- Responding to this moment in our country and the world.
- Taking turns sharing personal experiences with race and class in our upbringing and throughout our lives. (Paul will be sharing in December.) Consider:
- When was the first time you became aware of, resisted, questioned, or were confused by race or racism? By class or classism?
- Planning ahead, we’re earmarking Tricia Hershey’s Book Rest is Resistance for discussion in December.
Watch/listen to recent suggestions:
- Love, Power and Liberation with Angela Davis and Lama Rod Owens (from Signe)
- Musk, Thiel and the shadow of apartheid South Africa (from Judy)
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4-min excerpt of the James Talarico video we watched together in Sept (Christianity vs. Christian Nationalism). If you can’t access this (it’s through Facebook), try the full sermon
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(from Signe) Podcast: The Beinart Notebook – good conversation about Jews and Palestinians
- (from Beverly) New Yorker Radio Hour on the complexity of being biracial in America
- Poem: At the Age of 18–Ode to Girls of Color (Amanda Gorman)
- Poem: A Portable Paradise (Roger Robinson)
- Film Screening Bad Faith: Christianity’s Unholy War on Democracy. Sponsored by the Sonoma County North Bay Organizing Project Religious Leaders Caucus.
- Film (90 mins): The Color of Fear
- Book: The Power Worshippers; Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism by Katherine Stewart (this link to author’s website has info about the film God and Country, which is based on the book).
- “God & Country” Exclusive Webinar Discussion
- Practice Staci Haines’ 5-min Somatic Centering to respond when triggered, embody our commitments, and take action fromwhat we care about most. (Or 7-min practice has more explanation.)
After George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis Police officer on May 25, 2020, our mindfulness community came together as a commitment to being a positive force for racial justice. We continue to evolve these monthly open meetings to affect real and lasting change in the fabric of the United States and the world.
Each session is inspiring as we listen, learn, share and stir up ideas and actions, supporting each other in a safe space.
SEP
2024