Open Enrollment:
2026 Leadership Programs with
Small-Group Courses
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Online, Cohort-Based Curriculum by
Dr. Kimberly B. George
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The following courses are part of cohort-based professional development programs to equip leaders working toward a vision of a feminist, multireligious, multiracial democracy. The courses support clergy and lay leaders with practices of formation that weave spiritual reflection, history and social theory, and justice-making.
Contact Dr. George for registration. Enrollment is on-going.
Most groups are led by clergy or lay leaders who use Dr. George's online curriculum in the small group.​
​Caliban and the Witch in a Time of Covid-19
(self-study for women, cohort-based learning , 9-months of online course access + small group reflection)
The most popular course for women church leaders for 5 years running, Caliban and the Witch is for small groups of women clergy or lay leaders. In a series of 15 online audio lectures and through an in-depth course workbook with contemplative writing exercises, this class teaches women about the entwined histories of racial capitalism and exploitation of women's gendered labor. The class creates a space for honest and much needed conversations on how patriarchy and white supremacy intersect with the abuses of capitalism—but it also gives tools for community-based practices that embody beloved community.
This is an excellent class for building frameworks for how to have hard conversations that attend to systemic and historical violence. It is also a vital class for encouraging contemplative learning and creativity as part of midwifing a more justice world.
Men Learning Feminism
(self-study for men, cohort-based learning, 9 months of online course access + small group reflection)
Men Learning Feminism is a transformative course that invites male clergy and lay leaders into feminist learning and leadership. The course is led by male clergy who are facilitators with the online course lectures and written materials. It includes 18 audio lectures and 18 contemplative exercises. There is no required reading.
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The feminism taught in this course is one that encourages men to self-reflect on all the intersections of their own identity, as well as to develop contemplative practices for attending to how patriarchy (and racial and class-based hierarchies) have shaped their lives and the lives of women and nonbinary people around them. This course asks participants for courage, vulnerability, and creativity. Men who are willing to engage its depths are given transformative tools to work toward a world of more flourishing for everyone.
Spiritual Autobiography / Contemplative Reading
(taught live by Dr. George, 7-week course for all genders which may be requested by a diocese/synod for their leadership team)
Drawing from fields as diverse as Pauli Murray studies; Jewish feminist history; Muslim feminist history; and Indigenous studies, this course provides readings that support not only reconnection with feminist foremothers, but also a map for creative awakening in the form of contemplative reading and writing practices. Participants will be asked to write and share 300 words a week, based on writing prompts that are interconnected to course texts. Please note this is a reading heavy course. More information is found here.
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Why Do I Open the Enclosures of the University?
When I first gained access to a top graduate school— focusing on women's studies and religious history—I could not believe the knowledge on offer when one learned the legacies of how women created change in society. Most were without structural power, so they built power through coalitionary practices across differences of race, class, and religion. Many were fueled by spiritual commitments. I knew I wanted to spend my life researching this history and making it available to others.
While memory of their leadership has been erased, we live in the fruits of their bravery—from labor rights laws, to racial justice, to gender-based human rights.
For 15 years, I have created adult learning programs outside the university to bring alive their memory. I teach doctors, journalists, nurses, therapists, teachers, priests, rabbis, and philanthropists the implications of feminist study. ​​​ Since 2020, with the rise of white Christian nationalism, I have focused on empowering the U.S. religious left with feminist knowledge to build a flourishing multiracial, multireligious democracy. ​​
