Today is Saturday, October 21. Tuesday, October 24 is Dussehra, the final day of a 10 Hindu festival that honors Asuj Navratras.
Quote of the Week:
“Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them…” Dr. Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut who was killed in the Challenger disaster, born October 21, 1950 – January 6, 1986.
Who was Ronald McNair? See information below.
Ronald McNair | African American Physicist & Astronaut | Britannica
EVENTS:
Here is what is going on in the Rochester area:
1. Dr. Frederick Jefferson invites you to join the MK Gandhi Center for Nonviolence for a four-week online book group, centered on Roxy Manning’s How to Have Antiracist Conversations: Embracing Our Full Humanity to Challenge White Supremacy. Meetings take place on Mondays, October 23 through November 13, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Learn more and register to attend.
2. George Yeodan shares a program from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health “Covering race and racism: A view from the newsroom” on October 24 at 1pm ET. See registration at the file below.
NEWS, HISTORY & RESOURCES:
3.. We repeat a message Dr. Frederick and June Jefferson 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”.
4. We repeat this item one last time. 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?”
5. George Yeodan shares a link to a recording of a program presenting by the Mellon Foundation “Civic Engagement and the Determined Hope for the Humanities”.
Civic Engagement and the Determined Hope of the Humanities | Mellon Foundation
6. Here is a piece from the Pink Elephant Newsletter by Dr. Janice Gassam Asare; “Report Reveals Major Role of White Centering”
7. One article is provided below from this week’s Beacon; “What’s next for the Inner Loop North”. The city of Rochester is starting the design phase of the Inner Loop North Transformation Project. The project will fill in a 1.5-mile stretch of the expressway, reconnecting downtown Rochester with the Public Market and the city’s Brown Square, High Falls, Upper Falls and Marketview Heights neighborhoods, and providing land for redevelopment.
8. We share an item from the latest edition of the CNN Newsletter Race Deconstructed this week:
The spookiest story about racism you’ll ever hear
9. Here are 5 of articles that deal with Race, Hate or Intolerance found in D&C over the past week. We list in order of appearance:
a. How can we defuse conflict on the streets? (Much of the violence on our streets we attribute to race but we learn in this article that it is personal).
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=06bb475eb_134ad8b
b. Rising push finds workarounds to teach Black history (What in Black history are many afraid of and why?).
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=2674c6d25_134ad8c
c. Why wasn’t Amber Alert activated for teen? (Would a White Pittsford teen be treated the same?).
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0c8d4ee7c_134ad8f
d. Ibero-American Action League honors three for bettering lives (We like to share good news.)
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=078e8e1af_134ad8f
e. Surge in wealth has boosted most US households (The figures for wealth by race towards the end of the article underscores the great disparity that still exists for Blacks and Hispanics).
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0f02fa016_134ad8f
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.
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:
13. 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)
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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.