WEEKLY eNEWSLETTER | MAY 27, 2021 |
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MELLON ARTS PRACTITIONER FELLOWSHIP ARTIST SHOWCASE |
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Please join us as CCSRE's Mellon Arts Non-resident Practitioner Fellows share their research-based creative projects emerging from legacies of race, ethnicity and indigeneity
and underscoring possibilities for more racially equitable futures.
JUNE 11, 2021
11AM PDT
Featuring
cai thomas
Sandra de la Loza
Latipa
Mary Valverde
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STRENGTH IN SOLIDARITY
25 Years of Education, Research, & Community
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Please join us for an evening of reflection, gratitude,
and community building as we celebrate CCSRE at 25.
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JUNE 4, 2021
The Main Program includes the presentation of awards for:
Distinguished Leadership | Community Building
Emerging Scholar | Community Engagement
Distinguished Alumnus/a/x
FEATURING
Reaching Towards Warmer Suns, 2020
Award recipients and presenters:
Al Camarillo | Michael Tubbs
Tania Mitchell | Tricia & Jeff Raikes
Karen Beistman | Jackelyn Hwang
and more...
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My city. My story. My pain, my joy, and my hope.
by Race + Tech Fellow Elizabeth M. Adams
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BY ELIZABETH M. ADAMS
Race & Tech Fellow | May 26, 2021
The murder of George Floyd has shifted our world. Thousands, perhaps millions of stories have been shared detailing the impact his death has had on us as individuals, communities, organizations, cities, and countries around the world. Living in Minneapolis just a couple of miles from where George Floyd was murdered, has impacted me deeply and daily. I dare not go back to relive the trauma of his death. I can clearly recall what I was doing when I heard the news. The pain sits in a capsule for now. Because surviving means sometimes you place trauma in a container. I work hard every day to fill that container with belief and hope as our city continues to heal. I now intentionally center my work in joy and peace. This is how I serve. This is how I protest.
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Vikas Narula (left) with George Floyd and Alvin Manago |
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What I will share are the ways I’ve engaged in my work and life, to honor George Floyd’s legacy and to honor others who tirelessly work to manifest equity and equality in our spaces. We must always find a way to hope because without hope despair takes root. Without hope, it is impossible to believe.
George Floyd on the Lake – Young Men Follow
Minneapolis is a city full of beautiful lakes. In July 2019, I participated in my first Regatta on Lake Bde Maka Ska as a member of the Minneapolis Sailing Center. A month later, George Floyd sailed on the same lake as a guest of one of our members.
The Minneapolis Sailing Center wrote an incredible piece calling for justice for George Floyd while also reflecting on the history of racism in sailing clubs across our country. I was so moved I began to think, wouldn’t it be great to find a way to get youth out on the water to experience sailing for the first time like George? With support from the Minneapolis Sailing Center and an idea, I responded to a request from the founder of the Doorstep Foundation Andre McNeal, asking the community for help in engaging young men. The Doorstep Foundation is a mentoring group committed to changing the lives of youth in schools and in the community. I could not be more excited to share, the vision is happening. Next month, 30 young men and their families will get to spend an entire day enjoying the same experience as George. We are preparing a few historical lessons for the youth while they enjoy their sailing adventures. I’m extremely proud to serve my community by believing, hoping, and acting in ways which support educational and leadership development opportunities.
The time to believe is always. I will always imagine a world where businesses, governments, academia, and society can interact in ways where we can all advance and thrive. This is my hope, and this is my belief.
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MEMORY AND RESISTANCE LABORATORY PRESENTS
AROUND ABOLITION VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL
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AVAILABLE ON YouTube
IMAGINING JUSTICE LECTURE SERIES
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The Imperative of Repair: Race, Crime, and Restorative Justice |
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View this timely discussion on race and restorative justice with Fania Davis, author of The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing and US Social Transformation, and Danielle Sered, author of Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair. Moderated by CCSRE Faculty Affiliate Matthew Clair (Soc).
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RACE IN MEDICINE
Speaker Series
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RACE IN MEDICINE SPEAKER SERIES
Spring '21
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NEWS & EVENTS OF INTEREST |
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La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley Presents
CHICANA/LATINA ART & ACTIVISM
Past, Present, and Future
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We invite news and stories written by and about our CCSRE community—including from faculty, students, staff, alumni, and on and off campus partners—as well as race-centered events to feature in our newsletter and blog.
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