Author Speaking Event: Fighting for a Foothold: How Government and Business Undermine Black Middle-Class Suburbs by Angela Simms, PhD Thurs. May 28, 20266:30-8PM/PST, FREE online Join us in conversation with Barnard-Columbia professor and author Angela Simms, an expert on the political and economic forces keeping Black suburbs from prospering like their white …
Remember the time when anything was possible? Once we were young and believed in the world and our parent’s dreams for us that our lives would be better than theirs. Are we in a better place? We are on a precipice as the world we know has morphed into something …
Thurs. April 23, 20266:30-8 p.m. PDT, via Zoom, FREE Whiteness 101 – Revisiting Our Understanding of How Whiteness Lives Within UsThe color of the race problem is white. How does it feel to be a problem? Join us for a discussion of our role as white people in a racist …
TV entered my family around 1952 when I was seven. Our parents limited my sister and me to watching only a few shows per week, so we had to choose carefully. I always wanted to watch the Westerns. The big draw was the horses. From those shows, and probably mainstream …
Centering Black Women’s Health Thurs. Mar. 12, 20256:30-8PM/PST, FREE online Join us for a conversation with Dr. Wylin D. Wilson, a professor at Duke University, who is a committed advocate for Black women regarding health inequities in the US and author of newest book, is Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women’s Health (NYU Press …
by Wendy Millstine (Source: ACLU of Wisconsin) Let’s start with defining authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is a system where one leader or a small group holds most of the power and expects people to obey without question. Individual freedoms are limited, and those who disagree are often silenced or punished. Instead of …
(Albertina Grande and a family friend) (Francisca) I am four. The beautiful yarns are being woven into my braids and I love their colors: magenta and orange and purple-blue…how perfectly they look together! And how special and lovely I am becoming as Albertina Grande, with her always moving sinewy-brown hands, …
On Nov. 13, Racial Justice Allies hosted a free virtual event to talk about the status of reparations for African Americans in California, and ideas for taking individual and collective action. Below are links related to issues we discussed, as well as for further research. California Reparations Report: https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/report Presentation …
(Source: Fibonacci Blue) Thurs. November 13, 20256:30-8:00PM, FREE online In Sept. 2020, California made history by convening a panel to delve into the subject of Reparations. Five years on, where are we now? Join us for a thoughtful conversation about the current status of reparations in California and the path …
(AI generated image) Written by Wendy Millstine This is what a fear-based nation looks like. Imagine heavily armed men in masks jumping out of vehicles and coming after you.Imagine being blocked in by ICE agents in front of your workplace.Imagine having to show your ID or immigration papers at any …