Heighten your awareness of coaching choices through a reflective and insightful review of a real coaching case while expanding your network of supportive colleagues.

This program is an in-depth group exploration of the underlying themes and dynamics of a coaching client case presented by one of the participants.

We will:

• Get in touch with processes related to the given client or topic.
• Identify and work with the dynamics in the relational field between coach and client.
• Gain clarity about the patterns that support as well as hinder the coaching work.

In our journey through the process, the community will:

• Share experiences and knowledge of coaching to support the person bringing the case and expand the learning of the group.
• Deepen inquiry skills.
• Learn by the reflections observed.
• Strengthen networks and enrich practices by sharing stories, and valuing and appreciating each other’s work.

Date: September 6, 2023
Time: 4:00 – 6:00pm MT (New Mexico time)
Location: Virtual meeting via Zoom
Speakers: Jillian Gonzales and Grace Solis

Cost: $30 ICFNM Members & Associates / $40 Non-Members

CCEUs: 2 in Core Competencies

ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS

Jillian J. Gonzales, MA is a seasoned organization development professional with a focus on change and transformation. She is highly skilled in coaching, facilitation, intervention, and training. She has held positions as an internal and external consultant and in management. Currently, Jillian is the Manager of Workforce Education and Development at Tricore Reference Laboratories. She is a native New Mexican who spent 12 years in the Northeast before returning to her home town of Placitas, with her husband Brian, where they are being raised by two teenagers and three fur babies.

Grace Solis is the Director of Organizational Development at Keystone International. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Organizational Development and Human Resource Management. Grace manages Keystone’s organizational development consulting projects as well as the human resources department. She has experience managing complex projects that incorporate multiple consultants.

Grace is a certified Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Investigator and has specific training in the area of mediation. Grace has her Gestalt Professional Certified Coach (GPCC) certification and has earned her Associate Certified Coach (ACC) certification via the International Coach Federation. Grace served as the 2019 President for the ICF New Mexico chapter. She is the recipient of the New Mexico Business Weekly 40 Under Forty award and a graduate of the Next Step Leader Mentoring Program. Grace is a swim mom, youth volunteer, and enjoys reading and writing in her spare time.

Hosted by ICF Arizona
Co-Facilitated by Elle Cronin & Lori Raggio

The Book Study meets on Tuesday evenings at 7pm (New Mexico time / MT) via Zoom for 1 hour. The meetings will be facilitated by our co-facilitators.

Join us to increase your knowledge and enjoy lively discussions with a small group of fellow coaches.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD;
One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, BookRiot, Library Journal

“This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”
Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist 

Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a root problem: racism in our politics and policy making. But not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out?

McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Maine to Mississippi to California, tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others. Along the way, she meets white people who confide in her about losing their homes, their dreams, and their shot at better jobs to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. This is the story of how public goods in this country—from parks and pools to functioning schools—have become private luxuries; of how unions collapsed, wages stagnated, and inequality increased; and of how this country, unique among the world’s advanced economies, has thwarted universal healthcare.

But in unlikely places of worship and work, McGhee finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come together across race to accomplish what we simply can’t do on our own. The Sum of Us is not only a brilliant analysis of how we arrived here but also a heartfelt message, delivered with startling empathy, from a black woman to a multiracial America. It leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.

Where: Zoom Meeting Room.
Login details will be sent on your e-mail confirmation upon completed registration.

• 9-12-23 Chapter 1
• 9-19-23 Chapters 2 and 3
• 9-26-23 Chapter 4
• 10-3-23 Chapter 5
• 10-10-23 Chapter 6
• 10-17-23 Chapter 7
• 11-7-23 Chapters 8 and 9
• 11-14-23 Chapter 10

Cost: $35 for ICF AZ Members and $40 for Non-Members for the 8 weeks
Note: Book is not included in registration.

CCEUs: TBD

Hosted by ICF Arizona
Co-Facilitated by Elle Cronin & Lori Raggio

The Book Study meets on Tuesday evenings at 7pm (New Mexico time / MT) via Zoom for 1 hour. The meetings will be facilitated by our co-facilitators.

Join us to increase your knowledge and enjoy lively discussions with a small group of fellow coaches.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD;
One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, BookRiot, Library Journal

“This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”
Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist 

Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a root problem: racism in our politics and policy making. But not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out?

McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Maine to Mississippi to California, tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others. Along the way, she meets white people who confide in her about losing their homes, their dreams, and their shot at better jobs to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. This is the story of how public goods in this country—from parks and pools to functioning schools—have become private luxuries; of how unions collapsed, wages stagnated, and inequality increased; and of how this country, unique among the world’s advanced economies, has thwarted universal healthcare.

