Good day! We share the following this week (13 items added after the earlier email):
1. This event is Friday and Saturday of this week. Consider attending UJIMA’s A Time for Healing, Educating and Rebuilding Conference: “Exploring Trauma of Community Violence, Strategies for Healing”, October 28 & 29 at the Frederick Douglas Family Initiative center, 140 East Main St., Rochester. The online registration is open at www.try uplifting our youth.org.
2. We have been sharing that Nanette Massey has pulled together an outstanding event with Robin D’Angelo on Saturday, November 5 at Canisius College titled “Real Conversation about Race”. See the attached flyer.
3. Through the generous sponsorship of 9 ERG participant organizations (see below) and the Community Foundation, there will be a shorter Robin D’Angelo & Nanette Massey program in Rochester on Sunday, November 6 at 2:00 – 3:30 PM. I will send information once the promotional flyer with the location is completed. Seating will be limited to 200 so put this on your calendar and be ready to register as soon as I send it out.
4. I include this 2020 article shared by Leticia on the website last week. I repeat it here article “Power Structures; White Columns, White Marble, White Supremacy”. It is an important read.
5. I include a link to a blog by Bill Wynne, author of “Understanding and Combating Racism” and his latest p post; at https://www.wewynneauthor.com/2022/10/17/conversation-with-theresa-and-ed-chapter-8/. Bill also shared the following valuable articles in his monthly email: a. An appeal for justice from James Mulholland’s latest ‘Note to My White Self’; https://notetomywhiteself.wordpress.com/2022/10/09/seven-times-more-likely/
b. Discovering the anti-racism of Thomas Merton; see: https://uscatholic.org/articles/202209/discovering-the-anti-racism-of-thomas-merton/
6. The Urban League has responsibility for executing the recommendations of the Racial and Structural Equity (RASE) commission report. See the list of recommendations and learn how you can be involved. https://rocrase.com/get-involved
7. Black Agenda; ERG participants should be aware of and consider endorsing the Rochester Black Agenda Group Declaration: “Racism is a Public Health Crisis”.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddsHA40lVULue5wlXDferezB8rdHKr1IXHxd1ADkvm9SldXg/viewform
8. The following11 articles appeared in the D&C this past week. They are listed in order of appearance:
a. Kansas to search grounds of former Native American schoolhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=09f2a0cab_134867e
b. Irondequoit board member: Supervisor broke wristhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=08c24fefd_134867f
c. Infant death gap seen after fertility treatmenthttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=439044f31_1348680
d. Monroe redistrict proposal faces votehttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=1dcab482c_1348681
e. Civil rights probe targets Mississippihttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=1b1c50e1f_1348681
f. Miss. unveils statue of Emmett Tillhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=18e85bf0b_1348682
g. Lamour to be local YMCA’s new CEO and presidenthttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=155e9142a_1348683
h. Schools failing to meet Latino students’ needshttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=09374824b_1348683
i. Suffragettes deserve a national monument (an Op-Ed piece that explains the history of monuments paying homage to white males, prepetuating inequalities and injustices; this monument would be different) https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0bf4a69eb_1348683
j. Memorial to honor Buffalo shooting victimshttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=064ec51dd_1348683
k. A similar article appeared in last Sunday’s D&C. rovide this one found in today’s USA Today highlighting one of the primary reasons for the conditions of our inner-cities. Realtors apologize for racist housing rolehttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0d39dcdaa_1348683
There will be no Weekly sharing next week. Will resume on November 5.
We thank the sponsors for the Robin D’Angelo/Nanette Massey program:
- Fred Beer
- Butler/Till (Kimberly Jones}
- Episcopal Senior Life Community (Loren Ranaletta)
- Five Star Bank (Craig Burton)
- Gorbel Corp (David Pritchard)
- Home Leasing (Bret Garwood)
- Labella Associates (Steve Metzger)
- Rochester Area Community Foundation
- Tompkins Community Bank (John McKenna)
- U.S. Ceiling Corp (Melissa Geska)
Enjoy your week!