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May 9, 2022 - Community Meeting Resources

5/17/2022

 
Topic: Allyship

Watch: 
  • EmbraceRace, RaceTalk among White Families Post-Floyd, Now What?
  • How to Handle a Racist Joke

Read/Listen: 
  • NPR, “Not Racist, is Not Enough: Putting in the work to be Anti-Racist” (21 minutes)
  • Guide to Allyship

Listen:
  • TED Radio Hour, “Travis Jones: How Can White People be Better Allies to People of Color?” (8 minutes)
  • ​Code Switch “Safety-Pin Solidarity: With Allies, Who Benefits?

Reflect:
  • Was there a particular resource or a specific thing that jumped out at that you’d like to discuss tonight?
  • ​Think of a time when you tried to be an ally for someone or for a group of people.  What happened before, during and after your effort?
  • Has there been a situation where someone else stood up as an ally for you?  Was it helpful?  Why or why not?​

Apr 11, 2022 - Community Meeting Resources

4/5/2022

 
Topic: Allyship

Watch: EmbraceRace "RaceTalk among White Families Post-Floyd, Now What?"

Read/Listen: NPR “Not Racist, is Not Enough: Putting in the work to be Anti-Racist” (21 minutes)

Listen:
TED Radio Hour “Travis Jones: How Can White People be Better Allies to People of Color?” (8 minutes)

Mar 14, 2022 - Community Meeting Resources

3/7/2022

 
Topic: Allyship

Read:
Guide To Allyship

Watch: MTV News How to Handle a Racist Joke (5 min)

Listen: Code Switch “Safety-Pin Solidarity: With Allies, Who Benefits? (31 min)

Reflect:
  • In what situations have you wanted to step up as an ally but found it difficult to do? What made it difficult for you?
  • Think of a time when you attempted to be an ally and you don’t think the impact was what you intended. How would you do it differently now?
  • ​In what ways have you helped your kids learn to be allies?

Feb 14, 2022 - Community Meeting Resources

2/9/2022

 
Topic: Critical Race Theory

Read: NYT "Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S."

Listen: 1A “Teaching Race and History in America’s Schools” (31 mins)


Watch: CBS News “The Trials of Critical Race Theory” (~47mins)

Reflect: PAIRS Outline

Jan 10, 2022 - Community Meeting Resources

1/2/2022

 
Topic: Critical Race Theory

Watch: EmbraceRace “The attack on “Critical Race Theory”: What’s Going On?” (~1hr)

Read: What is CRT and Why is it Under Attack? (10 min read)

Listen: NPR “How Critical Race Theory went from Harvard Law to Fox News” (14 mins)

Reflect:
  • What did you learn about CRT that you didn’t already know?
  • Are you aware of any resistance to the anti-racism curriculum taught in the Concord-Carlisle schools?
  • If we find ourselves in conversation with someone who is resistant to anti-racism being taught in the schools, how might we effectively respond or engage the person? Develop some strategies in the group.​

Dec 13, 2021 - Community Meeting Resources

12/1/2021

 
Topic: Intersectionality

Read: Time Magazine “She Coined the Term”Intersectionality'' Over 30 Years ago. Here’s What It Means to Her Today”

Read: The Boston Globe “Black Queer Lives and Black Lives that Matter, too”

Listen: Podcast: Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi: “Ableism & Racism: Roots of The Same Tree” (40 mins)

Nov 8, 2021 - Community Meeting Resources

11/1/2021

 
Topic: Intersectionality

Read/Watch: Learning for Justice, Teaching at the Intersections
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/summer-2016/teaching-at-the-intersections 

Watch: Ted Talk, “Kimberle Crenshaw: The Urgency of Intersectionality” (~19 mins)

Listen: Scene on Radio: Feminism in Black and White (45 min)

Oct 11, 2021 - Community Meeting Resources

10/4/2021

 
Topic: Identity (Round 2!)

Watch:
Washington Post “What is White racial identity and why is it important?” (5:22 mins)


Listen: NPR Code Switch: “Where We Come From: By Any Other Name” (17 mins)

Think: Social Identity Wheel (see below)
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Sept 20, 2021 Community Meeting Resources

9/20/2021

 
Topic: Identity

Watch:
EmbraceRace “Looking Back to Move Forward: Unpacking Our Own Racial Socialization” (~1 hour)
Read:
Parents League of NY “Understanding Racial Identity: An Interview with Beverly Daniel Tatum”
Listen:
​NPR CodeSwitch “What Does it Mean to Be Latino? The Light Skinned Privilege Edition” (37 minutes)

May 10, 2021 Community Meeting Resources

5/10/2021

 
Topic: Year In Review 
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Read

The Death of George Floyd Reignited a Movement. What Happens Now?
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