But in unlikely places of worship and work, McGhee finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come together across race to accomplish what we simply can’t do on our own. The Sum of Us is not only a brilliant analysis of how we arrived here but also a heartfelt message, delivered with startling empathy, from a black woman to a multiracial America. It leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.

Where: Zoom Meeting Room.
Login details will be sent on your e-mail confirmation upon completed registration.

• 9-12-23 Chapter 1
• 9-19-23 Chapters 2 and 3
• 9-26-23 Chapter 4
• 10-3-23 Chapter 5
• 10-10-23 Chapter 6
• 10-17-23 Chapter 7
• 11-7-23 Chapters 8 and 9
• 11-14-23 Chapter 10

Cost: $35 for ICF AZ Members and $40 for Non-Members for the 8 weeks
Note: Book is not included in registration.

CCEUs: TBD

Hosted by ICF Arizona
Co-Facilitated by Elle Cronin & Lori Raggio

The Book Study meets on Tuesday evenings at 7pm (New Mexico time / MT) via Zoom for 1 hour. The meetings will be facilitated by our co-facilitators.

Join us to increase your knowledge and enjoy lively discussions with a small group of fellow coaches.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD;
One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, BookRiot, Library Journal

“This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”
Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist 

Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a root problem: racism in our politics and policy making. But not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out?

McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Maine to Mississippi to California, tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others. Along the way, she meets white people who confide in her about losing their homes, their dreams, and their shot at better jobs to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. This is the story of how public goods in this country—from parks and pools to functioning schools—have become private luxuries; of how unions collapsed, wages stagnated, and inequality increased; and of how this country, unique among the world’s advanced economies, has thwarted universal healthcare.

But in unlikely places of worship and work, McGhee finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come together across race to accomplish what we simply can’t do on our own. The Sum of Us is not only a brilliant analysis of how we arrived here but also a heartfelt message, delivered with startling empathy, from a black woman to a multiracial America. It leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.

Where: Zoom Meeting Room.
Login details will be sent on your e-mail confirmation upon completed registration.

• 9-12-23 Chapter 1
• 9-19-23 Chapters 2 and 3
• 9-26-23 Chapter 4
• 10-3-23 Chapter 5
• 10-10-23 Chapter 6
• 10-17-23 Chapter 7
• 11-7-23 Chapters 8 and 9
• 11-14-23 Chapter 10

Cost: $35 for ICF AZ Members and $40 for Non-Members for the 8 weeks
Note: Book is not included in registration.

CCEUs: TBD

Date: September 27, 2023
Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm (New Mexico / Mountain Time)
11:30am – 1:00pm (Arizona / Pacific Time)
Location: Virtual meeting via Zoom

Cost: $10 ICFNM Members & Associates / $25 Non-Members

CCEUs:  1.5 in Core Competencies

Please retain your confirmation email.
It will have the Zoom Access on it.

This training focuses on coach development – as human beings – we all have blind spots and many times, ethical blind spots as coaches.  Participants will have an opportunity to take a closer look at themselves and their personal filters.  A coach specific ethical decision-making model will be shared that supports coaches in uncovering blind spots that could potentially get their way. In this 90-minute program, participants will also review a challenging ethical dilemma, determine potential breaches of the ethics code and identify opportunities for “course correction” throughout the dilemma, with a question-and-answer session to follow.

About Tina Elliot
Tina Elliot MBA, PCC, BCC is a member and a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and a Board-Certified Coach through the Center for Credentialing & Education. She holds an MBA in Business Administration and has served as an ICF Global Committee Member on numerous committees and task forces. She is a faculty member at Institute for Life Coach Training and an Ethics Educator at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Tina is a Coaching Ethics Specialist with over 18 years of ethics experience including: Past Board Member on the ICF’s Independent Review Board processing ethical complaints, creating ethics education and ongoing updates to the ICF Code of Ethics. She is passionate about ethics and provides in depth ethics training for coaches so they may learn how to Stay Out of Ethical Hot Water as a coach.

Website: www.synergycoaching.org
Email: tina@synergyc oaching.org

Please retain your confirmation email.
It will have the Zoom Access on it.

Questions? Need Assistance with Events?
please contact Kelly Johnson at Info@ICFNewMexico.org

Hosted by ICF Arizona
Co-Facilitated by Elle Cronin & Lori Raggio

The Book Study meets on Tuesday evenings at 7pm (New Mexico time / MT) via Zoom for 1 hour. The meetings will be facilitated by our co-facilitators.

