Introduction to a Liberatory Coach Approach:

Fundamentals of Liberatory Coaching for Self-Leadership

The ILCA is designed for social justice leaders interested in developing coaching skills for individual and collective liberation, teams seeking to establish a shared language and practice around Self-leadership, and individuals considering CHJL’s 9-month Liberatory Coaching Certification program.

Program Length:

2 days (virtual)

Upcoming 2025 Dates

Currently Enrolling: September 26-27, 2025

December 11-12, 2025

About the Program

Intro to Liberatory Coach Approach: Fundamentals of Liberatory Coaching for Self-Leadership (ILCA) is a two-day virtual training that invites BIPOC social justice leaders into the heart of Liberatory Coaching, a relational practice rooted in Self-leadership, collective care, transformative evolution, and ancestral ways of being. In this virtual experience, participants will be introduced to the fundamental components of a Liberatory Coach Approach. These foundational skills can be applied in any role or sector of the movement ecosystem to help you navigate relationships, movement work, and your inner landscape with more clarity, compassion, and choice.

While this course is a beautiful entry point for those curious about our 9-month Liberatory Coaching Certification, it stands powerfully on its own as a space to cultivate Self-leadership and liberatory relationships with yourself, your community, our movements and our planet. Whether you're a coach, organizer, healer, or simply someone seeking to deepen your ability to lead from a place of wholeness, this offering is made for you.

What You Will Experience

  • A Deeper Connection to Self and Self-Leadership
    Learn how to recognize when fear, scarcity, or overwhelm are shaping your decisions and how to return to a grounded, creative, and courageous way of being. For those of us in movement spaces, care work, or leadership roles, this skill is essential. You’ll practice identifying your core needs and values so that you can move through the world with more intention and resilience.

  • Skills for Conscious Relationship Agreements and Accountability
    So many of our interactions are shaped by unspoken rules and norms that uphold systems of power rather than liberation. In this course, you’ll learn how to design intentional agreements in your relationships, teams, and communities. These resources support your approach to interpersonal communication and empower you in co-creating spaces where everyone can show up fully.

  • An Embodied Taste of Liberatory Coaching
    Through live demonstrations, peer practice, and reflective discussions, you’ll experience how coaching can be a tool for personal and collective transformation. You’ll leave with tangible skills to support yourself and others in staying aligned with purpose, even in challenging moments.

Testimonials

  • "This space is so important. I loved how it was only BIPOC so we could have hard conversations without witnesses. I loved how "seen" I felt in the space. I also believe the tools are absolutely applicable to our work. This was a healing space and I am grateful."

    BIPOC Foundation Staff ILC participant

  • "I feel like this was one of the most valuable trainings I've attended in the last several years... and I have attended many! It felt applicable to so many parts of my life and will definitely impact my ability to show up as a whole person in my work and beyond."

    BIPOC Foundation Staff ILC participant

  • "The program did a great job in highlighting the role that systems of oppression: white supremacy, anti-Blackness, colonialism, imperialism and capitalism play in influencing the work that we do and the healing that needs to take place."

    BIPOC Foundation Staff ILC participant

Trainers

Details

Time commitment: Given the amount of content we want to share with you and that each piece builds on the previous, we ask that you commit to attending all of the scheduled sessions.

Sessions are from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm and 1:30-4:00 pm PST on days one and two.

There will be a 30-minute break during the morning, a 15-minute break during the afternoon session, as well as an hour for lunch each day.

Tuition and Fees

We have a sliding scale for tuition for this offering. We ask you to stretch as much as you are able so that we can offer financial assistance to participants that are less able.

$995 (Supports our 9-month program scholarship fund)
$795
$695
$595
$495

To read more about our fees and policies, click here.