Section 4: Allying, Actions, and Accountability
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Hello friends, we are now entering our final week of the Chancellor's 21-Day Anti-Racism Challenge. In Section 4 we discuss allyship, actions, and accountability--one must be willing to assume all of these to help advance racial justice.
As we learned in Section 1 of the Challenge, to support deep and lasting change, one must not simply be a "non-racist", but an anti-racist. To be an…
Section 3: Black Joy as a Form of Resistance
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In Section 3, we explore Black joy as a form of resistance to anti-Blackness. Black joy is a breathtaking view of the Colorado mountains4, contemporary works from artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald or classic pieces from Jean-Michel Basquiat and Faith Ringgold, the iconic reflections of Nina Simone through song, or the enduring words of poet and author Langston Hughes. The Black…
Intersections of Power, Language, and Visibility
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It would be fair to look at America, in all its failings to afford "liberty and justice for all", and assert that it is broken--but in fact, quite the opposite is true. When we look critically at the policies that have governed this land over the last 244 years, and acknowledge that these policies are grounded in white supremacy, it becomes clear that America's current state is by design.
In Section 2…
SECTION 1: Friday, 8/14/2020 12:00-1:15p VC and Chancellor Remarks
How We Got Here
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Welcome to Section 1 of the Chancellor's 21-Day Anti-Racism Challenge. We are excited that you are committed to learning about the multifaceted Black experience and what steps you can take to help dismantle anti-Blackness.
Amid this global pandemic that has interrupted life as we know it, our nation finds itself reckoning with our history of anti-Blackness. Civil unrest has been raging since the tragic killings of George Floyd, Jr. and Breonna Taylor by police, and Ahmaud Arbery, by neighborhood vigilantes. Black transgender women continue to disproportionately die…
Attend this session to learn more about this key initial step to preparing for high stakes conversations.
Battling Racism in the Era of COVID-19