Join us to increase your knowledge and enjoy lively discussions with a small group of fellow coaches.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD;
One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, BookRiot, Library Journal

“This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”
Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist 

Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a root problem: racism in our politics and policy making. But not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out?

McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Maine to Mississippi to California, tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others. Along the way, she meets white people who confide in her about losing their homes, their dreams, and their shot at better jobs to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. This is the story of how public goods in this country—from parks and pools to functioning schools—have become private luxuries; of how unions collapsed, wages stagnated, and inequality increased; and of how this country, unique among the world’s advanced economies, has thwarted universal healthcare.

But in unlikely places of worship and work, McGhee finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come together across race to accomplish what we simply can’t do on our own. The Sum of Us is not only a brilliant analysis of how we arrived here but also a heartfelt message, delivered with startling empathy, from a black woman to a multiracial America. It leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.

Where: Zoom Meeting Room.
Login details will be sent on your e-mail confirmation upon completed registration.

• 9-12-23 Chapter 1
• 9-19-23 Chapters 2 and 3
• 9-26-23 Chapter 4
• 10-3-23 Chapter 5
• 10-10-23 Chapter 6
• 10-17-23 Chapter 7
• 11-7-23 Chapters 8 and 9
• 11-14-23 Chapter 10

Cost: $35 for ICF AZ Members and $40 for Non-Members for the 8 weeks
Note: Book is not included in registration.

CCEUs: TBD

Hosted by ICF Arizona
Co-Facilitated by Elle Cronin & Lori Raggio

The Book Study meets on Tuesday evenings at 7pm (New Mexico time / MT) via Zoom for 1 hour. The meetings will be facilitated by our co-facilitators.

Join us to increase your knowledge and enjoy lively discussions with a small group of fellow coaches.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD;
One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, BookRiot, Library Journal

“This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”
Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist 

Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a root problem: racism in our politics and policy making. But not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out?

McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Maine to Mississippi to California, tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others. Along the way, she meets white people who confide in her about losing their homes, their dreams, and their shot at better jobs to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. This is the story of how public goods in this country—from parks and pools to functioning schools—have become private luxuries; of how unions collapsed, wages stagnated, and inequality increased; and of how this country, unique among the world’s advanced economies, has thwarted universal healthcare.

But in unlikely places of worship and work, McGhee finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come together across race to accomplish what we simply can’t do on our own. The Sum of Us is not only a brilliant analysis of how we arrived here but also a heartfelt message, delivered with startling empathy, from a black woman to a multiracial America. It leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.

Where: Zoom Meeting Room.
Login details will be sent on your e-mail confirmation upon completed registration.

• 9-12-23 Chapter 1
• 9-19-23 Chapters 2 and 3
• 9-26-23 Chapter 4
• 10-3-23 Chapter 5
• 10-10-23 Chapter 6
• 10-17-23 Chapter 7
• 11-7-23 Chapters 8 and 9
• 11-14-23 Chapter 10

Cost: $35 for ICF AZ Members and $40 for Non-Members for the 8 weeks
Note: Book is not included in registration.

CCEUs: TBD

Hosted by ICF Arizona
Co-Facilitated by Elle Cronin & Lori Raggio

The Book Study meets on Tuesday evenings at 7pm (New Mexico time / MT) via Zoom for 1 hour. The meetings will be facilitated by our co-facilitators.

Join us to increase your knowledge and enjoy lively discussions with a small group of fellow coaches.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD;
One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, BookRiot, Library Journal

“This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”
Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist 

Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a root problem: racism in our politics and policy making. But not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out?

McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Maine to Mississippi to California, tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others. Along the way, she meets white people who confide in her about losing their homes, their dreams, and their shot at better jobs to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. This is the story of how public goods in this country—from parks and pools to functioning schools—have become private luxuries; of how unions collapsed, wages stagnated, and inequality increased; and of how this country, unique among the world’s advanced economies, has thwarted universal healthcare.

But in unlikely places of worship and work, McGhee finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come together across race to accomplish what we simply can’t do on our own. The Sum of Us is not only a brilliant analysis of how we arrived here but also a heartfelt message, delivered with startling empathy, from a black woman to a multiracial America. It leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.

Where: Zoom Meeting Room.
Login details will be sent on your e-mail confirmation upon completed registration.

