2020 Osher Fall/Virtual Nonviolence Racial Justice/Black Lives Matter #7

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Music: H.E.R, "I Can't Breath"Link to song
              "This Little Light of Mine," TikTok Link to video
Essential Questions:
• What are the goals of the Racial Justice/Black Lives matter movements?
• What role can/will nonviolence play in achieving those goals?

• What local organizations are promoting Racial Justice/Equity?

Gathering: "A question that I have about the Racial Justice/Black Lives Matter movement is..."

Rick's Rap


Speakers:

• Jalyn Powell - Sussex organizer with the the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League and Network Delaware

• Sade' Truiett -  Coalition of 100 Black Women's Civic Engagement Project 

Closing: "Something that I learned today was..."

Readings:

• "What We Believe," Black Lives Matter website,  Link to article

• "Black Lives Matter,"  Wikipedia, updated 8/16/20 Link to article
• Jenna Wortham, "How a Wave of New Black Activists  Changed the Conversation," NYTimes,  8/30/20 Link to article

• Daniel Hunter, "  Five Pitfalls Black Lives Matter Must Avoid to Maintain Momentum and Achieve Meaningful Change," Waging Nonviolence, July 21, 2020 Link to article
• Isaac Chatliner, "Q & A: A Black Lives Matter co-founder explains Why This Time is Different," New Yorker, 8/3/20  Link to article

Resources

• John Eligon, , "Black Lives Matter Grows as Movement While facing New Challenges," NYTimes, 8/20/20 Link to article

 • Jamon Jordan, "Rebellions Work," Yes! Magazine, August 2020 Link to article

• "21 Day Racial Equity Challenge," YWCA and UW Link to site

• "Dialogues for Change Across Racial Lines ", YWCA Link to site
• Isaac Chatliner, " Q & A: Bryan Stevenson on the Frustration behind the George Floyd protests," New Yorker, 7/1/20 Link to article
• Daniel Hunter, "Five Pitfalls Black Lives Matters Must Avoid to Maintain Momentum and Achieve meaningful Change," Waging Nonviolence, 8/21/20, Link to article
• Jelani Cobb, " The Matter of Black Lives," New Yorker, 3/7/16 Link to article
•  Katy Waldman, "A Sociologist examines the "White Fragiity" that prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism, " New Yorker, 7/23/18 Link to article
• Sunil Khilnani, "Top Down: Isabel Wilkerson's world-historical theory of race and caste," New Yorker, 8/17/20 Link to articles
• Gary Yonge, "Black Lives Matter and the Question of Violence,"  YouTube, 6/5/20 link to Video,
• Ibram X. Kendi, "How to be an Anti-racist," NPR, 10/20/19 Link to podcast

“I've come to understand and to believe that each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done. I believe that for every person on the planet. I think if somebody tells a lie, they're not just a liar. I think if somebody takes something that doesn't belong to them, they're not just a thief. I think even if you kill someone, you're not just a killer. And because of that, there's this basic human dignity that must be respected by law.” 

Bryan Stevenson, author, Just Mercy

The problem is that white people see racism as conscious hate, when racism is bigger than that. Racism is a complex system of social and political levers and pulleys set up generations ago to continue working on the behalf of whites at other people’s expense, whether whites know/like it or not.

Scott Woods