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4-Week Anti-Racism Challenge (ARC)
Welcome to WEEK 1: July 1 - 7, 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:
LISTEN: To this excellent 29-min podcast. Acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise explores how American political leaders have been tapping into white anxiety, stoking white grievance, and scapegoating people of color for decades to divide and conquer working class voters.
https://www.radioproject.org/2022/06/white-hoax-racism-divide-and-conquer-and-politics/
ATTEND / SUPPORT: Join the celebration of the first annual Alberta O. Jones Park Day to celebrate Phase 1 of the Parks Alliance’s largest park project. Saturday, July 8th, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Alberta O. Jones was one of the first African-American women to pass the Kentucky bar and the first woman appointed city attorney in Jefferson County. Learn more about it here:
https://bit.ly/3Nk2Gr5
WATCH: one or more episodes of the Netflix series, High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America. Chef and writer Stephen Satterfield traces the development of Black food from Africa to Texas in this docuseries. https://www.netflix.com/title/81034518
READ: “Why We Can Imagine Singing Fish but Not a Black Mermaid?” in Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2023/05/halle-bailey-ariel-little-mermaid-backlash-ebony-elizabeth-thomas-interview/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-05-26-2023
READ/LEARN: In March 2023, the U. S. Department of Justice completed its investigation of Louisville Metro Police Department and issued a scathing report of the Department’s pattern and practices of abuse, especially toward Louisville’s Black residents. The report is well-written, and the information is important to know—but at 90 pages, it’s a bit of a read. We have broken the report into 4 sections (one for each week of the ARC). Read Section 1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/13898jaQGrwN3gdzYY3UU71lIu9Aky9qJ/view?usp=sharing
**The full report can be accessed at this link: https://www.justice.gov/crt/case-document/file/1572951/download
VISIT/SUPPORT: The Black-owned Ethiopian restaurant, Queen of Sheba, on Taylorsville Rd. Delicious!
https://www.queenofshebalouisville.com/
WATCH: Poet Amanda Gorman’s TED talk: “Using Your Voice is a Political Choice.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaZBgqfEa1E
READ: How the Supreme Court rejected gerrymandering against Black voters in Alabama on Thursday, June 8, 2023.
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1181002182/supreme-court-voting-rights
LISTEN: In 1967, white author William Styron published the Pulitzer Prize winning The Confessions of Nat Turner. Styron wrote the novel through the point of view of Turner, a Black enslaved man, who led a rebellion of enslaved Virginians. His interpretation was very controversial among many Blacks. When the book was being considered for a film, James Baldwin hosted a dialogue on his radio show “James Baldwin Speaks!” with Styron and Black actor, Ossie Davis. Davis offers powerful insights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCkpiRM0G4g
VISIT: The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in downtown Cincinnati, Revealing Stories of Courage, Cooperation and Perseverance
https://freedomcenter.org/
WATCH: The comedian Wanda Sykes’ new special: “I’m an Entertainer.” On Netflix. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJdIRMolhE8
JOURNAL: Write about the one or two greatest obstacles to our achieving racial justice, in your opinion. Then write some of your own ideas for ways (big and small) these obstacles can be overcome. **We would love to hear your thoughts on this topic. Please send your journal entry to us if you feel comfortable. dikerrigan@listenlearnact.org
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!
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/gYgTGac/listenlearnact
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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