• 9-12-23 Chapter 1
• 9-19-23 Chapters 2 and 3
• 9-26-23 Chapter 4
• 10-3-23 Chapter 5
• 10-10-23 Chapter 6
• 10-17-23 Chapter 7
• 11-7-23 Chapters 8 and 9
• 11-14-23 Chapter 10

Cost: $35 for ICF AZ Members and $40 for Non-Members for the 8 weeks
Note: Book is not included in registration.

CCEUs: TBD

Date: October 25, 2023
Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm (New Mexico / Mountain Time)
11:30am – 1:00pm (Arizona / Pacific Time)
Location: Virtual meeting via Zoom

Cost: $10 ICFNM Members & Associates / $25 Non-Members

CCEUs:  1.5 in Core Competencies

Please retain your confirmation email.
It will have the Zoom Access on it.

Thinking Environment Coaching has been described by coaching experts as one of the most effective client-centered coaching methods on the market. Like many coaching methods, the purpose is for the client to think.

Unlike many coaching methods, the purpose of the Thinking Environment process is for clients to think – for themselves. For themselves changes everything. For themselves requires new expertise.

Given that the quality of everything our clients do depends on the quality of the thinking they do first, generating a client’s finest independent thinking is the singular purpose of this coaching approach.

In this introductory session, Hazel demonstrates a profoundly different way to be in partnership that achieves this quality of thinking clients need from us, to be at their best; to thrive. It adds value to your existing toolkit of expertise. With practice and discipline, it transforms the quality of all your coaching conversations, client relationships and results.

You will discover:

• What a Thinking Environment is, why it matters, and how to create it.
• 4 game-changing behaviors that create the conditions for your clients to thrive.
• 1 simple, yet loaded, promise and a few liberating questions.

This is a radically different and relational way of being with clients that allows them to go beyond dependence on the coach’s views, guidance, and analysis. It is paradoxically simple and complex, easeful, and dynamic.

About Hazel Morley, Time to Think Consultant (Coach, Facilitator & Teacher)
For more than 30 years I’ve been in the people business as a Trainer, Facilitator and Coach.
In 2003 I discovered Nancy Kline’s work “Time to Think” and enrolled in a ‘Thinking Partnership’ program that led to qualifying as a Consultant, Facilitator and Coach. What a gift it was, to learn how to listen to ignite the human mind and unleash its potential.

Since then, most of my bold and life-changing decisions have emerged from my being in a Thinking Environment®. One of the most significant was emigrating from England to beautiful British Columbia in 2009.

As one of 20 Time to Think global Faculty, I feel privileged to teach others how to produce independent thinking in their organizations, teams, and lives. I’d love to share it with you.

Website: https://www.timetothink.com/coach/hazel-morley/
Email: morleyhazel@gmail.com

Please retain your confirmation email.
It will have the Zoom Access on it.

Questions? Need Assistance with Events?
please contact Kelly Johnson at Info@ICFNewMexico.org

Hosted by ICF Arizona
Co-Facilitated by Elle Cronin & Lori Raggio

The Book Study meets on Tuesday evenings at 7pm (New Mexico time / MT) via Zoom for 1 hour. The meetings will be facilitated by our co-facilitators.

Join us to increase your knowledge and enjoy lively discussions with a small group of fellow coaches.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD;
One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, BookRiot, Library Journal

“This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”
Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist 

Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a root problem: racism in our politics and policy making. But not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out?

McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Maine to Mississippi to California, tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others. Along the way, she meets white people who confide in her about losing their homes, their dreams, and their shot at better jobs to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. This is the story of how public goods in this country—from parks and pools to functioning schools—have become private luxuries; of how unions collapsed, wages stagnated, and inequality increased; and of how this country, unique among the world’s advanced economies, has thwarted universal healthcare.

But in unlikely places of worship and work, McGhee finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come together across race to accomplish what we simply can’t do on our own. The Sum of Us is not only a brilliant analysis of how we arrived here but also a heartfelt message, delivered with startling empathy, from a black woman to a multiracial America. It leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.

Where: Zoom Meeting Room.
Login details will be sent on your e-mail confirmation upon completed registration.

• 9-12-23 Chapter 1
• 9-19-23 Chapters 2 and 3
• 9-26-23 Chapter 4
• 10-3-23 Chapter 5
• 10-10-23 Chapter 6
• 10-17-23 Chapter 7
• 11-7-23 Chapters 8 and 9
• 11-14-23 Chapter 10

Cost: $35 for ICF AZ Members and $40 for Non-Members for the 8 weeks
Note: Book is not included in registration.

CCEUs: TBD