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Building a more unified and inclusive
Homewood - Flossmoor community
The Community Conversations series aims to bring together a diverse group of Homewood and Flossmoor residents to build on our existing diversity and become a more unified and inclusive community. The discussion group will increase cultural competency, advance racial equity, broaden diverse friendship networks, and foster community action.
The first three-part discussion will be co-facilitated by Flossmoor residents Matt Epperson and Stephanie Poole-Byrd , and will focus on the NPR series "Seeing White" https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/
The podcast series focuses on racial inequities by asking: Where did the notion of "whiteness" come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for and how does it operate to uphold racism?
The discussion will occur via ZOOM at the following dates/times:
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Thursday, Oct 29, 7:00 - 8:30pm - Episodes 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Thursday, Nov 5, 7:00 - 8:30pm - Episodes 6, 7, 9 and 10
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Thursday, Nov 12, 7:00 - 8:30pm - Episodes 11, 12, 13 and 14
Please register to receive Zoom information and updates. And invite a Homewood - Flossmoor neighbor to join and register as well! Zoom link will be sent to you after you register.
Tuesday, November 3 , 12:30-1:45 pm via Zoom
A free event hosted by Purdue University Northwest
How do media frame police violence and protests? How do media promote politician reforms and silence black voices for systemic change? How do media represent race relations? Presentation by Lee Artz, Ph.D., Professor of Communication, followed by a Q & A session. This is one event in a four-part fall lecture series on Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism, which is coordinated and moderated by the PNW College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.
Attend using this link:
https://www.pnw.edu/event/media-framing-and-the-politics-of-racism/
Current Adult Education
Book Discussions on Zoom
Wednesdays October 14 - November 18 @ 7pm via Zoom
Our Wednesday evening course for October and November will be study and discussion of this 2015 book by the Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas. The book explores the social and historical frameworks that have developed a stand-your-ground culture in United States. As a theologian and a Black mother responding to the killing of Trayvon Martin, Douglas argues that ideas of American exceptionalism and Manifest Destiny have been harmful to Black Americans, especially because stand-your-ground culture receives a stamp of approval by mainstream religious groups. Douglas highlights how the Black faith tradition provides purpose and hope for seeking God during a time of crisis.
Meeting ID: 830 1123 2378
Passcode: 2222
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Sundays @11:30 am via Zoom
October 18, 25, November 1, 15, 22, December 6
Sunday mornings after a break following worship, we continue the discussion of the book that helps us strengthen our own faith as we see God in new ways. The discussion will continue throughout the fall. Participants may join the discussion at any time.
Meeting ID: 830 1123 2378
Passcode: 2222