“Courageous Conversations About Race: silence = consent”
DATE: Monday, June 8th, 2020
TIME: 4:30P – 6P ALASKA TIME
LOCATION: ZOOM – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83505645009…
TIME: 4:30P – 6P ALASKA TIME
LOCATION: ZOOM – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83505645009…
(PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A 500-PERSON ONLINE CAPACITY)
What is our role in ending systemic racism, for good? How do we rise to this moment of racial unrest in history – as women, mothers and community leaders? How do we flip rage into productive activism? How do we show up in the workplace, as parents and friends when our country is imploding? What are the implications of witnessing an execution on live TV to our collective mental health?
Join us in this safe, online space for brutally honest, overdue, delightfully uncomfortable dialogue about race, implicit bias and our role in putting a nail in the coffin of the oppressive systems plaguing our country.
Rundown:
Part I: THE ISSUES
Collective Trauma:
Dr. Ebony McClain – Ph.D., Counselor
Dr. Ebony McClain – Ph.D., Counselor
Talking to Children About Race:
Dr. Ebony McClain – Ph.D., Counselor
Dr. Ebony McClain – Ph.D., Counselor
Breaking Down Structures:
- Theresa Lyons – CEO, YWCA
- Ayyu Qassataq – Vice President & Indigenous Operations Director, First Alaskans Institute
Race in the Workplace:
- Mary Fulp – Principal, Colony Middle School *WPLAK Board Member
Racism in Our State:
- Dr. Jocasta Gee-Olip – Ph.D., Diversity Coordinator at Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
5-MINUTE BREAK: 5:15
Part II: RESOURCES
- Turning Agony into Activism:
- Theresa Lyons – CEO, YWCA
- Rachel Kallander: Founder & Director – Kallander and Associates
- Representative Geran Tarr
- Future Conversations
- Moira Smith: Vice President, ENSTAR Natural Gas *Alaska Humanities Forum Board Chair
- CLOSE