reading list for courageous conversations about race

#Reading list for courageous conversations about race series#

340 of those incidents were reported in Massachusetts. March 29, 2023, 7pm on Zoom - Rise in Hate: AAPI-Between March 2020 and March 2022, Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition that has documented incidents of anti-Asian discrimination during the pandemic, has received nearly 11,500 accounts of anti-Asian hate incidents. View the recording and access related resources.Ĭommunity Participants: Rabbi Max Chaiken, Temple Emanuel of Andover Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, Temple Emanu-El of Haverhill Peggy Shukur, Interim Regional Director of Anti-Defamation League New England We will expand our conversation to discuss what each of us can do in a bold conversation about allyship, education, and the ways we can unite against hatred, bigotry, and intolerance. This Courageous Conversation aims to explore first-hand the Jewish experience as it is impacted by hate, sharing ways that the recent upswing in antisemitism has impacted our communities. Among the harmful effects have been increased levels of fear and isolation as Jewish communities throughout the United States, and the world at large, grapple with this age-old hatred in new ways.

March 2, 2023, 7pm on Zoom - Rise in Hate: Antisemitism- Throughout the past several years we have witnessed a resurgence of virulent antisemitism, from the open embrace of white supremacist ideologies to celebrities, politicians, and insidious behaviors that appear across the political spectrum. Panelists: Renee Manning (she/her), transgender advocate Grayson Dinino (he/him), AHS class of 2022 Larainne Wilson (she/her), parent and Director of Equity and School Counseling in Ayer Shirley Moderator: Ian Whalen-Stone (all pronouns), Greater Boston PFLAG This Courageous Conversation aims to correct misinformation and provide an overview of approaches that community members and allies can use to improve conversations about LGBTQ equality, with a focus on illustrating the concrete harms and hate that LGBTQ people face here in Andover and across Massachusetts, helping straight, cis-gender people see those harms through their own eyes, and avoiding missteps that can create roadblocks to successful discussions. LGBTQ youth are not inherently prone to suicide risk because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, rather placed at higher risk because of how they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. The devastating effects of hate against the LGBTQ community are evident in a suicide attempt rate that is 4 times higher among LGBTQ youth than their peers. This has fueled a fractured society that unfairly politicizes the bodies of LGBTQ+ folks who are just trying to live their lives.

The forces of opposition are small, yet loud and increasingly more organized. View the recording.įebruary 8, 2023, 7pm on Zoom - Rise in Hate: LGBTQ+ - Massachusetts is witnessing a rise in hate towards the LBGTQ+ community, as is the nation, fueled by misinformation and a lack of awareness. January 18, 2023, 7pm on Zoom -Rise in Hate: Keynote Address - with Jeneé Osterheldt, culture columnist for the Boston Globe followed by a conversation with impacted members from our community.

Join in as many of these conversations as you are able. Specifically, these conversations will focus on hate towards Black and Brown people, the LGBTQ community, the Jewish community, Asian Americans and Immigrants.

#Reading list for courageous conversations about race series#

Courageous Conversations presents a 5-part series on the rise in hate, where it stems from, and the personal impacts. Hate incidents are on the rise, instilling fear across the country, including right here in Andover. Courageous Conversations Events 2023- A Rise in Hate Series Courageous Conversations Merrimack Valley was organized in 2016 and works to advance and amplify conversations about interpersonal and systemic racism, racial identity and privilege, and antiracism through community reads, films, facilitated conversations, speaker events, and panel discussions. Our purpose is to educate ourselves on these issues so that we may better understand the systems that perpetuate racial inequities and reflect on strategies for interrupting and dismantling those systems.Ĭurrent planning team members include Kate Margolese, Deb Olander, Aldonsa Pereyra, Mary Pritchard, Susan Stott and Stefani Traina.