Group Dynamics/Process: Institute a system of communication referred to as STACK and passing a talking stick so all are heard. We also need to work on not attacking each other, listening empathetically and respecting differing opinions while disagreeing.
Business:
- Erika read from the BUF Black Lives Matter Ministry Action Team (Approved) Application, the section on the theological foundation for our team
- Libby attended the Leadership Council meeting. Our team will need to submit a charter for internal BUF organization
- Heidi will be taking orders for Black Lives Matter T shirts
- Sandra will email Paul about getting "An Eracism Minute" scheduled in every Sunday service
Program: robindiangelo.com/resources
Erika showed a video entitled, "What Does It Mean to be White in a Society that Proclaims Race Meaningless?"
Discussion followed. Topics included:
- Hostility in race conversations
- Lens on Whiteness studies
- 'New' racism - today's dominant racial narrative
- superficial and uninformed opinions
- Prejudice, Discrimination and Implicit Bias
- Racism as one form of Institutional Oppression
- Deep Racial Socialization: Segregated Neighborhoods, White Teachers, Media
- Belonging: Government, Religion, Human Norm, Art, "Most Beautiful"
Book recommendations:
THE NEW JIM CROW by Michelle Alexander: https://www.amazon.com/New-Jim-Crow-Incarceration-Colorblindness/dp/1595586431/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479437845&sr=1-1&keywords=the+new+jim+crow
WAKING UP WHITE by Debby Irving: https://www.amazon.com/Waking-White-Finding-Myself-Story/dp/0991331303/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479437899&sr=1-1&keywords=waking+up+white
THE THIRD RECONSTRUCTION: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear by Rev. Dr. William J Barber: https://www.amazon.com/Third-Reconstruction-Movement-Overcoming-Politics/dp/0807007412/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479437940&sr=1-1&keywords=the+third+reconstruction+by+william+barber
Reading: The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde: http://muhlenberg.edu/media/contentassets/pdf/campuslife/SDP%20Reading%20Lorde.pdf
Next Meeting: Monday, November 28, 6 pm at BUF
Program (PLEASE PRINT & READ): https://odinsblog.tumblr.com/post/127808197400/28-common-racist-attitudes-and-behaviors
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