from Coming Together: Understanding Racism, Working for Justice & Building Connections
NAACPAmherst Racial Equity/UROC
Dear Community Members Who Care About Racial Justice,
Dear Community Members Who Care About Racial Justice,
Please join us for:
Community Conversations:
Planning Some Action Steps
Tuesday, October 27, 7:00PM – 8:45PM
We invite everyone in the
community to come together at The Jones Library to brainstorm, discuss, form
action teams, and plan to initiate action steps to help dismantle racism in our
community and beyond.
We will invite participants to
suggest action projects and the organizers will offer suggestions as well –
things “ordinary” people can do locally to make a difference. After some brief
discussion there will be an opportunity for each person to select a proposed
action step and meet with a small group of others who are interested in
pursuing that idea together.
We see this as a continuation of:
- a community conversation that happened last fall,
- ongoing discussions that have occurred in meetings and/or film showings in each of sponsoring organizations over the past year,
- the call to action at the end of the NAACP walk a few weeks ago,
- the question, “What can we do?” that has been raised repeatedly by local people who care about dismantling racism.
This is part of our ongoing work of
building a powerful movement for racial justice.
Racism tries to divide us, silence
us, and make us feel powerless in the face of systemic oppression. Together we
can accomplish things we can’t do alone. All of us have limited
time, but many of us want to be sure we are taking some effective action. This
meeting is for people of all racial backgrounds and all identities. Please join
us Tuesday, October 27th at 7PM.
Yours in solidarity,
Coming Together: Understanding Racism, Working for Justice & Building Connections
NAACP
Amherst Racial Equity/UROC
