If you are drawn to anti-racism work, there is an upcoming session that may interest you: WHERE: Bloomcraft – 460 Melwood Ave WHEN: 7:00 – 9:15pm various Tuesdays throughout the summer Please feel free to join us for sitting meditation before each session, 6:15pm The WHAT’S UP?! Study Group Drop–In Series: Challenging White Supremacy As White People summer session is open to the public. Together, we will create a container at each of the eight meetings where we will explore a different topic through readings and discussion. These events are based on the WHAT’S UP?! Challenging White Supremacy study group curriculum but each session will be a self-contained discussion focusing on a particular topic area. Our aim is to provide more opportunities for community members to build analysis and engage with the work of dismantling white supremacy (both inside one’s heart and in the world) and to make this material accessible to folks who may not be ready or able to commit to the full five month study group program. Readings: 6/20] Session 4: White Identity, White Fragility, and Microaggressions Read: On Being White and Other Lies <https://wwhatsup.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/baldwin_on-being-white-other-lies.pdf> by James Baldwin OR Dear White America <http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/dear-white-america/> by George Yancy Additional Resources: From White Racist to White Anti-Racist: the life-long journey <http://www.dismantlingracism.org/uploads/4/3/5/7/43579015/white_identity_ladder_2013.pdf> by Tema Okun, dRworks On White Fragility <https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/white-fragility-and-the-question-of-trust-wcz/> and the question of trust by Robin DiAngelo White Supremacy on My Mind: Learning to Undermine Racism <http://www.soaw.org/resources/anti-opp-resources/108-race/484%20> by Chris Crass Citizen: An American Lyric <http://www.nationalbook.org/_images/npm/2015/rankine_claudia.pdf> by Claudia Rankine What is Whiteness? <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/opinion/sunday/what-is-whiteness.html?_r=0> by Nell Irvin Painter The Emotional Lives of White People <http://www.uua.org/sites/live-new.uua.org/files/documents/gardinerwilliam/whiteness/emotional_lives.pdf> by William Gardiner (PDF) White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism <http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/white-fragility-why-its-so-hard-to-talk-to-white-people-about-racism-twlm/> by Robin D’Angelo Some of My Best Friends Are White <http://blog.angryasianman.com/2016/11/some-of-my-best-friends-are-white.html> by Beau Sia (poem) Summer 2017 TOPICS May 9 – White Supremacy, White Privilege, Intersectionality, and Calling In May 30 – History of White Supremacy Jun 6 – Structural/Systemic Racism, Organizational Transformation, Education Jun 20 – White Identity, White Fragility, and Microaggressions Jul 4 – Policing, Criminalization, Incarceration Jul 25 – Gentrification, Community Development, Housing, Displacement Aug 8 – Indigenous Sovereignty and Environmental Justice Aug 29 – Solidarity in Peace and Action -- Thomas Waters thomaswaters@mac.com <mailto:thomaswaters@mac.com> about.me/tcwaters <http://about.me/tcwaters> thomascwaters.com <http://thomascwaters.com/> Top 60 LGBTQ Blogs/ 2015 Best of the Burghosphere Award/ 2012 Beacons of Equality Award