[Antiracism] Next Anti-Racism Meeting and Update

[Mary]

These notes were submitted by Rose Sackey-Milligan for the 
anti-racism group that met Sunday, Oct. 30th.

>>
>>Greetings everyone!
>>
>>We had a great meeting on Sunday, October 30th. Hope you can join 
>>us at the next
>>one.
>>
>>Sunday, December 4th
>>12-4pm
>>Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
>>199 Main St. 3rd Floor, Northampton
>>(a couple of doors down from Haymarket Cafe - and across from City Hall)
>>
>>
>>In the last meeting we primarily focussed on conceptualizing the Anti-racism
>>Leadership Institute  (one major focus will be training on whiteness and
>>white privilege analysis as we have stated in previous e-mails). The
>>Institute will conduct its first session on December 27-29 at the Cadigan
>>Center of Amherst College, 38 Woodside Avenue, across from the AME Church.
>>More information soon.
>>
>>We also continued our discussion on how to support the Junebug residency
>>hosted by New Word Theater in December by helping to organize Story Circles
>>in the community.  Junebug Productions is an activist theater from New
>>Orleans.  www.newworldtheater.org. John O'Neal, Artistic Director of Junebug
>>Productions will conduct an experiential workshop for our group on Sunday,
>>December 4 in the art, use, and technique of story circles, an age old
>>tradition of story telling as  way to bring people together and build
>>relationships among them. More information soon.
>>
>>The group is aware that the meeting days and times (Sundays, 12-4)do not
>>work for everyone. Please tell us what you need to be able to participate.
>>We are committed to doing all we can to increase meeting participation.

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>>
>>Rose Sackey-Milligan
>>Social Justice Program Director
>>The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
>>199 Main Street, Suite 3
>>Northampton, MA 01060
>>www.contemplativemind.org
>>413/582-0071, X 14