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4-Week Anti-Racism Challenge (ARC)
WEEK 3: April 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:
ATTEND: Join us on April 24 at 6:00 p.m. at the Earth and Spirit Center for a free Community Listening Session with Dr. Catherine Fosl, one of the lead authors of the disturbing report on policing patterns in Louisville’s history. “History of Policing in Louisville: A Fact-Finding Report on Institutional Harms.” The report on policing history helps us understand how we got where we are—and hopefully will spur discussions and action to move us forward. With the Department of Justice now drafting the Consent Decree, this is a chance for Louisville to acknowledge our troubling history and use this moment to propel us into real and sustained change. We hope you can join us!
Register here
VISIT: Highly recommended from LLA member Julie Woods, visit the National Underground Railroad museum freedom center in Cincinnati OH. Freedom Center
WATCH: Recording of our class, “The Intersection between Mindfulness and Justice” with guest speaker, Tim Findley, Jr, pastor of Kingdom Fellowship, CEO of Elderserve, and candidate for Kentucky State House of Representatives for District 29.
LLA Class recording
Passcode: vM1p%?uY
ATTEND: The ElderServe “Champion for the Aging” Gala – Saturday, April 27, 2024, from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the ElderServe facility, Learn more and get your tickets here:
Tickets
*We recently had the pleasure of visiting ElderServe where Tim Findley, Jr is CEO. What great work they are doing! The day we visited, the activity, for mostly senior women, was to make Derby hats–and they were beautiful. Elderserve’s motto is “To Empower Older Adults to Live Independently with Dignity,” something we all hope for. If you can’t attend the Gala, please consider volunteering or donating here: Contribute
LEARN / WATCH: You may remember the racist episode a few years ago when Black birder Christian Cooper asked a white woman in Central Park to leash her dog per Park regulations. She called the police, saying to him, “I’m going to tell them there’s an African American man threatening my life.” He filmed the ugly encounter on his cell phone. Long story short, he is now narrating a beautiful series on birds for National Geographic. She lost her job and her lawsuit to be reinstated. Read about it here.
LISTEN / LEARN: Originally written by Paul McCartney amid the 1960s civil rights movement in the United States, “Blackbird” was inspired by the Little Rock Nine, a group of Black students who were the first to desegregate schools in late 1950s Arkansas. Now, McCartney’s thrilled with Beyonce’s version of the song.
Read article here
Listen to Beyonce’s cover of Blackbird here:
Listen here
WATCH: Freedom on My Mind, documentary, which “chronicles the complex and compelling history of the Mississippi voter registration struggles from 1961-64. Oscar nominated and Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner.
Watch the trailer here: Trailer
Rent for $4.99 on Vimeo. Freedom on my Mind
GET INVOLVED: Join Freedom Summer 2024 Campaign to register voters in under-resourced neighborhoods of Louisville’s West End. Envisioned by Dr. Kevin Cosby, President of Simmons College, and led by Metro Councilman Jecorey Arthur, this event commemorates the 60 year anniversary of Freedom Summer with ACTION. Multiple area nonprofits (League of Women Voters, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Louisville Urban League and All Peoples Unitarian Church) are joining forces for this drive. To get involved, contact any of the organizations listed above, or email Jecorey Arthur at jarthur@simmonscollegeky.edu.
WATCH: Oscar-nominated documentary, “Knife Skills,” about the opening of a fine-dining restaurant in Cleveland with a staff of men and women just released from prison. A powerful story of reentry and second chances. Watch here (39:34)
LEARN: Better understand the challenges faced by those reentering society after incarceration. Savvy Shabazz, CEO of Life Coach: Each One Teach One Reentry Fellowship, explains “Post Incarceration Syndrome” and efforts to alleviate it.
Read here
LEARN: Federal and state officials are proposing to build yet another prison in Eastern Kentucky but meeting pushback.
Read about it 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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