@ Virtual event on Zoom

The Racial Justice & Equity Task Force will hold its Spring 2021 Presentation Series on The Black Community’s White Allies – Self-Preparation and Action-Steps Leading to Unification. The program will be headlined by Dr. David Fenrick, Dean of Students, Lutheran Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota and Dr. Christen Hairston, Director Student Success Initiatives and Clinical Assistant Professor of  School of Medicine, University of South Carolina.

The event will be held virtually on Zoom and is open to the public.

https://richardbland.zoom.us/j/91024811990
Meeting ID: 910 2481 1990

On June 1, 2020, Time Magazine published an article entitled, Black and Brown People Have Been Protesting for Centuries. It’s White People Who Are Responsible for What Happens Next. The article reminds us that many White citizens’ lack of fluency around their own and others’ races and ethnicities causes guilt and silence. Contributor, Salvala Trepczynski suggested that the lack of connection with these realities interferes with individuals’ inabilities to resonate with and draw connections between race knowledge and action in a racialized society, which is critical in this new era. Encouraged throughout the last portion of the article was the need for White citizens interested in racial justice work to understand the impact, uses, and deceptions of their own race. Consideration of these realties is necessary if White Allyship will play a role in the healing and unification of communities throughout the United States. A spirited conversation around this article will take place on this session. Please join us in this important discussion!