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4-Week Anti-Racism Challenge (ARC)
Welcome to WEEK 3: October 20-27, 2023
This is your own personal journey. To participate, we ask that you complete at least 3 activities this week. You can use the ARC Tracking tool below to monitor your progress. Choose from the following:
WATCH: As educator Jaylene Clark Owens performs her poem, “My Voice, My Choice” My Voice, My Choice
JOIN IN COMMUNITY: Join long time LLA member, Roxanne Sturtevant, and a group from All Peoples Unitarian Universalist congregation who are meeting each of the next 3 Fridays to hold a discussion of the material sent through the ARC the week before.
–Where: All Peoples UU Congregation, 4936 Brownsboro Rd
across from Holiday Manor
–When: 10:30 am until noon on October 20, 27 and November 3rd.
All are welcome for one or all three sessions. For more information contact Roxanne Sturtevant, roxannestur@gmail.com or 502.299.8444.
LISTEN: Hannah Drake and Josh Miller, founders of IDEASxLab speak about their public art projects including, "The (Un)Known Project: On the Banks of Freedom."
Listen here
JOURNAL: We keep hearing about the evils of being “woke,” revealing a backlash termed “Anti-wokeism,” that comes in the form of book-banning, forbidding the teaching of African American history, dismantling Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs from organizations, and more.
From an X thread, @absurdistwords gives a provocative definition of anti-wokeism: “Anti-Wokeism is a statement of white weakness. It insists that white people are indeed too fragile to learn about their own history. It insists that ignorance is the foundation of white society. It insists that whiteness cannot abide or survive in the presence of truth.”
Author Neil Gaiman, who is white, has this to say on wokeness: "I have decided to just sort of substitute -- I have a little thing on my computer that substitutes the word 'woke,' whenever it turns up, with just 'treating other people with respect.'"
Write your own response to the term and to these definitions. Give examples from your observations. Please send it to us if you wish.
WATCH: The documentary, Anne Braden, Southern Patriot about Louisvillian Anne Braden, who along with her husband, Carl, brought on a racist firestorm by buying a house for a Black couple who’d been blocked from buying in a white neighborhood. For rent on Vimeo for $0.99. (You will be asked to join vimeo, which only requires that you create a password.)
Anne Braden documentary
Watch the trailer here:
Watch trailer
READ: “Conservative leaders banned books. Now Black museums are bracing for big crowds.” Black Museums and Book Bans
ACT: Local elections are key to bringing about justice in our community. Educate yourself on the candidates, and volunteer to help register voters. The Louisville Urban League will be canvassing in early November. Sign up to join them!
https://lul.org/volunteer/
To sign up, scroll down the Volunteer page and click on Current Volunteer Jobs (right-most tab)
WATCH: Tune into this webinar of the Civilian Review and Accountability Board meeting from Louisville’s Inspector General’s office on October 25th from 3:00 - 5:00 pm. They will be discussing LMPD's newly formed Accountability and Improvement Bureau.
Webinar link
DONATE / SUPPORT: To B.L.A.C.K. (Black Leadership Action Coalition of Kentucky), a network of Black organizers and activists that work to transform and realign current systems of power to meet the needs of all people through the belief that we can work together to build just, equitable, and inclusive socio-economic systems by building relationships with one another, growing in our leadership, and expanding our base. Learn more here: https://kyblack.org/
SUPPORT: This Black-owned business! Terry Carson of Carson Electric LLC was recently spotlighted by the Louisville Urban League. Terry is a Black business owner, a licensed Master Electrician, and a licensed Electrical Contractor at the age of 25! Carson Electric provides commercial and residential electrical services. Give them a call at 502-436-8113.
READ: Sadly, another story in which police kill then lie and stage a different scenario. Officer has been charged with murder.
Read here
CREATE: your own anti-racism activity. If you like, please share it with us at dikerrigan@listenlearnact.org so we can pass the idea on to others.
CONNECT: Invite a friend to the 4-week ARC. Just send them this link to sign up!
Sign up here
Thank you for your commitment.
Debbi and Di
Use the link below to copy or download this ARC Tool to track your progress:
ARC tracking tool.xlsx
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