You or your organization can be part of our collaborative work!
Join us for our regular monthly planning and coordination meetings, 2nd Fridays, 9-11 am at Cherokee Park United Church in St. Paul. The next one will be February 10, 2012.
Listen to a conversation with the two 2011 conference keynoters and conference co-host Antonia Apolinario Wilcoxon about racial framing and the conference on Truth To Tell, KFAI Radio. Or watch the in-studio video (keynoters both participated by phone)
More info on or linked from the 2011 Conference page, including workshop and plenary information.
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Download a reflection on Feagin's book, The White Racial Frame.
The White Racial Frame: Sharing Understandings
Join a guided book study
Reading together, reflecting together, applying what we come to understand – all are welcome to join in shared study of the important new contributions to antiracism thinking, Joe Feagin’s The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing (2010).
We meet for ten sessions, discussing specific chapters each session with related exercises and videos. Your attendance at all ten sessions will both benefit you and provide continuity for the circle. However join for as many sessions as you are able.
Offered by: ASDIC Metamorphosis, Antiracism Study-Dialogue Circles
Herbert Perkins and Margery Otto, co-facilitators
Dates: Saturdays February 4, 11, 18 and 25; March 3, 17, 24 and 31; and April 14 and 21 (no gatherings on March 10 or April 7)
Times: 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. with breakfast at 8:30 a.m.
Location: 371 West Baker Street, St Paul MN 55107, on St Paul’s West Side
Cost: $10/session, includes all food and materials
Participants will need to purchase a copy of the Feagin 2010 text (approximately $30)
Obtain the text from a bookstore, Amazon, or ASDIC (see registration form)
Pre-registration requested, for sake of food and space preparations.
FFI: www.asdic-circle.org/events
or contact Margery at motto@asdic-circle.org
or Herbert Perkins at 651-224-2728
Presented with the Financial Support of: The Saint Paul Foundation
and the Antiracism Ministry Team of Cherokee Park United Church
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The next Discussions that Encounter Forum is this Thursday, January 26 at St. Olaf Church (215 South 8th Street, Minneapolis) in the Gathering Room. Free parking is available in the church lot, enter from South 8th Street or 3rd Avenue just past the church. A light supper and social begins at 6:30PM with discussion from 7-8:30PM. All are welcome!
This Thursday our topic is Do Stories Like “The Help” Help or Hinder the Racial Dialogue? We fight to overcome the impact of institutionalized racism. Books and movies of our popular culture entertain, but also inform and shape our values, provide a mirror to our culture, and offer a point of departure for dialogue. Do portrayals like “The Help” reinforce an oppressive white racial frame? Leading our discussion will be Bill Woodson, Founder and Executive Director of Forward Management Consulting and Assistant Dean of the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business.
For over six years, Discussions that Encounter has facilitated open discussions about race, racism and white privilege. These events are open to all and sponsored free of charge in Minneapolis on the second and fourth Thursday evening of each month. Our vision is to provide an environment where people of all walks-of-life and backgrounds can openly discuss any aspects of racism. We use video or prepared materials to pursue a specific topic with ample time for facilitated conversation. The objectives of these forums are to raise awareness, build relationships, assist all along the journey of overcoming racism, provide education on historical and current topics, and facilitate open conversations that can't usually be approached across the "races." Notices are sent prior to each Discussion Forum with details on topic, location and directions. Contact Bill Keatts at wkeatts@austin.rr.com to receive information or to be added to the regular distribution. We always start with a light supper and very warmly invite you to join us at any Discussion Forum to see first-hand!
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Sixth Annual Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity and 2012 Racial Equity Agenda Release
January 26, 2012, 10:15am
Minnesota State Capitol, Rotunda
Join us at the State Capitol for the release of our 6th Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity. 2011 was a tough year, but we can show our legislators and governor that we stand for racial equity and we have solutions. Following the rally, we will be hand-delivering report cards to our legislators.
The Capitol is accessible by routes 3, 16, 50, 62, 67, 94, and 262. Parking is available, with quarter-meter street parking or a $5 pass for one of 9 parking lots. Contact us for more information. Contact us at info@oaproject.org or at (612) 746-4224. Find OAP on Facebook and Twitter!
