Join our vision of millions of white men moving in partnership with BIPOC colleagues, white women and each other to build equitable communities. 

Oct 2025 - March 2026

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Virtual and In Person in CA

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Oct 2025 - March 2026 • Virtual and In Person in CA •

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Cohort 2

Cohort 4

Cohort 3

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Cohort 1

Our 6 month leadership program serves as an entry point to join our vision. We guide white men to realize this future by examining our socialization, cultivating our humanity, and practicing how to be satisfying partners for equity.

Together participants will:

  • Study history through the lens of race, class and gender to better understand the forces that shape our society today.

  • Explore how the socialization of white men has influenced their bodies, beliefs, behavior and leadership.

  • Practice new skills and ways of leading that feature connection, collaboration, cultivating power with others and building cultures of equity.

  • Join a community of white men who support and challenge each other in co-creating a deeply inclusive society.

 This Six-Month Program Includes:

 

October 23, 2025
November 6 & 20, 2025
December 11, 2025
January 8 & 22, 2026
11am Pacific/2pm Eastern Time

6, 2-hour
Virtual Learning Sessions

November - December 2025

360 Degree Feedback Assessment

January 28 - February 1, 2026
WEDNESDAY 3:30 pm - Sunday 11:00 A.M.

5-day In-Person Retreat,
Northern CA

November 2025 - March 2026

4 Individual Coaching Sessions

FEBRUARY 19, 2026
March 26, 2026
APRIL 23, 2026
11am Pacific/2pm Eastern Time

3, 2.5-hour Virtual Learning Sessions

 

Tuition

Locate your suggested tuition by determining whichever puts you higher on the scale: your organization’s budget or assets, or your household income. Our sliding scale enables wealthy men and larger organizations to help cover program costs for men from poor and working class backgrounds and smaller organizations. 

Depending on the levels of participant tuition, up to 10% of our income will be given to BIPOC-led racial justice organizations.

  • $18,000

    For those sponsored by an organization with a budget/assets of $30 million+ or household wealth of $5 million +

  • $14,000

    For those sponsored by an organization with a budget/assets of $20-30 million+ or household wealth of $2 million +

  • $11,000

    For those sponsored by an organization with a budget/assets of $10-20 million or household income of $250 - $375k/year

  • $7,000

    For those sponsored by an organization with a budget/assets of $2-10 million or household income of $125 - $250k/year

  • $3,000

    For those sponsored by an organization with a budget/assets of <$2 million or household income of <$125k/year

We’d be glad to help you think about what rate you and your organization are able to pay. If this tuition is prohibitive for you, please reach out to us and we’ll discuss our options together. Some scholarship funds are available.

Fee covers tuition, materials, room and board. The fee does not include travel expenses.

 

Here are the costs associated with running Breaking the Mold each year

  • $44,900

    For 26 people for 5 days includes meeting spaces, materials, lodging, travel and food.

  • $158,600

    Includes all design, materials, travel, prep and facilitation for online sessions, coaching sessions, 5 days of in person facilitation, all outreach, recruitment, participant interviews, 360 feedback process, scheduling, shipping, printing, and online alumni sessions from Sept-June annually.

  • $28,000

    Logistics management, bookkeeping, tax services, zoom hosting, insurance, advisory council, website design and hosting.

  • Depending on the levels of participant tuition, up to 10% of income will be given to BIPOC-led racial justice organizations, including BOLD, Rockwood Leadership Institute & Manna-Hatta Fund.

In total, the cost of running a Breaking the Mold cohort of 20 men is $205,000. The cost per participant is $10,250.

who we are

  • Ethan Kerr is a facilitator, coach and educator grounded in anti-oppression principles. He blends more than 15 years of experience in anti-racist facilitation, somatic group work and experiential leadership development. He partners with organizations, businesses, schools, and individuals in committed, long-term change, challenging people to align their behavior and institutions with their values. He earned his M.S.Ed. in Educational Leadership from Bank Street Graduate School and lives with his family in the Hudson Valley of New York on Lenape land.

  • John is a leadership coach and facilitator. For the past five years, he co-facilitated Rockwood Leadership Institute’s year-long program for senior executive social change leaders. His whole-person approach helps leaders engage powerfully to create greater impact with less effort and more joy. His clients in the U.S. and abroad have included healthcare, education, labor, environmental and social justice, communications and philanthropy. He holds a Masters Degree in Education from Montana State University, Billings. John is an avid hiker, beekeeper, and gardener, and lives with his partner Rebekah and their children in Montana on Crow land.