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To: echonyc@hotmail.com<BR>Subject: Color of Class Workshop in Holyoke-Please Spread the Word<BR>From: fyeskel@classism.org<BR>Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:03:15 -0500<BR><BR><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate">
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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">March 1 & 2, 2008</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">New York, NY</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=EC_style100 style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,204,0)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; COLOR: rgb(255,204,0)">Exploring Class Workshop</SPAN></P>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">April 21, 2008</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">San Francisco, CA</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=EC_style85><A class=EC_style101 href="http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=194004853&u=1960805" target=_blank><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,0)">More info</SPAN></A><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_style118 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,204,0)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,0)">Cross-Class Dialogue Group Forming</SPAN></P>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Western Massachusetts</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=EC_style122><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,204,0)">Out and About with Class Action</SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_style96><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Class Action </SPAN><A class=EC_style101 href="http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=194004853&u=1960807" target=_blank><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,0)">consults</SPAN></A><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> with a range of organizations and educational institutions.</SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_style96><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">The following is a sampling of recent Class Action activities:</SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_style96 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Presentation for Students</SPAN></P>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Milton Academy</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=EC_style96 style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Milton, MA</SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_style96 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Workshop</SPAN></P>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Northampton Montessori School</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=EC_style96 style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Northampton, MA</SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_style96 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Workshop for Faculty</SPAN></P>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Grand Valley State Universoty</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Grand Rapids, MI</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Community Advisory Board </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Hopkins Center for the Arts</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Keynote Presentation</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">National Association of Independent Schools - Lawerenceville School</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Lawrenceville, New Jersey</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Continuing Education Course for Social Workers</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Smith College School of Social Work</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Northampton, MA</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"></DIV>
<P class=EC_style96 style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">ACE-Alternatives for Community and Environment, Roxbury, MA</SPAN></P>
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<DIV style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(255,204,0)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,204,0)">Class Action on the Radio!</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=EC_style96 style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Executive Director Felice Yeskel and Race/Class Intersections Program Coordinator Rhonda Soto were guests on the Women's Coalition Feminist Magazine hour on KPFK in Los Angeles every Wednesday in January. They discussed class, race and gender with the hosts.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_style126 align=center><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 24px">March 29, 2008 </SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 24px"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 24px">9:00am-5:00pm</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align=center><SPAN class=EC_style127><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 21px">Holyoke, MA</SPAN></SPAN><BR><EM style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Location is given with registration</SPAN></EM></P>
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When asked how does race and class intersect for you, how would you reply? What goes through your mind? Do we even know where to begin to talk about it? Do you think one overrides the other? How do these two very distinct yet similar interactions show up in your life?<BR>
In this workshop we will explore the impact of race and class on our lives and work to understand the interconnections and interplay of the two. This is a unique opportunity for reflection and dialogue. Interested? Please come join us!<BR>
Price: Sliding Scale $5 - 250<BR>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Registration is Required! <SPAN class=EC_Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=194004853&u=1960809" target=_blank><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)">Click here to register online</SPAN></A>,</P>
or contact Sarah Reid 413.585.9709 x 201 or email <A href="mailto:info@classism.org">info@classism.org</A><BR>
Some of our Goals are:<BR>
•To learn how to explore the impact of race and class on our lives<BR>
•To understand the interconnections and interplay of race and class<BR>
•To feel more empowered to take leadership and action on issues of classism and racism<BR>
•To build more solidarity across class and race lines<BR>
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<P class="EC_style113 EC_style106 EC_style133" align=left><STRONG style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Rhonda Soto</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">, Class Action’s Race/Class Intersections Program Coordinator, was born and raised in Harlem, New York. As a single parent on welfare, she moved to a culturally all white suburban area. She continued her education and worked her way towards earning a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College. Upon completing her bachelors, Rhonda worked with teens in a transitional shelter, then with GED students preparing for college. Most recently she taught middle school where she also chaired their diversity committee.</SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_style106 style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><STRONG style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Jennifer Ladd</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"> is co-founder of Class Action. She is white, grew up in academic Cambridge Mass, inherited wealth at age 21, and then founded The People’s Resource of Southwest Ohio with an activist board. Since then she has been involved with social change philanthropic/activist organizations and is in the process of giving half her assets away. In addition to her work with wealth and class, she is an educator who has worked with grade levels from preschool to graduate school teaching social studies, global education, anti-bias education, and intercultural communication. Her doctoral research was:</SPAN><EM style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-STYLE: italic"><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-STYLE: italic">Multicultural Education in a Predominantly White Rural Public Elementary School</SPAN></EM><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">.</SPAN></P>
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