Nichola Torbett

Nichola Torbett is a white, queer, raised-working-class spiritual seeker, recovering addict, gospel preacher, racial justice podcaster, and nonviolent direct action trainer. She grew up in a sundown town in Ohio and had no consciousness of racism until she was nearly 25. She is grateful to the powerful BIPOC-led movements of Oakland and San Francisco, California, for her political education and to the friends of color who told her about herself and took a chance on her despite it all. She is committed to helping other white people unlearn internalized supremacy and become part of multiracial coalitions to end racism and white supremacy. She is also the associate director of Kirkridge Retreat & Study Center and serves on the board of GEEZ Magazine.

Upcoming Programs by Nichola Torbett

White Antiracist Practice Group

January 15, 2025

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running January 15-February 19, 2025 Are you a white person hungry for a kind community of support and accountability around your own antiracist practice? Are you ready to move beyond reading groups to make real changes to practices, policies, and systems? This is our […]

White Antiracist Practice Group

January 22, 2025

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running January 15-February 19, 2025 Are you a white person hungry for a kind community of support and accountability around your own antiracist practice? Are you ready to move beyond reading groups to make real changes to practices, policies, and systems? This is our […]

White Antiracist Practice Group

January 29, 2025

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running January 15-February 19, 2025 Are you a white person hungry for a kind community of support and accountability around your own antiracist practice? Are you ready to move beyond reading groups to make real changes to practices, policies, and systems? This is our […]

White Antiracist Practice Group

February 5, 2025

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running January 15-February 19, 2025 Are you a white person hungry for a kind community of support and accountability around your own antiracist practice? Are you ready to move beyond reading groups to make real changes to practices, policies, and systems? This is our […]

White Antiracist Practice Group

February 12, 2025

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running January 15-February 19, 2025 Are you a white person hungry for a kind community of support and accountability around your own antiracist practice? Are you ready to move beyond reading groups to make real changes to practices, policies, and systems? This is our […]

White Antiracist Practice Group

February 19, 2025

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running January 15-February 19, 2025 Are you a white person hungry for a kind community of support and accountability around your own antiracist practice? Are you ready to move beyond reading groups to make real changes to practices, policies, and systems? This is our […]

A stone labyrinth on the ground surrounded by forest.

Women in Recovery: A Spiritual Retreat

Also With Rev. Deb Staniszewski

May 2 - 4, 2025

You are warmly invited to join us for a weekend of 12-step recovery fellowship and conscious connection in a beautiful natural setting. Expect meetings, ritual, art-making, time in nature, a candlelight labyrinth walk, and more. The retreat is open to self-identified women and nonbinary people of all spiritual belief systems. We hope you’ll come!

A line of people hold three banners that read "Break Bread not Bodies" and "Christians for a Free Palestine."

Liturgical Direct Action: A Discernment Retreat

Also With Bill Wylie-Kellermann and Naomi Washington-Leapheart

November 14 - 16, 2025

How is direct action or civil disobedience altered when framed in prayerful worship? What dimensions of freedom are then embraced? When public witness tells the story of faith and marks a feast or season, what new depth of communication is opened? When nonviolence is practiced in sacramental forms, how is liturgy itself enhanced?  With examples […]