<div><h4 style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:20px;margin:0px 0px 12px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1.2;color:rgb(43,43,43);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:center"><div dir="auto">Hi everyone, hope your break is going swell! check out this group “Coming Together: Understanding Racism, Working for Justice, and Building Connections in the Amherst MA area” and the following event if you’re around over break!! </div><a href="http://www.coming-together.org/" target="_blank">http://www.coming-together.org/</a></h4><div dir="auto">(The text below is copied from the website- go directly to the website to click through on links)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><h4 style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:20px;margin:0px 0px 12px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1.2;color:rgb(43,43,43);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:center"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,0)">Our video and action group series continues!<br></span><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:underline">Tuesday</span>, January 9, 2018</span><br><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,255)">at The Jones Library at 7:00PM</span></h4><h3 style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:22px;margin:36px 0px 12px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1.0909090909;color:rgb(43,43,43);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Trevor Noah’s Humor and Insights into Racism</h3><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.coming-together.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/trevor-noah2.jpeg" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,137,13)" target="_blank"><img class="m_-1610187792979521799alignleft m_-1610187792979521799size-medium m_-1610187792979521799wp-image-5048" src="http://www.coming-together.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/trevor-noah2-300x150.jpeg" alt="trevor noah2" width="300" height="150" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;float:left;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:7px 24px 7px 0px"></a></p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">We will watch a collection of humorous short videos of Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central.  This talented comedian and insightful social observer offers unique perspectives.  He grew up in South Africa and now comments regularly on race in the United States.  We’ll get to laugh together and then discuss what we can learn from his monologues.  Join us for an enjoyable evening that will also give us plenty to think about.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:underline">We will also meet in small working groups to advance</span></span><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:underline"> <span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,0)"> our  anti-racism action projects:</span></span></span></p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,0)">*Climate Change-Racism Connections </span></span><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,0)"><br>* Schools Initiative<br></span></span><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,0)">* Legislative Initiative<br></span></span><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,0)">* Support for individual actions and conversations </span></span><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,0)"><br></span></span>For more information please see: <span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://www.coming-together.org/what-can-we-do-to-dismantle-racism/current-coming-together-action-projects/" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,137,13)" target="_blank">Join One of the Current Coming Together Action Projects</a></span></p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:center"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">*****</span></p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">“Coming Together”</span> is a project for the greater Amherst, MA area to engage the community to talk about race, better understand each other, stand against racism, and build a healthier community.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">How much racism is there in the Amherst area?<br></span>“Not much”, say many white people.  “I experience it all the time”, say many people of color.  Racism can be hard to see when you are white.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Painful realities, but not about blame or guilt<br></span>Although there are painful realities that must be faced in understanding contemporary racism, this project is not built around blame or guilt.  It is designed to engage people of good will of all racial identities in getting more connected with each other to create a community with more equitable access, participation, outcomes, and understanding.  (We do suggest that most white people have more to learn about contemporary racism.)</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,43,43);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Who is this for?<br></span>Everyone in and around Amherst, MA, of all racial backgrounds, is invited to embark on this exploration together.  Use this site to:</p><ul style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:1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