Resilience Literacy Institute

Previously Known as the Racial Literacy Institute *

Join us virtually at our October Institute!

Registration Open Until
September 30th!

OCT 14th - 17th

12:00 - 3:00pm ET

Optional activities start at 3:15pm ET

Learn Foundational
Racial Literacy Skills

During the Resilience Literacy Virtual Institute—formerly the Racial Literacy Virtual Institute—participants develop foundational skills in mindfulness, emotional regulation, and narrative practices to navigate stress tied to race, identity, and other high-stakes experiences.
You’ll engage in large and small groups, pairs, and independent activities designed to help you examine, process, and even reframe some of your most impactful experiences with identity and difference.
By the end of the training, you will be able to:
  • Define and practice the skills of noticing, reframing, and resolving memories and experiences about difference—grounded in racial literacy research.
  • Learn and apply at least three evidence-based stress regulation and mindfulness strategies.
  • Process personal, professional, and organizational experiences of decision-making during stressful encounters to better understand your beliefs, behaviors, and leadership approach.

Registration Open Now!

Registration Open Now!

INDIVIDUALS

Feeling stressed about dealing with interpersonal conflicts? Grow your village with likeminded folks as we all develop racial literacy skills together.

WANT TO REGISTER 8+ PEOPLE?

Join with a cohort of your peers. Be able to pay via ACH or invoice and grow your group’s common language to confront and heal social injustice.

October 2025 Institute Pricing

REGULAR REGISTRATION PRICING

$1,200 per seat

August 19th - September 30th

Why do we need
Resilience Literacy Training?

When stressful encounters and decisions about identity and culture arise, many
people freeze, like a deer caught staring in the headlights of an oncoming car. Left unaddressed, these moments can disrupt the workplace, strain relationships,
and erode trust.

The Resilience Literacy Institute (RLI) equips leaders and individuals with skills to navigate challenging conflicts of diversity that disrupt workplace climate and relationships. Through storytelling, mindfulness, and role-playing activities, our training seeks to alleviate decision fatigue. We achieve this by cultivating our participants' courage and confidence to negotiate cultural and identity-based strife more effectively. But it all begins with your story.

Racial literacy is our foundation; resilience literacy is the broader application.

Our approach is grounded in four decades of research on racial coping, socialization, and literacy. At RLI, we prepare professionals to integrate equity, belonging, and justice at the center of their problem-solving. Participants leave ready to recognize, interpret, and ethically mediate conflicts, while staying grounded in their mission.

Everyone has a story that matters.

At Lion's Story, we have found that when we use stories to identify who we are rather than labels, accomplishments, or status, conflicts are more resolvable. We help professionals develop their story as a tool for creating healthier relationships where they lead, work, play, teach, or learn, so they can be more productive.