Dara Silverman

Dara is a white, queer Jewish consultant, somatic coach, and trainer with 25 years working with organizations and in movements for social, racial, economic, and gender justice. Dara partners with trainers of color to lead organizational change and leadership development initiatives centering racial justice, equity, and liberation. When working with white organizers and leaders on dismantling white supremacy in ourselves, organizations, and movements, she partners with white trainers to lead caucuses and trainings. Previously, she was the founding Director of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) and the Executive Director of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) in New York City. She is certified through the International Coaching Federation as a Professional Certified Coach. Dara has been studying Somatics with the Strozzi Institute and Generative Somatics since 2011. In 2013, Dara became a certified Somatic Coach and taught at the Strozzi Institute from 2017-2023. She lives on Wappinger and Lenape land in Beacon, NY where she grows nine kinds of berries.