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It's the FINAL week of the ARC
WEEK 4: January 26 - February 2, 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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REGISTER: Join Metro United Way and the LG&E KU Foundation for our next virtual Beyond Buzzwords event featuring Heather McGhee, author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Cost Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. February 6th at noon; via zoom. Register Here by January 30th.
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JOURNAL: From Rev. angel Kyodo williams: What is your very first memory of realizing there was a thing called “race,” that a certain group of people were to be treated differently based upon their racial identity? Describe the situation–the place, people involved, your age, how it made you feel, etc. If you'd like, please share it with us at dikerrigan@listenlearnact.org
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LEARN: “We’re in the Process of Mass Forgetting.” We must stay engaged and active. This Slate article explains why.
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WATCH: HBO series, “Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning,” the story of Charles Stuart who shot and killed his pregnant wife then told police that a Black male had done it. Racial violence naturally followed. Here is a link to the trailer: Murder In Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning
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For those who don’t have HBO or want to dive deeper in the Charles Stuart case, listen to this Podcast “Setting the Record Straight: Murder in Boston, The Untold Story of the Charles and Carol Stuart Shooting,” or read History.com's Essay on this case.
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ATTEND: The Food Justice Summit, hosted by the Kentucky Interfaith Network, a gathering of diverse individuals working together to address food security in our community. This half-day summit will be highly interactive and will feature local leaders in food security, including Feed The West. Wednesday, January 31st, 8am - 12pm. Presbyterian Church, 100 East Witherspoon Street, Louisville. Tickets are free but please register to attend: Register Here
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LEARN: About one woman's efforts to reduce gun violence in West Louisville. We were recently fortunate to attend a healing ceremony for gun violence at the Sacred Earth Community Garden in West Louisville where Mrs. Velvet Welch teaches nonviolence and gardening skills to local youth. The event is described in this Spotlight: Spotlight on Velvet Welch – Consider supporting the work of Sacred Garden Community Garden with a donation of goods or $. Contact them at (502) 558-4698 or email at Sacredearthcg23@gmail.com
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WATCH: This short, animated, mini-TED talk about the amazing Ida B. Wells. Mini-TED
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LEARN: Take this best-selling author's, Jermaine Fowler, free online masterclass "Slavery & Resistance" only taught once a year in February to kick off Black history month. February 1st, at 7 PM EST. Register here
We often receive ARC recommendations from group members which we appreciate enormously. Here are a few of the recent suggestions:
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READ: (from Julie Holman) Joe Gerth on Daniel Cameron’s new job: Daniel Cameron is now CEO of a group called the 1792 Exchange. It wasn't a good year for Black people. Gerth
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VISIT: (from Sharon Nesmith) Mark your calendar for a February 24th event at Camp Nelson National Monument, 6614 Old Danville Road Loop 2, Nicholasville, KY. Ronald Wilford Blair, Historian, will give a presentation on “Wild Wolf: Colonel Frank Wilford: The Man, Kentucky, and the Black Enlistment Controversy” followed by a walk around the grounds. More here: Info
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WRITE: (from Helen Deines): “I will write today to the governor of North Carolina…petitioning their office to exonerate the two men (then boys) James Hanover Thompson and David “Fuzzy” Simpson who were falsely incarcerated/institutionalized throughout their childhood in "The Kissing Case." I will ask that they be paid restitution for the many ways in which their lives were destroyed.” This seems a good suggestion for us all! North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper: https://governor.nc.gov/contact. (To refresh your memory on “The Kissing Case”: Click here -- Thank you to LLA member Dr. Peter Lauf who originally suggested learning about this incident.)
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SUBSCRIBE: (from Sue Tongberg): To the free Anti-Racism Daily newsletter to keep up on news and events, and to learn how to build a more inclusive community. Subscribe here
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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.
We hope you've enjoyed the Challenge and that you will join us again for the next one in April. You can sign up here: April ARC
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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