Community Guide
Recalibrating Relationships for Liberation
This month is rooted in Recalibration and anchored by the White Feminism Ain’t It replay inside the Shine Class Library. This class features American author and historian Blair Imani. Together, we are noticing how care, conflict, belonging, and accountability have been shaped by patterns that no longer align, and we are practicing more grounded ways of relating in community.
What to return to this month
What Needs Recalibration?
Notice where you have been taught to confuse comfort with care, image with integrity, or proximity with relationship.
The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action
Essay written by Audre Lorde.
White Feminism Ain’t It
This replay is located inside the Shine Class Library. Move through it at a steady pace and bring one insight, one tension, or one question into the community peer session.
March calendar at a glance
Peer Session
Thursday, March 19, 2026 · 7:30 p.m. EST
A community space to review the class replay, reflect on the month’s themes, and name what recalibration is asking of us in practice.
Peer-Led Book Club
Thursday, March 26, 2026 · 7:30 p.m. EST
A peer-led conversation centered on this month’s essay as a bridge into next month’s reading.
Please note: the Peer Session and Peer-Led Book Club are peer facilitated community spaces. They are not hosted by Monique or the Shine Bright School team.
Monthly written reflection
What Needs Recalibration?
As you move through the class replay and this month’s essay, notice where you have been taught to protect image, avoid discomfort, or confuse closeness with honesty. Where are you being invited into recalibration in your relationships, your participation, and your practice?
- What I’m noticing
- What I’m releasing
- What I’m practicing instead
Weekly grounding prompts
What have I been taught to protect in relationships?
Notice the beliefs, behaviors, roles, or identities that feel hardest to question right now.
Where have I learned to perform care instead of practicing care?
Stay close to what performance feels like in your body, and what helps you return to presence.
What becomes possible when accountability is not about image, punishment, or perfection?
Bring this prompt into the Peer Session on Thursday, March 19.
What kind of relationship am I ready to reclaim?
Use this prompt as preparation for the Peer-Led Book Club on Thursday, March 26.
This month’s book club reading
The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action
This is the short essay offers a meaningful doorway into voice, truth, fear, silence, and what it takes to speak from a grounded place.
It also serves as a strong builder for next month’s reading by introducing questions around honesty, participation, and relational clarity.
Quiet Quitting Friendships
Reclaimation Reflection Questions
- Where have I learned that silence keeps me safe?
- What truth feels more available to me now than it did before?
- How does this essay deepen what the class is asking me to notice?
- What shifts when I move from performance into language and action?
Where to find the class
White Feminism Ain’t It
This month’s class anchor is the White Feminism Ain’t It replay located inside the Shine Class Library. The replay features American author and historian Blair Imani.
Move through the replay at a pace that feels grounded. Bring one idea, one question, or one tension into your reflection or community participation each week.
Peer Session
Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 7:30 P.M. EST
This session focuses on reviewing the class replay and reflecting on how recalibration shows up in community, conflict, care, and accountability.
- Opening grounding: arrive in the body and name what is present
- Review space: what stayed with you from the replay?
- Shared discussion: where do care and performance get confused?
- Closing reflection: “I am recalibrating…”
Peer-Led Book Club
Thursday, March 26, 2026 @ 7:30 P.M. EST
This conversation centers on The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action as a bridge into next month’s reading.
- What tension do you notice between being liked and being honest?
- What does this essay open up about care, conflict, and participation?
- Where do you feel invited into more truthful relationship?
- What part of your practice feels ready for recalibration now?
How to move through March
- Begin with the monthly written reflection.
- Return to one grounding prompt each week.
- Read the essay before the Week 4 book club.
- Join the Peer Session to review the replay and reflect in community.
You do not need polished language to participate. You may move slowly, return later, or begin with one sentence. The practice this month is honesty, not performance.
Community Check-In
An invitation to participate
To build more connection this month, we’re inviting everyone to share one small reflection in the comments. You do not need a polished response. One sentence is enough.
Prompt: What is one thing you are recalibrating in how you relate right now?
- Something I’m noticing
- Something I’m releasing
- Something I’m practicing
You’re welcome to respond to the full prompt or choose just one of the three lines above.