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Opening Conversation About Race
Opening Conversation About Race
Opening Conversation About Race
Offered monthly, the Opening Conversation About Race, created by WRJI and facilitated by trained professionals, provides a brave and supported space for self-reflection and learning with other Wellesley Alums.
Anti-racism is a lifelong journey: this is an invitation to begin or to re-ignite your anti-racism work. Whether you are a BIPOC or a white Alum, we welcome your participation - to enter the dialogue, to advance your learning process, to form community, to enhance the struggle for racial justice. Then try a Next-Step Program to continue your journey.
How to be a Better Ally
Opening Conversation About Race
Opening Conversation About Race
A Next-Step Program, created and led by Fiona Oliphant, '93.
Periodically offered
Intended for Alums to become more familiar with what it means to be an ally. We will explore in depth the most effective ways to offer support, to intervene, to plan and execute action with and in solidarity with BIPOC folx. Through presentation and discussion, white alums will have the opportunity to challenge themselves: what are you willing to give, and give up, to dismantle white supremacy? BIPOC are invited to grow stronger allyship with one another.
Worlds Within Wellesley
Opening Conversation About Race
Anti-Racism Book Club: A monthly conversation
A NEW! Next-Step Program, created and led by Tyree Oredein, '98.
While we shared Wellesley College, people of color often experience our alma mater in vastly different ways than their white classmates. Even in “women-centered spaces," white people can, intentionally or unintentionally, marginalize, dismiss and harm Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). In this workshop, we will discuss the intersections of race and gender, the resulting distribution of power and privilege, and how it impacts the dynamic within the Wellesley community.
Anti-Racism Book Club: A monthly conversation
Anti-Racism Book Club: A monthly conversation
Anti-Racism Book Club: A monthly conversation
Join other Wellesley Alums each month to discuss an explosion of books being published on the history and experiences of racism. Professionally led by avid reader and skilled facilitator, Fiona Oliphant, '93, third Sunday of every month. Deepen your understanding of the power of racism in America, its roots, prevalence, and ways to fight it - receiving professional guidance for your racial justice work. Each month we will explore themes and learn from one another's viewpoints. We recommend but do not require, that participants join a WRJI Opening Conversation, especially if you have not previously participated in frank conversations about racism, before attending.
Movie Nights! A bi-monthly Next-Step program
Anti-Racism Book Club: A monthly conversation
Movie Nights! A bi-monthly Next-Step program
Have you missed out on important movie experiences - or watched them and wished for a place to discuss and look more deeply into their messages? WRJI Movie Nights are designed to provide Wellesley Alums with a brave and supportive space to do just that. We will watch the selected movie together on Zoom (some humorous, some serious; some documentary, some fiction), then discuss its themes and portrayals for an hour. Anyone who has recently seen the film is welcome to join us for the discussion only, in the final hour. We recommend but do not require, that participants join a WRJI Opening Conversation, if you have not previously participated in race-focused conversations.
White Alum Anti-racism Training (WAAT)
Anti-Racism Book Club: A monthly conversation
Movie Nights! A bi-monthly Next-Step program
The White Alum Antiracism Training (WAAT) is recruiting for the 4th Cohort set to meet on Thursday evenings, from 5:30 – 8:30 PM ET. The first class will be March 3, 2022. The class consists of seven 3-hour sessions, scheduled 2 weeks apart, with intensive reading and writing assignments in between, culminating in the personal antiracism action plan. Each student also writes a racial awareness journey narrative and updates it throughout the course. WAAT is intended for those who have participated in the WRJI Opening Conversation, other WRJI programs, or have some other antiracism experience. The 3rd Cohort just graduated, and they gave our antiracism training rave reviews. The course fee is $300.