[Antiracism] What's class got to do with it?

[Rose Sackey-Milligan]

Please join us!

DIVERSITY MATTERS: catalysts for environmental and social change Boston
Diversity Learning Community June Meeting -- What's Class Got To Do With It?

June 13, 2006 – 9 a.m. to noon
Appalachian Mountain Club, Cabot Auditorium
5 Joy Street, Boston, MA

What’s Class Got To Do With It?

“People in the United States don't like to talk about class. Or so it would
seem. We don't speak about class privileges, or class oppression, or the
class nature of society. These terms are not part of our everyday
vocabulary, and in most circles they are associated with the language of the
rhetorical fringe.”–Gregory Mantsios

 In America, class remains a taboo subject, rarely discussed or considered. 
Class differences are blurred under the pretense that “we’re all middle
class”.  Many of us haven’t explored or understood the impact our class
background has on our identities and perception, and on our values,
relationships, and group and organizational dynamics. Growing economic
inequality exacerbates tensions among us and challenges organizations that
want to be inclusive, making it critical to understand the issues of class
and classism.

The Boston Diversity Learning Community is a network of environmental and
social change organizations and leaders seeking to integrate diversity
throughout their work. Come join us as we welcome Felice Yeskel, Co-Director
of Class Action (www.classism.org), for an experiential workshop on class.
Within the context of growing economic inequality, we will clarify our class
backgrounds, compare and contrast our experiences with others, and look at
how class impacts our choices and our organizations. 

Join our mailing list and RSVP for this event by e-mailing
info[at]diversity-matters.org, but feel free to join us even if you do not
RSVP.  Diversity Matters welcomes contributions – on a sliding scale of
$5-25 – for participation in the June meeting.To learn more about Diversity
Matters, e-mail us or call at 202.306.4766.

DIVERSITY MATTERS:  catalysts for environmental and social change
34 linden road
hartland, vt 05048
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DIRECTIONS to Appalachian Mountain Club
5 Joy Street, Boston
617-523-0636

By MBTA subway: From Park Street Station (green or red line), as you exit,
turn left and face the State House, take the path diagonally to your left,
behind the entrances to the T. This path has park benches on either side. At
the end of the path go up the two flights of stairs up to Beacon
Street. Cross Beacon Street onto Joy Street. We are # 5 Joy Street on your
left.   

Driving to closest parking garage:

  From South of Boston:
Take I-93 North/ Southeast Expressway
Take Kneeland Street/Chinatown exit #21 into downtown Boston.
Turn Left onto Kneeland Street (which turns into Stuart St.) Proceed for
4/10ths of a mile Bear Right onto Charles Street at the light.
Go straight through your next light (Boylston St.) and turn right into the
underground garage. (Follow from * below)

 From West of Boston:
Take the Mass Pike I-90 into Boston
Take Exit 24 Downtown Boston/Chinatown
Turn Left onto Kneeland Street (which turns into Stuart St.) Proceed for
4/10ths of a mile Bear Right onto Charles Street at the light.
Go straight through your next light (at Boylston St.) and turn right into
the underground garage. (Follow from * below)

  From North of Boston:
With a small vehicle that can fit in the underground garage:
                      
Take 1-93 South to Boston, to the Storrow Drive/Leverett Circlecutoff Get
onto Storrow Drive Westbound Take the Back Bay/Copley Square exit.
At lights, take a left -then an immediate right onto Arlington Street.
Proceed straight through one set of lights at Commonwealth Ave. At Second
set of lights, turn left onto Boylston St., which is split by a curb up the
middle, with two lanes either side, all going one way.  Stay to the left of
the split.
Take next left onto Charles Street, it’s one way, but stay to your
right. (You will have followed 2 sides of the Public Gardens) Enter the
underground parking garage on the right. (Follow from * below)

*In the Charles Street Garage:
Drive to the far side of the garage, towards either the State House or
Charles Street stairwells, and go up to the street. Turn right and walk up
the hill along Beacon Street, heading towards the State House.
At the lights at the crest of the hill, turn left onto Joy Street, we are at
#5 on the right.



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