Photo: Laura Reoch, September Days Photography for Strozzi Institute for Somatics

Dara is an embodiment teacher, racial equity consultant, and somatic coach.

She partners with trainers of color to lead organizational change, community organizing, and leadership development initiatives centering racial justice, equity, and liberation. Dara partners with white trainers to lead caucuses and trainings specifically for white organizers and leaders on dismantling white supremacy in ourselves, organizations and movements.

Current Courses

Course Schedule
In-Person and Online: Practicing Hope - An Embodied, Heart-Based Retreat
Embodying Racial Justice Level I - White
Opening to Freedom: Embodied Facilitation for White Folks in Racial Justice Movements
Embodying Racial Justice Intro Course - Multiracial
Opening to Freedom: Embodied Facilitation for White Folks in Racial Justice Movements
Embodying Racial Justice Level I - Multiracial
Opening to Freedom: Embodied Facilitation for White Folks in Racial Justice Movements
Embodying Racial Justice Level I - White
Embodying Racial Justice Level I - All
Embodying Racial Justice Level I - White
Opening to Freedom: Embodied Facilitation for White Folks in Racial Justice Movements
Dara Silverman standing and smiling in a cream scarf and denim shirt

Consulting

Dara works with local, regional, and national social justice organizations and foundations to support their work by identifying what they need most to elevate their work. Currently, a lot of the focus is on addressing ruptures that have happened around how racism and white supremacy have impacted all staff, particularly Black people and other people of color. Dara works to support and challenge white staff to support BIPOC leadership. This can include individual coaching, team coaching, facilitating team retreats, board meeting facilitation, training, etc. Through individualized work plans, the work is tailored to the needs of each organization. Dara often partners with co-LAB Collective, a Black and women-led consulting group.

America Votes
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Equality Ohio
Idaho coalition against sexual and domestic violence.png
Girls for Gender Equity
GLSEN
Ms. Foundation
the David and Lucile Packard foundation
re:power
Sierra Club
Strozzi Institute
the Equity Lab
Sesame Workshop
California Preterm Birth Initiative
SFMTA
Dream Yard
WI Race Class Narrative Education Fund
Equality Federation.png
New Teacher Center
America Votes
Ohio Women's Alliance
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Equality Ohio
Girls for Gender Equity
GLSEN
Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
Ms. Foundation
the David and Lucile Packard foundation
Re:power
Sierra Club
Strozzi Institute
The Equity Lab
California Preterm Birth Initiative
Dream Yard
Equality Federation
New Teacher Center
Ohio Women's Alliance
Sesame Workshop
SFMTA
WI Race Class Narrative Education Fund

  • “Through working with Dara, I identified my fears and was able to bring new focus and clarity to my work. Her attention, focus and powerful questions allowed me the space to find my true direction and create a plan to accomplish my goals.”

    —Current Client
    Executive Director of a National Non-profit

  • "I experienced a sense of collective commitment and community support with our workshop group. In particular, taking the workshop with two colleagues deepened my sense of connection and support with them in our anti-racist and generative conflict work."

    —Current Client
    Director of a National Non-profit

ENGAGEMENT

  • Strozzi Institute Logo

    Completions & Longings

    Strozzi Institute

    Watch

  • Dismantling Christian Hegemony with Paul Kivel

    White Noise Collective Podcast

    Listen

  • Somatics for White Racial Justice Organizers with Dara Silverman and Amanda Ream

    White Noise Collective Podcast

    Listen

RESOURCES

Community Dojo by Strozzi Institute for Somatics

Community Dojo by Strozzi Institute for Somatics

Dara partners with trainers of color to lead organizational change and leadership development initiatives centering racial justice, equity and liberation. She focuses on working with white participants to learn to engage with race, racism and white supremacy more deeply and make real changes in the organizations, institutions and systems in which they hold power. Dara focuses on social justice organizations but also works with public health, electoral groups and public and private foundations.