as a consultant.
She previously served in executive positions with esteemed organizations including National Center for Youth Law, East Bay Community Law Center and Urban Montessori Charter School. Her consultancy clients have include Senior Disability Action, Centrol de la Raza, Alliance for Safety and Justice, New Door Ventures and 10,000 Degrees.
In her capacity as a consultant and coach, Taima has helped organizations and countless individuals improve operational efficiency, grow leadership skills, and cultivate a shared culture of compassion with mission alignment. She is passionate about disrupting the status quo to solve for the intersectionality of the human heart space and the inherent oppression in American capitalism.
Taima balances her work life with cooking, coaching volleyball, and traveling with her family.
ellery graves
Ellery Graves is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified Healing-Centered Coach, and trainer. She is the founder of Culture Shifters, supporting people working toward justice, healing, and collective liberation. Her work creates space to reconnect with what matters most, allowing each person’s unique strengths and inner power to guide them toward meaningful action in their lives and communities.
Over the last decade, Ellery’s approach has been shaped by her work at Oakland Private Industry Council and other Oakland-based community organizations, where she supported job seekers impacted by the justice system and community violence in securing livable-wage employment or career training, and stable housing.
Centering purpose, agency, and dignity, she witnessed how transformation happens when people are supported not just in meeting goals, but in reconnecting to their power and vision for their lives. These relationships, along with her own lived experience and continued healing process continue to ground her coaching and training today.
Through 1-on-1 coaching and her monthly Amplifying Impact workshop series, she supports people committed to racial justice by helping them to show up in alignment with their values. She also partners with community-based organizations to strengthen relationships, clarify values, and navigate the real challenges of living those values in practice.
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