Today is Saturday, October 14. This day, Pitru Paksha, a period starting September 29, when members of the Hindu faith pay homage to their ancestors, ends.
With the recent Hamas attack on Israel and the Israeli response to that attack, we would like to remind our participants and friends of the following:
“Exploring Racism Groups exists to promote racial justice. The Mideast for centuries has been plagued by multilateral racial hatred, and has once again erupted in warfare, destroying lives of innocent people on all sides. We simply urge a cessation of violence and advocate for a focus on intentional efforts toward lasting solutions.”
Quote of the Week:
“The dictates of humanity came in oppostion to the law of the land, and we ignored the law” Levi Coffin, American Abolitionist. Considered founder of the Underground Railroad. October 28, 1798 – September 16, 1877.
Who was Levi Coffin? See information below.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Levi-Coffin
EVENTS:
Here is what is going on in the Rochester area:
1. Kit Miller shares information on a Roxy Manning book talk at Spiritus Christi church on Saturday, October 14 at 3:00 PM. She will be talking about her book “How to Have Anti-Racist Conversations”.
2. Dr. Sandy Mayer shares information on the “Unmasking Medical Bias” at the George M. Ewing Canandaigua Forum held on Sunday, October 15 at 4:00 PM. See below for more information.
3. Dr. Frederick Jefferson reminds us that the Gateways Music Festival, the program “connecting and supporting classical musicians of african descent”” will be held in Rochester October 17 – 20. See below for more information and tickets.
2023-24 Season (Rochester) — Gateways Music Festival
4. Kathi Lynch announces the Community Wellness Summit that Common Ground Health will be hosting on October 19th. This link will take you to more info: commongroundhealth.org/summit
NEWS, HISTORY & RESOURCES:
5. Dr. Frederick and June Jefferson shared this message they wrote that reminds us of what can be most important as we react to the Hamas attack on Israel and Israeli response. It is titled “Hate and Catastrosphic Hurt”.
6. Frederick Jefferson also shared this piece posted on the Winter’s Group blog titled, “10 Reasons Why I am Proud to be Woke”.
The Buzz: 10 Reasons Why I am Proud to be Woke | The Inclusion Solution
7. Have you read Shaun Nelms new book, “Leading With Purpose: Empowering Others to Create Lasting Change” https://a.co/d/iLAhkP1 ? It is written by an educator for educators and administrators but it provides great insights on how to fix what we often see as a broken system. I recommend to all that ask “what can be done?”
8. We share an item from the latest edition of the CNN Newsletter Race Deconstructed this week:
The affirmative action battle shifts to a new front.
9. Here are 4 of articles that deal with Race, Hate or Intolerance found in D&C over the past week. We list in order of appearance:
a. Onondaga Nation fights for land rights (The nation’s fight for justice appears fair and reasonable. Indicator of how difficult agreement on reparations for the enslaved will be).
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=1de862061_134ad84
b. Celebration, protest to mark holiday (Learn more about Indigenous People’s day).
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=02d9dfd1b_134ad85
c. Black medic wounded on D-Day honored (past and present discrimination and racism overlooked acts heroism).
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0b2f81cc1_134ad89
d. Indigenous cultures honor solar eclipse (Not a racism issue but sharing of the practices or a race of people)>
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=02893a742_134ad8a
OPPORTUNITIES:
10. We’re hiring! ABC is looking to hire multiple positions.
Careers – Action for a Better Community (abcinfo.org)
11. The Urban League is always looking for qualified and committed people interested in helping others and building a stronger community.
If you would like to join the Urban League team, please click here for current opportunities.
12. Joseph Searles shared there are Open Positions at Trillium Health. See the attached list.
13. Be aware of the Adult Education Services offered by the Action for a Better Community
https://www.abcinfo.org/adult-education-services/
Please share any opportunities for employment, assistance, grants, etc. that you are aware of with the community by sending them to “tcmitch1951@gmail.com”.
SUPPORT BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES:
14. Support the Black Community by supporting their businesses. Please share Black businesses you support and value. A good resource is “Black Owned in Rochester”
Black Owned Businesses Rochester NY Black-Owned In Rochester (blackownedinrochester.com)
a. Need a new professional commercial cleaning service? Consider Sheen and Shine (see link below).
https://sheenandshine.com
That is all for this week!
If you have an item to include in the week’s sharing we need to have it by noon Fridays.