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A Journey Against Internalized White Supremacy: September 2009
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009. It's totally the Pats! Some other things we talked about during session:. Reproductive Policy According to Capitalist Assimiliation. Leaving Other Behind in Labor Protection. Gay Marriage Reinforcing Racist Insitutions. Although welfare gets handed out to people of all classes and races - corporate subsidies and "bailouts," veterans' benefits, tax breaks, food stamps - only the ones used by lower class people, mostly women, get called "welfare" and stigmatized. While advocate...
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A Journey Against Internalized White Supremacy: Graduation!!!
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Monday, December 14, 2009. So our closing ceremony was on Saturday. It's official - we're not racist anymore! Just kidding. It's never been just about us being racist or not, it's been about how to fight the structural racism within our society which lives on still even if many individuals don't hold racial prejudices! Participants of German Heritage (including me! And here's the 2009 graduating class of Anne Braden:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What is this all about? Hear it for Yourself. Peopl...
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A Journey Against Internalized White Supremacy: July 2009
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Friday, July 31, 2009. Leaving with a Charge. Well, of all the reading materials we were sent, I read the “Making the Most of The Anne Braden Program” booklet first. It was reflections and advice from last year's participants on how we could really get the most out of our participation. I really took to heart a lot of the advice, especially the urgings to maintain a real and ongoing connection with communities back home (or outside the program). Other people made all sorts of assumptions, and said some r...
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A Journey Against Internalized White Supremacy: Tracing the Money
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Let's talk about money. I have $15,000 in the bank. Me, who grew up on welfare and mac and cheese, and who scraped together odd jobs off craigslist to make my living. Where did I, of all working class kids, get this? I inherited it from Uncle White Supremacy. Marrying wealthy foreigners who wanted US citizenship? No - mentoring poor, black and latino/mayan kids in public school. Wow, that sounds pretty noble and even almost anti-racist, huh? What ended up happening is that the ...
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A Journey Against Internalized White Supremacy: Organizer, Organizer, You're an Organizer, Baby
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009. Organizer, Organizer, You're an Organizer, Baby. Well, four months down the line, we decided it was about time to decide what an organizer was. When I saw that on the agenda, I was like, what? Shouldn't this have been session one or two? But really, I guess it was time to stop frontin' - or more like, time to reshape our understanding of an organizer - cause it ain't just about posting flyers or facilitating meetings! Organizing involves having fun together - Thank Goodness!
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A Journey Against Internalized White Supremacy: October 2009
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009. This week's session included a panel that was ON FIRE! People from truly visionary organizations really laying out the framework of radically different paradigms for the world they want to see. We got to hear from four amazing women:. Rachel Herzing from Critical Resistance. Chela Delgado from INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence. Sara Kershnar from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network. Resilience - Resistance - Reimagining. Why do we think punishment = justice?
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A Journey Against Internalized White Supremacy: December 2009
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Sunday, December 27, 2009. A Final Reflection on Major Lessons Learned. As I sit here in the post-“the holidays”/pre-new year, post-San Francisco/pre-Florida calm/limbo, I look over my blog entries and all that I learned over the months in the Anne Braden Program. I want to hold on to this transformation, to remember what I learned as well as remember that I learned it, that I didn’t always know it, and that other people can learn these things, too. Structural Oppression (-isms) as Tools. Leadership by t...
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A Journey Against Internalized White Supremacy: Bringing our Whole Selves
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009. Bringing our Whole Selves. You'll know what I mean. What it means to me, is that often we are asked to check our emotions, quirks, and personalities at the door of the office/organization/meeting - and just be political, just be productive. In the end, be business like as professional activists/organizers/get-shit-done'ers. BBBOOORRRRIIINGG! This is how we find each others' strengths and meet each other's real needs. December 2, 2009 at 3:03 PM. What is this all about? Stayin...
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A Journey Against Internalized White Supremacy: Hear it for Yourself
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Thursday, December 24, 2009. Hear it for Yourself. One of the awesome things Catalyst organized for us were panel discussions with major movers and shakers in the social justice world. Now, these sessions are recorded for your pleasure! We had three major ones, and here are video and audio links for two of them (the third is coming through). Anti-Racist Organizing Strategy Panel. Video: http:/ www.forealtv.com/antirace.html. Video: www.FoRealTv.com/500yrs.html. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Goal...
