“Racism – It’s Time to Take a Stand” – BOOK CIRCLES
White Fragility Book Circles
How to Be an AntiRacist Book Circle
part of the series “Putting Race on The Table”
The Racial Equity Leaders Network (RELN)* of Santa Cruz County Presents, “Putting Race on The Table”, facilitated book groups curated to foster and support brave conversations about race throughout Santa Cruz County.
NOTE: All book circle participants must commit to read the book; Attend the first session; No more than 2 absences; Respectful conversation, giving space to everyone. Donations appreciated.
Bookshop Santa Cruz is offering both books for sale at 10% discount.
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WHITE FRAGILITY: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin Diangelo.
White Fragility Book Groups – 3 groups to choose from, led by skilled facilitators.
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MONDAYS 6:30-8:30 pm
Dates: October 14 – November 25
Hosts: Non-Violent Communication Santa Cruz and The Diversity Center Santa Cruz. Led by Kristin Masters of NVC Santa Cruz and Deanna Zachary of the Diversity Center.
Location: RCNV, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz
Join: Contact Deanna at development@diversitycenter.org
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THURSDAYS 6:30-8:30 pm
Dates: October 10 – November 21
Hosts: NAACP and Resource Center for Nonviolence. Led by Brenda Griffin, NAACP Santa Cruz County Branch and Peter Klotz-Chamberlin, Resource Center for Nonviolence.
Location: RCNV, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz
Join: Contact Peter at peter@rcnv.org
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WEDNESDAYS, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Dates: October 23 – December 4
Hosts NAACP & Conflict Resolution Center of SC County. Led by Jennifer Anderson-Ochoa, NAACP Santa Cruz County Branch and Lejla Bratovic, Conflict Resolution Center of SC County.
Location: CRC, 614 Ocean St.
Join: Contact lejla@crcsantacruz.org
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HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram Kendi – BOOK CIRCLE led by skilled facilitators.
SATURDAYS, 10AM – Noon
Dates: 8 SATURDAYS Sept. 21 – January 11
Host: Santa Cruz County Community Coalition to Overcome Racism. Led by Silvia Morales and Alain Desouches of SCCCCOR.
AT Watsonville YWCA, 340 E. Beach St.
Join: Contact Alain, adesouches@sbcglobal.net
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More info: peter@rcnv.org, 831.423.1626
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Putting Race on The Table
The Racial Equity Trainers Network (RETN)* of Santa Cruz County Presents, “Putting Race on The Table”, facilitated book groups curated to foster and support brave conversations about race throughout Santa Cruz County
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism By Robin Diangelo
White Fragility is a vital, necessary and beautiful book, a bracing call to white folk everywhere to see their whiteness for what it is and to seize the opportunity to make things better now. DiAngelo joins the front ranks of white anti-racist thinkers with a stirring call to conscience, and most important, consciousness, in her white brothers. White fragility is a truly generative idea… an idea whose time has come. Michael Eric Dyson Author, Tears We Cannot Stop
How to Be an Antiracist By Ibram X. Kendi
“Ibram Kendi is today’s visionary in the enduring struggle for racial justice. In this personal and revelatory new work, he yet again holds up a transformative lens, challenging both mainstream and antiracist orthodoxy. He illuminates the foundations of racism in revolutionary new ways, and I am consistently challenged and inspired by his analysis. How to Be an Antiracist offers us a necessary and critical way forward.”—Robin DiAngelo, New York Times bestselling author of White Fragility
*Racial Equity Leaders Network:
NAACP Santa Cruz County Branch, The Diversity Center of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Community Coalition to Overcome Racism, Resource Center for Nonviolence, Inner Light Ministries, Temple Beth El, NVC Santa Cruz, Community Action Board, Community Bridges, United Way of Santa Cruz County, Conflict Resolution Center.