Good day!
We have added 33 items since sending out our weekly email.
1. Consider sponsoring and/or 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 and the Sponsor application form is attached.
2. Our friend, 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. I learned of five (5) programs of interest appearing on WXXI TV (PBS) this month. The 1st, “Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom” (this afternoon, 10/8 @ 4:00 PM), the 2nd, “Rediscovering Frederick Douglas” (tomorrow, 10/9 @ 5:30 PM), the 3rd, Making of Black America – Through the Grapevine “Building Black America” Pt. 1 of 4 (Monday, 10/10 @ 12:00 AM), the 4th, Making of Black America – Through the Grapevine “The Work of the Imagination”, Pt. 2 of 4 (Tuesday, 10/11 @ 9:00 PM) and the 5th, “Becoming Frederick Douglas” (Tuesday, 10/11 @ 10:00 PM). There are other days and times these programs are broadcast during the month, see the attached program listing.
4. 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
5. I urge you to learn about this African-American cemetery, Midland found at the link below. A friend sent it to me last week and it provides great insight to the treatment of African-Americans throughout our country’s history through this one community’s story. I suggest you start with the “About” page, select “Caretaker” and click on the podcast “The Kinfolk Project”. Thank you for sharing, Ned!
Link: “http://midlandcemetery.com“
6. The Urban League has assumed 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. Have you taken the Common Ground Health’s 2022 survey? This year they are trying to capture the impact COVID has had on residents in the region and to better understand the health inequities exacerbated by the pandemic.
https://redcapjnfvq5amx4znm.azurewebsites.net/surveys/?s=NJ7AP97MW9FKTXWF
8. Fred Beer saw this documentary and was very moved by it. A Veteran’s Islamophobia Transformed, in “Stranger at the Gate” | The New Yorker In short a guy who goes to a mosque to blow it up and ends up becoming a member of the community. A powerful story of overcoming hate.
9. Three items appeared recently in the Beacon:
b. RACF’s Future is Now Read Jacob Schermerhorn’s post.
c. Report highlights community action agencies’ response to COVID Read Smriti Jacob’s post.
10. 27 items of interest appeared in the D&C over the past 2 weeks, listed in order of appearance:
a. Community garden energizes Bay Street residentshttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=016841ba6_1348621
b. Confederate flag persists at Delaware County Fairhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=145f6df45_1348621
c. Think we need to be tougher on crime? Meet these 3 firsthttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0deb9a892_1348621
d. Advancing a strategy for schools, driven by communityhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=32c0e2a61_134862
e. PLANTING ROOTShttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0765c5fa9_1348622
f.‘Credit invisibles’ about to be seenhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=09fc647a0_1348623
g. THE PROMISE OF CHANGEhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=06e85a741_1348621
h. Biden proposes benefits to fight hungerhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=3a2fc05df_1348624
i. Teachers seek to make up for losses during COVIDhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0f18ec13c_1348624
j. NY bill would rename Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Dayhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=1e69644d2_1348625
k. Mohawk school survivors demand student recordshttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=030cda342_1348626
l. Senators seek reforms to combat prison criseshttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=1f6503523_1348626
m. UN body faults efforts to end biashttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0ce3c1466_134866d
n. Deadline for California reparations bill affirmedhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0cb590559_134866d
o. Farmwork pay bumps plannedhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0b73bd37e_134866d
p. Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman are focus of PBS films from acclaimed directorhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=17b9d2657_1348670
q. REDISTRICTING ALABAMAhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=2805a99f1_1348670
r. 2 guilty of violating Floyd’s rights to start federal termshttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=115b5cb73_1348670
s. Justices mull Voting Rights Act casehttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0ccbba293_1348671
t. Court orders another look at ‘DACA’https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=243c71c54_1348672
u. Rochester to play $12M to Prude familyhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=2669c775a_1348673
v. Players want more from NHL against racismhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=1cb01b6ec_1348673
w. Critics: NY prison package ban is attack on 2 frontshttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=02a4a3f33_1348674
x. Trio wants to change cannabis narrativehttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=3be093238_1348675
y. How D and C become a party plannerhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=11fcc7428_1348675
z. School choice isn’t the education answer advocates promisedhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=1e496402a_1348675
aa. Jackson speaks volumes from benchhttps://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=35fce8132_1348675
Have a great week. Be mindful of Indigenous People’s Day!