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Starting this year, trained facilitators will have the chance to expand their knowledge and skills at trainings year-round. In addition, the YWCA is now offering a Level 1 and Level 2 certification process for facilitators. If you are interested in becoming a racial justice facilitator and leading conversations at community dialogues, YWCA workshops, and our annual It’s Time to Talk: Forums on Race event, please contact Sarah Super. Trainings start in February! You can apply online to be a racial justice facilitator. The YWCA of Minneapolis provides many tools, resources, and trainings to make your vision for justice a reality. Learn how you can get more involved in our programs in our section of the YWCA of Minneapolis site.
Please email Sarah Super or call 612-215-4133 for more information. Download and share this flyer with others
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The 2012 Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity will be held on March 20-22, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Produced in partnership with the Twin Cities Chapter of the National Black MBA, the Forum expects to attract over 1,000 attendees. Keynote speakers include Carol Evans, President of Working Mother Media and CEO of Diversity Best Practice, Steven Frost, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd., and Sergio Rial, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Cargill, Inc.
OCB Forum Volunteers are now being recruited. The conference will be held during spring break and I encourage you to consider this valuable opportunity to volunteer. As a benefit for working at the Forum your registration fee is waived the day you volunteer. Depending on your volunteer assignment you are able to attend sessions on the day you volunteer. Becoming a volunteer is a great way to experience this outstanding event firsthand and learn from some of the finest diversity and inclusion experts in the country.
To apply as a Forum Volunteer please go to: http://www.cvent.com/d/scq81l/4W
To learn more about the 2012 Multicultural Forum go to: www.stthomas.edu/mcf
For questions, please contact Barbara Voorhees Blaha at bjvoorheesbl@stthomas.edu.
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The following lectures will all take place from 4-5:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall, located on the upper level of the O.J. Johnson Student Union near the center of the Gustavus Adolphus campus in St. Peter, MN. All lectures are free and open to the public. Free, adjacent parking is available.
Tuesday, Jan. 24: Corinne Monjeau-Marz, "Aftermath of the 1862 War: Reviewing the Years from 1862-1866"
Monjeau-Marz is a researcher and author who has devoted her latest efforts to exploring the extraordinarily challenging and culturally catastrophic transition the Dakota people experienced during the time of early European settlement in Minnesota. She will share her recent research and discuss her work on "Alexander Ramsey's Words of War" from the first issue of Minnesota's Heritage magazine. She will also discuss her book, The Dakota Indian Internment at Fort Snelling, 1862-1864, as well as her contributions to Trail of Tears: Minnesota's Dakota Indian Exile Begins.
Thursday, Jan. 26: Dr. Gwen Westerman, "We Are Still Here"
Dr. Westerman serves as the Director of the Native American Literature Symposium, is the recipient of several prestigious grants, and has published widely on contemporary American Indian literature. She is a poet and artist and has published her poetry in Yellow Medicine Review, Water-Stone Review, and other journals. Westerman is an English professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato specializing in multi-cultural and Native American literature. Her lecture will focus on the lives of modern Dakota and their special place in Minnesota today.
All six lectures in the series will be live streamed and archived for future viewing purposes. To access live and archived events, go online to the Gustavus Live Streaming Portal. A schedule of upcoming live events will be shown under the “Live Events” tab, while a listing of archived events will be available under the “On Demand” tab.
This U.S.-Dakota War lecture series is made possible with funds from Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota Humanities Council, and the State of Minnesota through the Minnesota Historical Society from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
If you have questions or need more information about this speaker series, contact Baer (507-933-7324 or ebaer@gustavus.edu) or Leonard (507-934-2160 or ben@nchsmn.org).
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Lots of great photos from the 2010 Overcoming Racism: Recognizing and Challenging the Legacies That Oppress Us conference can be found at overcomingracism.shutterfly.com/ Thanks to Miss Marie Photography for taking and sharing the photos!
Workshop descriptions, bios of keynote speakers and bios of panel participants are still available.
2009 Overcoming Racism: Why IS It So Hard? conference archives
