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4-Week Anti-Racism Challenge (ARC)
WEEK 3: January 19 - 25, 2024
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 of the following:
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VISIT: The new Outsider Art Museum featuring Louisville street artist Mark Anthony Mulligan in the historic Portland neighborhood. This exhibit runs through January 2024. Located at 2510 Portland Ave., Louisville Outsider Art
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READ: Some good news about JCPS’ efforts to support West End Louisville students that are struggling academically. Learn more here: Elev8
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LISTEN: To the “Sounds True” podcast How We Ended Racism. The end of racism—really? When your eyes stop rolling, tune in to this podcast to hear why it’s actually possible—in our lifetimes—to free our society from systemic racial oppression and injustice. How We Ended Racism
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LEARN: From Slate magazine, “We’re in the Process of Mass Forgetting.” We must stay engaged and active. Mass Forgetting
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WATCH: “Preservation, Education, and the Priorities of Freedom,” Edward Stinson III’s TEDX Talk that puts into historical context the laws created by the wealthy and powerful to “disenfranchise minorities, women, and immigrants.” TEDX Talk
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READ/LEARN: We’re happy to hear that Kumar Rashad, 2023 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, whom we were very fortunate to have as a Listen Learn Act guest speaker in our class on Education, has been reinstated to the classroom after a brief reassignment. LPM article
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To learn more about Mr. Rashad’s philosophy and good work, listen to this podcast with Kumar and his legislative assistant on mentorship: Podcast
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RESERVE: Buy tickets to see Loving and Loving, written by Beto O'Byrne. February 7-18, 2024, at Louisville’s Actor’s Theater. From Actors’ description: “Loving and Loving is inspired by the lives of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple from Virginia who were arrested in 1958 for the crime of being married. Told from a distinctly 21st-century perspective, the play weaves together the story of the Lovings’ landmark civil rights struggle and interviews with mixed-heritage folks in the Kentuckiana community—thoughtfully exploring the joys and challenges of multiracial identity, and exuberantly celebrating our right to love who we choose.” Get tickets here: Tickets
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LEARN: Why do police continue to unfairly target Black people, especially men? Look to their training: The Grio article
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LISTEN/LEARN: On the 50-year anniversary of the University of Georgia’s racial integration, NPR’s Michel Martin interviewed Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who’d been one of the two Black students to enter the university, and NAACP lawyer Vernon Jordan, who accompanied them that day. NPR story
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Read the transcript here: Transcript
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In 2019, the University of Georgia newspaper, UGA TODAY, celebrated them as university “Groundbreakers.” UGA Today article
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JOURNAL: Put yourself in the place of Charlayne Hunter or Hamilton Holmes. Imagine the feelings and experience of taking the unprecedented and unwanted step of entering the admissions office of the University of Georgia as a young Black person in 1961.
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LEARN: Take this online, work-at-your-own-pace course, "Textbook Myths That Never Die: Debunking 15 Myths of American History (Bundle)" by New York Times best-selling author Jermaine Fowler. Learn more here: Course information
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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.
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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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